Ron Ely
19 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 21, 1938
- Died
- Sep 29, 2024 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Hereford, Texas, USA
- Also known 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 height (6' 4") and athletic build also won him the title role in the 1975 film Doc Savage, as well as various guest shots. In a 1978 Fantasy Island episode, for example, Ely portrayed Mark Antony in a Roman military short tunic and breastplate that displayed almost as much of his physique as his Tarzan costume had.
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From 1960-61, Ely starred in the series The Aquanauts. In the 1980s, Ely hosted the musical game show Face the Music. Additionally, Ely hosted the 1980 and 1981 Miss America Pageants, replacing longtime host Bert Parks.
In the 1990s, Ely’s roles included a retired Superman in the 1991 two-part episode "The Road to Hell" of the Superboy syndicated television series, and a big game hunter named Gordon Shaw in the 1992 episode "Tarzan the Hunted" of the syndicated Tarzán TV series (starring Wolf Larson).
In recent years Ely has embarked on a successful writing career and has penned two mystery novels featuring private eye Jake Sands: Night Shadows (1994) and East Beach (1995). Until about 2001, Ely made appearances on popular TV shows, his most recent being Sheena and Renegade. He is now retired from acting.
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Known for
Ron Ely: movies and TV shows
Acting (38)
- 2017 Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
as Tarzan (Archive Footage)
- 2014 Expecting Amish
as Elder Miller
- 2011 Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Ron (archive footage)
- 2000
- 1996 Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
as Tarzan (archive footage)
- 1995
- 1992
- 1992
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986
- 1982
- 1982
- 1978 Slavers
as Steven Hamilton
- 1977
- 1976 MitGift
as Kurt
- 1975
- 1975 Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
as Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
- 1972 Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
as Hallelujah
- 1972 Cry of the Black Wolves
as Bill Robinson
- 1971 Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Tarzan
- 1970 Tarzan's Deadly Silence
as Tarzan
- 1969
- 1968 Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
as Tarzan
- 1967 The Mountains of the Moon
as Tarzan
- 1967 Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Tarzan
- 1967
- 1966 Once Before I Die
as Soldier
- 1966
- 1966 The Night of the Grizzly
as Ted Curry
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Wilbur Fielding
- 1958
- 1958 The Fiend Who Walked the West
as Deputy Jim Dyer
- 1958 South Pacific
as Navigator
- 1955
- 1955
Behind the camera (1)
- 1966
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 2017
- 1998
- 1992 Vicki!
1 episode
- 1965 Die Rudi Carrell Show
1 episode
- 1959 Stars in der Manege
1 episode