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Gordon Scott (born Gordon Merrill Werschkul; August 3, 1926 [1] – April 30, 2007 [1]) 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.
May 3, 2007 · Gordon Scott, a handsome, muscular actor who portrayed an “intelligent and nice” Tarzan in 1950s movies, has died. He was 80.
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.
American actor and body-builder whose greatest claim to fame was his role as the movies' eleventh (and some say best) Tarzan. Scott was born Gordon Merrill Werschkul in Portland, Oregon, one of nine children of advertising man Stanley Werschkul and his wife Alice.
Gordon Werschkul, who had never considered acting, became Gordon Scott, the new hero of one of the most popular and long-lived action film series ever. ("Werschkul" was a little too close to Weissmuller, as in Johnny, still the best-known Tarzan actor.)
May 5, 2007 · BALTIMORE, May 4 (AP) — Gordon Scott, a handsome, muscular actor who portrayed Tarzan in the 1950s, died here on Monday. He was 80. The cause was complications after heart surgery, said a...
May 3, 2007 · BALTIMORE Gordon Scott, a handsome 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, died Monday at Johns...
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...
Apr 30, 2007 · 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. Muscular former lifeguard Scott played Tarzan in five big screen adventures, beginning with Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) and including Tarzan And The Lost Safari (1957) and Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959).
