Person
Ron Ely
Born 21 June 1938 Died 29 September 2024, aged 86 Hereford, Texas, USA TMDB ↗
Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 21, 1938) was 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.
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16age in their first credit on record (1955)
62years on screen and counting
3credits in 1992, their busiest year
42dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 78 Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017as Tarzan (Archive Footage)
Age: 76 Expecting Amish
2014as Elder Miller
Age: 72 Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011as Ron (archive footage)
Age: 57 Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
1996as Tarzan (archive footage)
Age: 39 Slavers
1978as Steven Hamilton
Age: 37 MitGift
1976as Kurt
Age: 36 Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975as Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
Age: 34 Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
1972as Hallelujah
Age: 34 Cry of the Black Wolves
1972as Bill Robinson
Age: 33 Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971as Tarzan
Age: 32 Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970as Tarzan
Age: 29 Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
1968as Tarzan
Age: 29 The Mountains of the Moon
1967as Tarzan
Age: 29 Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967as Tarzan
Age: 28 Once Before I Die
1966as Soldier
Age: 27 The Night of the Grizzly
1966as Ted Curry
Age: 20 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959as Wilbur Fielding
Age: 20 The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958as Deputy Jim Dyer
Age: 19 South Pacific
1958as Navigator
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TV credits
Age: 62 Sheena
2000as Bixby
Age: 56 Marker
1995
Age: 54 Renegade
1992 Age: 54 Renegade
1992as Reverend McClain
Age: 54 The Hat Squad
1992as Carl Strong
Age: 49 Sea Hunt
1987as Mike Nelson
Age: 48 L.A. Law
1986as Mr. McIntyre
Age: 47 Blacke's Magic
1986
Age: 44 Matt Houston
1982
Age: 44 Hotel
1982as Evan Paige
Age: 39 The Love Boat
1977as Jim
Age: 39 The Love Boat
1977as Ted Cole
Age: 39 The Love Boat
1977as Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster
Age: 37 Wonder Woman
1975as Bill Michaels
Age: 31 The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969as Ronald
Age: 28 Ironside
1967as Scott Bradley
Age: 28 Tarzan
1966as Tarzan
Age: 27 Die Rudi Carrell Show
1965
Age: 22 The Aquanauts
1960as Mike Madison
Age: 22 Thriller
1960as Lt. Mike Hudson
Age: 20 Steve Canyon
1958as Pete Randall
Age: 17 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Age: 16 The Millionaire
1955as Jim Phillips