Fantasy Island
1977
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Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966–1968 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the lead role in the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975). He hosted the Miss America pageant telecast in 1980 and 1981.
Jul 1, 2008 · Tarzan (1966 TV) Thebigbadwoof. 1.41K subscribers. Subscribed. 226. 229K views 15 years ago. 1966-1969 TV series starring Ron Ely ...more.
Tarzan: With Ron Ely, Manuel Padilla Jr., Virgil Richardson, Rockne Tarkington. Tarzan (Lord Greystoke), already well educated and fed up with civilization, returns to the jungle and, more or less assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy Jai, wages war against poachers and other bad guys.
The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character who had grown tired of civilization, and returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The first five episodes (1-4 and 7 in transmission order) were filmed in Brazil; the production then relocated to Mexico.
Jul 8, 2014 · Ron Ely finishes his legendary run as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ immortal creation Tarzan in this action and star-packed second season. This 6-Disc, 26-Episode Collection finds Tarzan, Cheetah...
Jul 8, 2014 · Still in the capable hands of producer Sy Weintraub, the TV Tarzan (Ron Ely) continued the more recent (and more authentic) interpretation of Lord Greystoke as a sophisticated, articulate...
Ron Ely. Actor: Tarzan. 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.
