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The wife of Ron Ely, star of the 1960s Tarzan TV series, was stabbed to death by their son at their California home on Tuesday evening, say police. Officers called to the Santa Barbara house...
June 21, 1938 · Hereford, Texas, USA. Birth name. Ronald Pierce Ely. Height. 6′ 3″ (1.91 m) Mini Bio. The 15th screen Tarzan (if you don't count Gordon Griffith) was to have played a Tarzan impersonator in a projected Mike Henry television show, which never materialized. He had been tested fourteen months earlier when Henry got the part.
Oct 1, 2020 · Ex-'Tarzan' actor Ron Ely sues Santa Barbara sheriffs over 'wrongful' deaths of wife and son. Maria Puente. USA TODAY. 0:00. 0:30. Who stabbed ex-"Tarzan" actor Ron Ely 's wife Valerie in...
Oct 16, 2019 · 3:05 p.m. Authorities say “Tarzan” actor Ron Ely’s wife was stabbed to death in their Southern California home by the couple’s son, who police subsequently shot to death. A Santa Barbara County sheriff’s statement Wednesday said deputies found 62-year-old Valerie Lundeen Ely dead with multiple stab wounds inside the house on Tuesday night.
Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 21, 1938) is an American actor and novelist born in Hereford, Texas. Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the lead role in the 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.
Oct 16, 2019 · The wife of Ron Ely, star of the 1960s Tarzan TV series, was stabbed to death by their son at their California home on Tuesday evening, say police. Officers called to the Santa Barbara house...
Apr 8, 2013 · By Erik Amaya. Published Apr 8, 2013. Ron Ely, who starred as Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, spoke with Spinoff at WonderCon about the 1975 film, working with producer George Pal and his days playing Tarzan on television. Ron Ely's tall frame and athletic build won him the title role NBC’s 1966 Tarzan series.
