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Spouse: Maria Bauman his death See more ». Edit Did You Know? Personal Quote: Tarzan films are decent films, designed for family viewing. It's an idealistic, down-to-earth story about a man's love for animals and the care of his family. See more ». Trivia: Won 5 Olympic Gold Medals for swimming. Broke the record in each race. From he won every free style race he entered. Trademark: muscular pectorals See more ». Nickname: Big John. Star Sign: Gemini. He also lent his name to other business ventures, but did not have a great deal of success.
He then moved to RKO and made six more Tarzans. Cyril Hume, working on the adaptation of Tarzan the Ape Man , noticed Weissmuller swimming in the pool at his hotel and suggested him for the part of Tarzan.
The studio billed him as "the only man in Hollywood who's natural in the flesh and can act without clothes". The film was an immediate box-office and critical hit. When Weissmuller was introduced to the first Cheetah in his Tarzan films in he worked with 8 chimpanzees altogether , the chimp's trainer told him to show no fear or the animal would attack him.
As Weissmuller, dressed in his Tarzan loincloth and hunting knife, walked up to the animal, it bared its teeth, growled at him and lunged as if to attack him. Weissmuller took the knife out of the sheath and held it in front of the chimp's nose, to make sure he saw and smelled it.
He then slammed the animal on the side of the head with the knife handle. He put the knife back in its sheath and held out his hand to the chimp. It glared at him, bared his teeth again, then changed its mind, grinned at Weissmuller and jumped up and hugged him. Weissmuller never had any further problems with the chimp--although other cast and crew members did--and it followed him around like a puppy dog during all the pictures they worked together.
Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the US Olympic team. A sickly child, he took up swimming on the advice of a doctor. He grew to be a 6' 3", pound champion athlete - undefeated winner of five Olympic gold medals, 67 world and 52 national titles, holder of every freestyle record from yards to the half-mile.
In his first picture, Glorifying the American Girl , he appeared as an Adonis clad only in a fig leaf. Won 5 Olympic Gold Medals for swimming. Broke the record in each race. From he won every free style race he entered. After school, he worked as a bellhop and elevator operator at the Plaza Hotel in Chicago and trained for the Olympics with a swim coach at the Illinois Athletic Club, where he developed his revolutionary high-riding front crawl.
He made his amateur debut on August 6, , winning his first AAU race in the yard freestyle. Johnny Weissmuller has one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century: He was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the s, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo at the Olympic Games in Paris and Amsterdam.
He won fifty-two U. A: American. Q: Which ethnicity does Johnny Weissmuller belong to? A: Brown. Q: How tall is Johnny Weissmuller? A: 75 KG. A: 46 Inch. Do you have any questions about her Biography and Wiki? Let me know in a comment. Please keep visit on this website for more Actress biographical post updates. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Search for:.
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