Ron Ely, the strapping Texan who found fame as television’s first Tarzan in the 1960s, died late last month at the California ...

Ron Ely, the actor best known for his role on the TV series “Tarzan” has died. He was 86. The star passed away on Sept. 29 at the home of one of his daughters in the vicinity of Santa Barbara ...

He would return briefly in the 2014 TV movie “Expecting Amish.” Ely’s Tarzan didn’t speak in the monosyllabic ... Ely said in ...

Ron Ely, the star of the original “Tarzan” TV series, has died at age 86. The actor died on Sept. 29 at the Santa Barbara home of his daughter Kirsten. She confirmed his passing on Instagram ...

He would return briefly in the 2014 TV movie “Expecting Amish.” Ely’s Tarzan didn’t speak in the monosyllabic ... Ely said in ...

Ely first rose to fame in the 1960s after landing the lead role in NBC's "Tarzan." The TV series ran from 1966 until 1968. He later returned for Universal's "Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze" in 1975.

He would return briefly in the 2014 TV movie “Expecting Amish.” Ely’s Tarzan didn’t speak in the ... that he did his own stunts on the show, working directly and precariously with the ...

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(Keystone/Hulton Archive/TNS) Ron Ely, the star of the original “Tarzan” TV series, has died at age 86. The actor died on Sept. 29 at the Santa Barbara, California, home of his daughter Kirsten.

Ely was 28 years old, 6 feet and 4 inches tall, and made of muscle when he was cast as the lead in NBC’s Tarzan, which ran for 57 episodes from 1966 to 1968. The show found the wild apeman ...