Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
62
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-06-02
Day of Death
1984-01-20 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Freidorf, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis County, Romania]
Also Known As
Johnny Weissmüller
Peter Johann Weissmüller
Johnny Weismuller
János Peter Weißmüller
Johann Peter Weißmüller
Johann Peter Weissmüller
Johnny Weissmüller
Biography
Johnny Weissmuller (born Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor. Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven 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 character's distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Weissmuller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
