
Ron Ely
Known for: Acting
Born: June 21, 1938
Died: September 29, 2024
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. Ely obtained the role after playing various bit-parts, including an airplane navigator in the 1958 film South Pacific and a guest-starring role on Barbara Eden's first television series, the romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire. Ely's…
Known for

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975

The Mountains of the Moon
1967

Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
1972

Cry of the Black Wolves
1972

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971

Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970

Tarzan Revisited
2017

Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
1968

Slavers
1978

MitGift
1976

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998

The Night of the Grizzly
1966

Once Before I Die
1966

Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
1996

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017

The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958

Expecting Amish
2014

South Pacific
1958

L.A. Law
1986

The Love Boat
1977

Sheena
2000

Wonder Woman
1975

Ironside
1967

The Millionaire
1955

Thriller
1960

The Aquanauts
1960

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

Matt Houston
1982

Tarzan
1966

Blacke's Magic
1986

The Hat Squad
1992

Renegade
1992

Stars in the Ring
1959

Steve Canyon
1958

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969

Die Rudi Carrell Show
1965

Marker
1995

Sea Hunt
1987

Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011

Hotel
1982
Vicki!
1992