'Tarzan' star Ron Ely has died aged 86. The actor was best known for portraying the titular character in the NBC series 'Tarzan' from 1966 to 1968, and while filming the show he was said to have been ...

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Ely's daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County.

Johnny Sheffield, who played Boy in the Tarzan pics, died Oct. 15 in Chula Vista of a heart attack after falling out of a tree in his backyard. He was 79. Sheffield started to play Boy in the Johnny ...

LOS ANGELES — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series "Tarzan," died at age 86. Ely's daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on ...