Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmullerwas an Austro-Hungarian born American competition swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century. Weissmuller was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo. He won fifty-two U.S. National Championships, set more than fifty world records, and was purportedly undefeated in official competition...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth2 June 1904
CountryUnited States of America
I need freedom to be happy.
The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor
How can a guy climb trees, say 'Me, Tarzan, you, Jane,' and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn't make-believe.
The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.
Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.
I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.
No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant.
Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.
Can you imagine - a blond Tarzan?
I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it.
I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.
Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.