Variety, August 7th, 2006
Johnny Weissmuller Jr., son of the Olympic athlete famous for playing Tarzan in 1930s and 40s movies, died of cancer July 27 in San Francisco. He was 65.
He was the first of three children of the film star and his third wife, socialite Beryl Scott. He made his film debut at age 18 opposite Mickey Rooney in "Andy Hardy Comes Home" (1958). After a stint in the Navy, where he was on an underwater demolition team, the 6'6" actor returned to Hollywood and appeared on TV Westerns, including "Sugarfoot," "The Lawman," "Death Valley Days," "Wagon Train" and "Gunsmoke."
In the 1970s, he appeared in...
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