Ron Ely
Acting
Born: 1938-06-21 · Hereford, Texas, USA
Died: 2024-09-29
Biography
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Tarzan Revisited
2017
Self
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017
Tarzan (Archive Footage)
Expecting Amish
2014
Elder Miller
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
Ron (archive footage)
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998
Self
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
1996
Tarzan (archive footage)
Slavers
1978
Steven Hamilton
MitGift
1976
Kurt
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975
Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
1972
Hallelujah
Cry of the Black Wolves
1972
Bill Robinson
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
Tarzan
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970
Tarzan
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
1968
Tarzan
The Mountains of the Moon
1967
Tarzan
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
Tarzan
Once Before I Die
1966
Soldier
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
Ted Curry
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
Wilbur Fielding
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958
Deputy Jim Dyer
📺 TV Shows (20)
Sheena
2000
Bixby
Marker
1995
Renegade
1992
Renegade
1992
Reverend McClain
The Hat Squad
1992
Carl Strong
Vicki!
1992
Self - Guest
Sea Hunt
1987
Mike Nelson
L.A. Law
1986
Mr. McIntyre
Blacke's Magic
1986
Matt Houston
1982
Hotel
1982
Evan Paige
The Love Boat
1977
Jim
The Love Boat
1977
Ted Cole
The Love Boat
1977
Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster
Wonder Woman
1975
Bill Michaels
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
Ronald
Ironside
1967
Scott Bradley
Tarzan
1966
Tarzan
Die Rudi Carrell Show
1965
The Aquanauts
1960
Mike Madison