Johnny Weissmüller

Johnny Weissmuller born Johann Peter Weißmüller June 2 1904 January 20 1984 was an AustroHungarianborn American swimmer and actor Weissmuller was one of the worlds best swimmers in the 1920s winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal He won fiftytwo US National Championships and set sixtyseven world records After his swimming career he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films a role he played in twelve motion pictures Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan but Weissmuller is by far the best known His characters distinctive ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Weissmuller licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia