In all, Weissmuller starred in thirteen “ Jungle Jim’ films and a season on the television series. After leaving the role of “Tarzan” Weissmuller took on the character of “Jungle Jim’ Jungle Jim started as a newspaper comic strip and then as a radio series before becoming a film series. He appeared in twelve Tarzan films including Tarzan the Ape Man, Tarzan and His Mate, Tarzan Finds a Son!, Tarzan’s New York Adventure, and Tarzan and the Mermaids. Johnny Weissmuller is considered to be the quintessential portrayer of Tarzan. He retired from swimming with an unbeaten Amateur record. It definitely paid off because as a 6’3”, 190 pound champion swimmer he won 5 Olympic gold medals, one bronze medal, fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. He was a sickly and, on the advice of a doctor, took up swimming.

Johann Peter Weissmuller was born in Freidorf, Banat, Austria-Hungry (now known as Romania). Click Here To See Johnny Weissmuller Nude!