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...
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The Night of the Grizzly
As Ted Curry
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
As Tarzan
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
As Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
The Mountains of the Moon
As Tarzan
The Fiend Who Walked The West
As Deputy Jim Dyer
Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
As Hallelujah
Cry of the Black Wolves
As Bill Robinson
Slavers
As Steven Hamilton
Once Before I Die
As Soldier
Mitgift
As Kurt
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
As Tarzan
Expecting Amish
As Elder Miller
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
As Wilbur Fielding
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
As Himself
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
As Tarzan
Tarzan Revisited
As Self
South Pacific
As Navigator
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
As Tarzan
L.A. Law
As Mr. McIntyre
The Love Boat
As Jim
Sheena
As Bixby
Wonder Woman
As Bill Michaels
Ironside
As Scott Bradley
The Millionaire
As Jim Phillips
Thriller
As Lt. Mike Hudson
The Aquanauts
As Mike Madison
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Matt Houston
Tarzan
As Tarzan
Blacke's Magic
The Hat Squad
Renegade
Stars in der Manege
As Self
Steve Canyon
As Pete Randall
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
As Ronald
Die Rudi Carrell Show
Marker
Sea Hunt (1987)
As Mike Nelson