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Gordon Scott
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Gordon Scott
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-08-03,Portland, Oregon, USA
Gender
Male
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).

Filmography

6.5

The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01

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

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L'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)
1965-02-17

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

5.3

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
1959-07-08

Tarzan and the Lost Safari

5.4

Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957-04-12

Tarzan the Magnificent

5.5

Tarzan the Magnificent
1960-07-20

Danger!! Death Ray

2.8

Danger!! Death Ray
1967-01-28

Tarzan and the Trappers

4

Tarzan and the Trappers
1958-01-01

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

4.9

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955-02-16

Tarzan's Fight for Life

4.6

Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958-08-15

Duel of the Titans

5.1

Duel of the Titans
1961-12-06

Goliath and the Vampires

5.7

Goliath and the Vampires
1961-08-24

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

5.8

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961-10-31

Gladiator of Rome

5.4

Gladiator of Rome
1962-09-13

6

The Tramplers
1965-12-31

Kerim, Son of the Sheik

5

Kerim, Son of the Sheik
1962-06-29

The Conquest of Mycenae

3.6

The Conquest of Mycenae
1963-04-22

3.929

Hero of Rome
1964-04-22

Hercules and the Princess of Troy

6.3

Hercules and the Princess of Troy
1965-03-08

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies

0

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
2017-01-01

The Lion of St. Mark

3.6

The Lion of St. Mark
1963-11-21

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West

4.9

Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1964-11-19

Zorro and the Three Musketeers

3.5

Zorro and the Three Musketeers
1963-02-14

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

0

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
1998-12-22

Hero of Babylon

3

Hero of Babylon
1963-08-22

7

Top Secret
1967-05-13

Thunder of Battle

3

Thunder of Battle
1964-08-19

Women in Cell Block 7

4.9

Women in Cell Block 7
1973-07-05

Investigating Tarzan

0

Investigating Tarzan
1997-01-01

The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules

2

The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
1963-09-04

A Queen for Caesar

5.2

A Queen for Caesar
1962-12-22

The Shortest Day

6.2

The Shortest Day
1963-02-14

The Steve Allen Show

5

The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24