Ron Ely
Birthday
1938/06/21
Day of death
2024/09/29 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hereford, Texas, USA
Also know as
Ronald Pierce Ely, Ronald Ely
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...Read more
Acting
(1966) The Night of the Grizzly
as Ted Curry
(1967) Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Tarzan
(1975) Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
as Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
(1967) The Mountains of the Moon
as Tarzan
(1958) The Fiend Who Walked The West
as Deputy Jim Dyer
(1972) Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
as Hallelujah
(1972) Cry of the Black Wolves
as Bill Robinson
(1978) Slavers
as Steven Hamilton
(1966) Once Before I Die
as Soldier
(1976) Mitgift
as Kurt
(1971) Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Tarzan
(2014) Expecting Amish
as Elder Miller
(1959) The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Wilbur Fielding
(1998) In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
as Himself
(1970) Tarzan's Deadly Silence
as Tarzan
(2017) Tarzan Revisited
as Self
(1958) South Pacific
as Navigator
(1968) Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
as Tarzan
(1986) L.A. Law
as Mr. McIntyre
(1977) The Love Boat
as Jim
(2000) Sheena
as Bixby
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Bill Michaels
(1967) Ironside
as Scott Bradley
(1955) The Millionaire
as Jim Phillips
(1960) Thriller
as Lt. Mike Hudson
(1960) The Aquanauts
as Mike Madison
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1966) Tarzan
as Tarzan
(1986) Blacke's Magic
as ---
(1992) The Hat Squad
as ---
(1992) Renegade
as ---
(1959) Stars in der Manege
as Self
(1958) Steve Canyon
as Pete Randall
(1969) The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Ronald
(1977) The Love Boat
as Ted Cole
(1965) Die Rudi Carrell Show
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster
(1995) Marker
as ---
(1992) Renegade
as Reverend McClain
(1987) Sea Hunt (1987)
as Mike Nelson