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János "Johnny" Weissmüller Jr. (September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006) was an American actor and longshoreman. He also authored a book about his father, the five-time Olympic Games gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller , who achieved additional fame playing the title role in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and 1940s.
Johnny Weissmuller Jr. was born on 23 September 1940 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for THX 1138 (1971), American Graffiti (1973) and Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975). He was married to Diane.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- San Francisco, California, USA
Johnny Weissmuller Jr. was born on September 23, 1940 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for THX 1138 (1971), American Graffiti (1973) and Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975). He was married to Diane.
- September 23, 1940
- July 27, 2006
Aug 1, 2006 · Johnny Weissmuller Jr., 65, son of the famed Olympic swimmer and Tarzan actor who took after his father in both fields, died Thursday of liver cancer at a San Francisco hospital.
Johnny Weissmulller Jr., son of the legendary Olympic swimmer who gained screen fame as the best-known “Tarzan” actor, died at 65 of liver cancer July 28 at California Pacific Medical Center – where he was born on September 23, 1940.
Aug 1, 2006 · Johnny Weissmuller Jr., son of the Olympic athlete famous for playing Tarzan in 1930s and ’40s movies, died of cancer July 27 in San Francisco. He was 65.
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PHOTO courtesy Johnny Weissmuller Jr. Johann Peter Weißmüller was born on June 2, 1904 in what is now Romania but was in the year of his birth part of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire.[1]