Barker was a direct descendant of the founder of rhode island, roger williams, and of sir william henry crichlow, historical governor general of barbados. Prominent 60s actor who played the lead role in several karl mays films. There, they hope to lay hands on diamonds they say are needed for britains armaments. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Starring lex barker dvd, 20, 5disc set at the best online prices at ebay. Lex barker was an american actor best known for playing tarzan of the apes. A video clip of lex barker singing a song on youtube. Photo shows on right shirley maclaine and lex barker in a scene of the film. The randolph scott opportunity return of the badmen 1948 shows lex barker as a bad guy with full beard. In 1938 neighboring westport county playhouse accommodated barker in the play anna christie. Tarzan s savage fury is a 1952 film directed by cy endfield and starring lex barker as tarzan, dorothy hart as jane, and patric knowles. The natives were black, dances were wonderful and dorothy dandridge was captivating. Lex barker, actor he was one of the movie tarzans, one of the better known ones. Lex barker may 8, 1919 may 11, 1973 was an american actor best known for playing tarzan of the.
The tarzan collection starring lex barker dvd 1949 region 1 us. Hij speelde ook mee in verschillende westerns, voordat hij naar. Actor lex barker was the tenth movie tarzan, but he also starred in numerous westerns and dramas during his lengthy career. It was shot in chatsworth, californias iverson movie ranch. One of the things discussed were lana turners daughter cheryl cranes rapemolestation accusations against lex barker tarzan. Shirley maclaine costars with lex barker, the american actor of tarzan fame, in the film woman times 7 now in the making is paris. Barker, who was 53 years old, was found unconscious on. Tarzan s magic fountain was lex barker s first tarzan film producer sol lesser interviewed more than 1,000 actors to replace johnny weissmuller in the role of tarzan. Born into the upper class and educated at princeton, barker joined a theatrical stock company, then landed a minor role in the film doll face 1945. His virile, athletic, steely appearance led him to be cast as the screens tenth tarzan, a role he played from 194953 beginning with tarzan s magic fountain. Lex barker tarzan vanessa brown jane robert alda neil hurd hatfield prince arthur shields. Lex barker was an american actor best known for playing tarzan of the apes and leading characters from karl mays novels.
Latest tarzan, lex barker, exhibits jungle emotion to. Visit brians drivein theater for photos, biography and filmography information, and dvd and memorabilia sources for actor lex barker. He moved on to other roles, building a fairly successful career starring in european films. Lex barker may 1919 may was an american actor best known for playing tarzan of the apes and leading characters from karl mays novels. Lex barker net worth, salary, age, height, bio, wiki. Barker had an elder sister, frederica amelia freddie barlow 19171980. Lex barker full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Barker made only five tarzan films, but he remains one of the actors best known for the role. Lex barker western movies to watch free westerns theater. Lex barker was born in town of rye, ny on may 8, 1919. Pidax tarzan lex barker collection 1949 1953 youtube.
He excelled in football and track at fessenden school and phillipsexeter academy. While most tarzan films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s presented tarzan as a very different character from the one in edgar rice burroughs novels, this movie does make some allusions to the novels. It was also the last tarzan film done at rko studios which was slowly going out of business and would in the next two years. George macready was evil, which was to be expected. Tarzan and the slave girl 1950 lex barker the second of five tarzan films featuring lex barker tarzan s magic fountain tarzan and the slave girl tarzan s peril tarzan s savage fury tarzan and the shedevil alternate title. Barker turned out to be one of the better film tarzans, even though weissmuller was obviously a hard act to follow after his 16 years and 12 films at mgm and rko studios. Cheryl has claimed for years that as a preteen she was repeatedly raped by lex during the time he was married to her mother. Old shatterhand, he was best known for the role of being the tenth movie tarzan, and also starred in numerous westerns and dramas during his lengthy career. Find highquality lex barker stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images.
Photograph shows actors lex barker as tarzan and brenda joyce as jane embracing during filming of tarzan movie, probably tarzan. Lex barker realized that acting was very much to his liking. See more ideas about tarzan, tarzan of the apes and tarzan movie. From among a crowd of aspirants, producer sol lesser chose a sixfoot, fourinch tall athlete with stunning good looks lex barker. On left, vittorio di sica, the film director supervising the scene. The apeman has a fierce fight on his hands in this fourth tarzan film starring lex barker. Tarzan s hidden jungle marked the debut of gordon scott as edgar rice burroughs legendary ape man of the african jungle. It was on his home turf, westchester county, where he made his decision in favor of the acting profession.
With lex barker, vanessa brown, robert alda, hurd hatfield. May 8, 1919 may 11, 1973 was an american actor best known for playing tarzan of the apes and leading characters from karl mays novels. Lex barker us actor who played tarzan in several films b6dp1b from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos. Of course his voice sounds very much like his father. Lex barker, the actor who replaced johnny weissmuller in the tarzan films starting in he also married and was divorced from lana turner and became a big star of westerns in germany in the an interesting guy. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Read the tarzan s peril movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Jane is also captured and believed killed, so the despairing tarzan endures endless torture until he learns. His stardom as tarzan led him to a variety of heroic roles in other films, primarily westerns, and one interesting and quite nonheroic part in a world war ii film, away all boats 1956.
The tarzan collection starring lex barker faced with the task of donning the tarzan mantle after johnny weissmuller stepped down, lex barker bore it well. Tarzan s peril is a 1951 film directed by byron haskin and starring lex barker and virginia huston and featuring dorothy dandridge. Believe it or not lex barker fills johnny weissmullers loincloth quite nicely. The tarzan collection starring lex barker dvd walmart. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Lex barker, the 10th actor to play the role of tarzan in hollywood films, collapsed and died yesterday. Lex had previously been married to miss dahl before his marriage to lana turner. Raised in new york city and port chester, new york, lex barker attended the fessenden school and graduated from phillips exeter academy. June 1950 o201 b53658 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. No longer overshadowed by weissmuller, barker s tarzan films are ready to swing their way to a much deserved rediscovery. Shop the tarzan collection starring lex barker dvd 1949 region 1 us import ntsc. A year later he was spotted in summer stock and received a.
Faced with the task of donning the tarzan mantle after johnny weissmuller stepped down, lex barker bore it well. Its leaders are jewel thieves whove duped tarzan into being their guide. No longer overshadowed by weissmuller, barker s tarzan films are ready to swing their way to a muchdeserved rediscovery. Tarzan s peril, reminiscent of the first six johnny weissmuller tarzan movies, sparkles. As jane and the local tribeswomen are abducted one by one by the wild lionians, tarzan attempts to persuade their prince to accept a potent medicament for his ailing men, while the girls face certain death. Tarzans savage fury 1952 cy endfield, lex barker, dorothy hart, patric knowles july 15, 2018 tarzan s cousin comes to africa in hopes that tarzan will help him secure a fortune in diamonds essential to englands military security. Tarzan s peril 1951 lex barker, dorothy dandridge,virginia huston first tarzan film to be shot in africa, cheetahs was cut out but appears in the trailer the film was originally shot in color. Click on thumbnails below to see a larger view of the photo. Tarzan s peril rko radio, 1951 directed by byron haskin, the third of five installments starring lex barker as edgar rice burroughs most celebrated jungle hero, is. It was the reason they did not invest this film with too many production values.
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