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Birthdate: June 2, 1904
Death date: January 20, 1984
Johnny Weissmuller
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
No Reviews
1
1930s
2.6980
7
1940s
2.2252
13
1950s
2.0071
16
1960s
No Reviews
0
1970s
0.0001
2
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.2568
2.2568
Johnny Weissmuller Movie Rankings
1
3.0404James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful young daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them. ...more about Tarzan the Ape Man
DVD from $41.37
(11 sellers)
2
2.9911In the first sequel to Tarzan, the Ape Man, Harry Holt returns to Africa to head up a large ivory expedition. This time he brings his womanizing friend Marlin Arlington. Holt also harbors ideas about convincing Jane to return to London. ...more about Tarzan and His Mate
DVD from $41.37
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3
2.6544White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her. ...more about Tarzan Escapes
DVD from $41.37
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4
2.4268
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York. At a trial over custody of Boy, Tarzan becomes violent and is jailed. ...more about Tarzan's New York Adventure
DVD from $41.37
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5
2.2769
A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exits on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold. Everyone is captured by wicked natives. ...more about Tarzan's Secret Treasure
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6
2.2419
"Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. ...more about Stage Door Canteen
DVD from $4.08
(5 sellers)
8
2.2160
A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. ...more about Tarzan Finds a Son!
DVD from $41.37
(11 sellers)
9
2.1795
Lady scientist, Hilary Parker is searching for a rare drug to help combat polio. Opportunist Bruce Edwards joins the quest but is actually after gold and buried treasure. ...more about Jungle Jim
- Not Available on DVD
11
1.9360
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. ...more about Tarzan's Desert Mystery
DVD from $25.98
(6 sellers)
14
1.7716
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them. ...more about Tarzan and the Amazons
DVD from $25.98
(6 sellers)
15
1.7396
An African tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa. Tarzan fights them when the cult first attacks a caravan and next attacks Jane and Boy. Tarzan is captured. ...more about Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
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17
1.7154
Jungle Jim aids the women of a tribe whose men have been enslaved by a narcotics gang to hunt down a sacred zebra-like animal, called the Okongo. This animal is the source of a powerful drug that the gang intends to exploit. ...more about Fury of the Congo
- Not Available on DVD
18
1.6849
Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. ...more about Tarzan Triumphs
DVD from $25.98
(6 sellers)
19
1.6059
Jungle Jim is accused to the murder of a native who has been providing a mad scientist with innocent animals to be used in his experiments. The killing was actually committed by a ferocious "Man-Ape" that is terrorizing the jungle. ...more about Killer Ape
- Not Available on DVD
20
1.3241
Boy is away at school in England. The high priest is trying to force a young girl to marry an evil pearl trader posing as the god Balu. She escapes, is recaptured and is finally resued by Tarzan and Jane who reunite her with her chosen fiance. ...more about Tarzan and the Mermaids
DVD from $25.98
(6 sellers)
21
1.2602
A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes. ...more about Tarzan and the Huntress
DVD from $25.98
(6 sellers)
23
Johnny Weissmuller, acting under his own name, fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles. ...more about Cannibal Attack
- Not Available on DVD
24
Johnny Weissmuller guides Professor Blakely (Selmer Jackson) and his daughter Nora (Angela Stevens) into forbidden Kirundi land, home of the fire-worshipers, in search of missing scientist Ralph Dixon (William M. Griffith). ...more about Devil Goddess
- Not Available on DVD
25
Gloria, Barabara and Buddy are working at the sheet music counter in a New York department store. ...more about Glorifying the American Girl
DVD from $5.99
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27
Jungle Jim battles evil ivory poachers, mutant giants, stock footage, and cheap sets with the help of a pretty anthropologist and his cute chimp Tamba. ...more about Jungle Jim In the Forbidden Land
- Not Available on DVD
29
Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim type is played by Weissmuller using his own name. ...more about Jungle Moon Men
- Not Available on DVD
36
In the 12th of the "Jungle Jim" series from Sam Katzman's production unit at Columbia, Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) is assigned to accompany a government agent into the interior to get the native's approval for copper mining. Unknown to Jim, Arco (Robert C. ...more about Valley of Head Hunters
- Not Available on DVD
37
Jungle Jim helps an attractive research writer for the British museum clear up the mystery of a tiger cult in Africa while thwarting art thieves and bringing to justice a Nazi war criminal. ...more about Voodoo Tiger
- Not Available on DVD
39
In 1924 Estie comes to Hollywood to become an actress, but the dog, that followed her becomes the star. But Hollywood has its own rules of sucess. ...more about Won Ton Ton
- Not Available on DVD
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