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Gordon Scott‌

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Birthday

calendar1926-08-03

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Gordon Scott

Portland, Oregon, USA

Gordon Scott

Portland, Oregon, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1926-08-03

Popularity

star1.5

Biography

Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three made-as-a-pilot television episodes) of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960. Gordon Scott was the eleventh Tarzan, starting with Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle. He was "discovered" poolside, and offered "a seven-year contract, a loin cloth, and a new last name." "Due in part to his muscular frame and 6-foot-3-inch [1.91-metre] height, he was quickly signed to replace Lex Barker as Tarzan" by producer Sol Lesser. Lesser had Gordon change his name because "Werschkul" sounded too much like "Weismueller". Scott's Tarzan movies ranged from rather cheap re-edited television pilots to large-scale action films with high-production values shot on location in Africa. In his early Tarzan films, he played the character as unworldly and inarticulate, in the mold of Johnny Weissmuller, an earlier Tarzan portrayer. In Scott's later films, after a change in producers, he played a Tarzan who was educated and spoke perfect English, as in the original Edgar Rice Burroughs novels. Scott was the only actor to play Tarzan in both styles. Fearing he would become typecast as Tarzan, Scott moved to Italy and became a popular star in epics of the péplum genre (known in the United States as sword-and-sandal), featuring handsome bodybuilders as various characters from Greek and Roman myth. Scott was a friend of Steve Reeves, and collaborated with him as Remus to Reeves's Romulus in Duel of the Titans. Scott also played Hercules in a couple of international co-productions during the mid-1960s. As the péplum genre faded, Scott starred in spaghetti westerns and Eurospy films. His final film appearance was in The Tramplers (filmed in 1966; released in the United States in 1968).

Movie Credits

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

L'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)

L'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Tarzan and the Lost Safari‌
star4.9
calendar 1957

Tarzan the Magnificent

Tarzan the Magnificent‌
star5.6
calendar 1960

Danger!! Death Ray

Danger!! Death Ray‌
star2.8
calendar 1967

Tarzan and the Trappers

Tarzan and the Trappers‌
star4.0
calendar 1958

Tarzan's Fight for Life

Tarzan's Fight for Life‌
star4.6
calendar 1958

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle‌
star4.9
calendar 1955

Duel of the Titans

Duel of the Titans‌
star5.1
calendar 1961

Goliath and the Vampires

Goliath and the Vampires‌
star5.2
calendar 1961

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World‌
star5.8
calendar 1961

Gladiator of Rome

Gladiator of Rome‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

The Tramplers

The Tramplers‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

Kerim, Son of the Sheik

Kerim, Son of the Sheik‌
star5.0
calendar 1962

The Conquest of Mycenae

The Conquest of Mycenae‌
star3.6
calendar 1963

Hero of Rome

Hero of Rome‌
star3.9
calendar 1964

Hercules and the Princess of Troy

Hercules and the Princess of Troy‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

The Lion of St. Mark

The Lion of St. Mark‌
star3.6
calendar 1963

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West‌
star4.9
calendar 1964

Zorro and the Three Musketeers

Zorro and the Three Musketeers‌
star3.5
calendar 1963

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Hero of Babylon

Hero of Babylon‌
star3.0
calendar 1963

Top Secret

Top Secret‌
star7.0
calendar 1967

Thunder of Battle

Thunder of Battle‌
star3.0
calendar 1964

Women in Cell Block 7

Women in Cell Block 7‌
star4.9
calendar 1973

Investigating Tarzan

Investigating Tarzan‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules

The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules‌
star2.0
calendar 1963

A Queen for Caesar

A Queen for Caesar‌
star5.2
calendar 1962

The Shortest Day

The Shortest Day‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Tv Credits

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956