Personal Info
Known Credits
19
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1938-06-21 (87 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Hereford, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Ronald Pierce ElyRonald Ely
Ron 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2017 --
Tarzan Revisited
| Self
2017 --
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
| Tarzan (Archive Footage)
2014 --
Expecting Amish
| Elder Miller
1998 --
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
| Himself
1978 --
Slavers
| Steven Hamilton
1976 --
Mitgift
| Kurt
1975 --
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
| Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
1972 --
Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God
| Hallelujah
1972 --
Cry of the Black Wolves
| Bill Robinson
1971 --
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
| Tarzan
1970 --
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
| Tarzan
1968 --
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
| Tarzan
1967 --
The Mountains of the Moon
| Tarzan
1967 --
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
| Tarzan
1966 --
Once Before I Die
| Soldier
1966 --
The Night of the Grizzly
| Ted Curry
1959 --
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
| Wilbur Fielding
1958 --
The Fiend Who Walked the West
| Deputy Jim Dyer
1958 --
South Pacific
| Navigator