Ron Ely

★ Acting #67,795

1938 - 2024 (age 86) • Acting

Born: 6/21/1938 in Hereford, Texas, USA

Died: 9/29/2024 (age 86)

Known for: Acting

Ron Ely

★ Acting #67,795

Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 21, 1938) was an American actor and novelist born in Hereford, Texas. Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the lead role in the 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.

Known For

Wonder Woman

70%

Bill Michaels

1975

The Love Boat

63%

Ted Cole / Jim / Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster

1977

Renegade

67%

/ Reverend McClain

1992

L.A. Law

70%

Mr. McIntyre

1986

Ironside

68%

Scott Bradley

1967

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

52%

Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.

1975

The Night of the Grizzly

59%

Ted Curry

1966

Sheena

53%

Bixby

2000

Tarzan Revisited

65%

Self

2017

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies

Tarzan (Archive Footage)

2017

Expecting Amish

67%

Elder Miller

2014

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

72%

Ron (archive footage)

2011

Sheena

53%

Bixby

2000

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

Self

1998

Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan

Tarzan (archive footage)

1996

Marker

55%

Unknown

1995

Renegade

67%

/ Reverend McClain

1992

The Hat Squad

68%

Carl Strong

1992

Sea Hunt

Mike Nelson

1987

L.A. Law

70%

Mr. McIntyre

1986

Blacke's Magic

68%

Unknown

1986

Matt Houston

63%

Unknown

1982

Slavers

40%

Steven Hamilton

1978

The Love Boat

63%

Ted Cole / Jim / Steve Swaggart / Darryl Brewster

1977

MitGift

46%

Kurt

1976

Wonder Woman

70%

Bill Michaels

1975

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

52%

Clark 'Doc' Savage Jr.

1975

Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God

46%

Hallelujah

1972

Cry of the Black Wolves

53%

Bill Robinson

1972

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

90%

Tarzan

1971

Tarzan's Deadly Silence

50%

Tarzan

1970

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

62%

Ronald

1969

Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army

70%

Tarzan

1968

The Mountains of the Moon

Tarzan

1967

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

63%

Tarzan

1967

Ironside

68%

Scott Bradley

1967