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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.
Gordon Scott. Actor: Tarzan and the Lost Safari. Physical Education major Gordon Weschkul left the University of Oregon after one term. He became an infantry drill instructor (rifle, pistol and bayonet; judo and hand-to-hand combat; close order drill), then a military policeman.
- January 1, 1
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- January 1, 1
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tarzan and the Lost Safari: Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. With Gordon Scott, Robert Beatty, Yolande Donlan, Betta St. John. Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route, white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
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- Action, Adventure
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- 1957-09
May 3, 2007 · Gordon Scott, a handsome, muscular actor who portrayed an “intelligent and nice” Tarzan in 1950s movies, has died. He was 80. Scott, who had been living in a working class section of south...
Scott made 24 movies including Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957), Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958), Tarzan and the Trappers (1958), Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) and Tarzan the Magnificent (1960). The cast in the 1959 movie included Sean Connery and Anthony Quayle.
May 3, 2007 · BALTIMORE (AP) – Gordon Scott, a handsome, muscle-bound actor who portrayed Tarzan in the 1950s, has died. He was 80. Scott, who had been living in a working class section of south Baltimore,...
May 3, 2007 · Gordon Scott, an actor known for his portrayal of jungle superman Tarzan in six films and later roles in westerns and sword-and-sandals gladiator movies, died Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital...
