Giana Mucci
A Century of Tarzan: A Look Back at the Actors Who've Donned the Loincloth
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Elmo Lincoln (1918-1921)
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Gordon Griffith (1918-21)
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Gene Pollar (1920)
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P. Dempsey Tabler (1920)
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James Pierce (1927)
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Frank Merrill (1928-29)
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Johnny Weissmuller (1932-48)
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Buster Crabbe (1933)
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Herman Brix (1935-38)
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Glenn Morris (1938)
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Lex Barker (1949-53)
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Gordon Scott (1955-60)
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Denny Miller (1959)
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Jock Mahoney (1962-63)
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Mike Henry (1966-68)
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Miles O'Keefe (1981)
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Christopher Lambert (1984)
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Casper Van Dien (1998)
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Tony Goldwyn (1999)
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Alexander Skarsgård (2016)
Giana Mucci
The very first Tarzan was a silent movie that debuted in 1918. Since then at least 20 different actors have worn the loincloth in more than 45 movies about the fictional lord of the jungle. After a nearly two-decade hiatus from the big screen, the character created by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs is set to return to theaters this weekend with Alexander Skarsgård in The Legend of Tarzan. Click through to take a look back at the actors who’ve played the iconic role through the years.