
Known for
Acting
Born
June 21, 1938
Birthplace
Hereford, Texas, USA
Died
September 29, 2024 (aged 86)
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 height (6' 4") and athletic build also won him the title role in the 1975 film Doc Savage, as well as various guest shots. In a 1978 Fantasy Island episode, for example, Ely portrayed Mark Antony in...
2017
as Self
2017
as Tarzan (Archive Footage)
2014
as Elder Miller
2011
as Ron (archive footage)
2000
1998
1996
as Tarzan (archive footage)
1995
1992
1992
1992
1987
1986
1986
1982
1982
1978
as Steven Hamilton
1977
as Jim (1 episode), as Ted Cole (1 episode), as Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster (1 episode)
1976
as Kurt
1975
1975
as Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.
1972
as Hallelujah
1972
as Bill Robinson
1971
1970
as Tarzan