Tarzan in film and other non-print media
Franchise films

Tarzan in film and other non-print media

Section Title: Franchise films
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Film title	Starring	Directed by	Theatrical release	DVD release	Notes

Tarzan the Ape Man	Johnny Weissmuller	1932	First MGM film

Tarzan and His Mate	Johnny Weissmuller	1934

Tarzan Escapes	Johnny Weissmuller	1936

Tarzan Finds a Son!	Johnny Weissmuller	1939	Johnny Sheffield debuts as "Boy"

Tarzan's Secret Treasure	Johnny Weissmuller	1941

Tarzan's New York Adventure	Johnny Weissmuller	1942	sixth and final appearance of Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane

Tarzan Triumphs	Johnny Weissmuller	1943	franchise moves from MGM to RKO under producer Sol Lesser. Jane does not appear in this or the next film.

Tarzan’s Desert Mystery	Johnny Weissmuller	1943

Tarzan and the Amazons	Johnny Weissmuller	1945	Jane returns to the series, now played by Brenda Joyce.

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman	Johnny Weissmuller	1946

Tarzan and the Huntress	Johnny Weissmuller	1947	eighth and last appearance of Johnny Sheffield as "Boy"

Tarzan and the Mermaids	Johnny Weissmuller	1948	Last film to star Weissmuller partially filmed in Mexico

Tarzan's Magic Fountain	Lex Barker	1949	first film to star Lex Barker. Fifth and final appearance of Brenda Joyce as Jane.

Tarzan and the Slave Girl	Lex Barker	1950

Tarzan's Peril	Lex Barker	1951	partially filmed in Kenya

Tarzan's Savage Fury	Lex Barker	1952

Tarzan and the She-Devil	Lex Barker	1953	Final film to star Lex Barker

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle	Gordon Scott	1955

Tarzan and the Lost Safari	Gordon Scott	1957	first Tarzan film in color

Tarzan and the Trappers	Gordon Scott	1958	a black and white television pilot also released to theaters

Tarzan's Fight for Life	Gordon Scott	1958	in color, as would be all subsequent Tarzan films; last Tarzan film produced by Sol Lesser the last in the franchise to follow the Weissmuller formula of a pidgin-speaking Tarzan living in a treehouse with Jane.

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure	Gordon Scott	1959	first of the Sy Weintraub productions, revamping the character as an educated lone adventurer

Tarzan the Magnificent	Gordon Scott	1960	Not based on the Burroughs novel of the same name Last film to star Gordon Scott

Tarzan Goes to India	Jock Mahoney	1962	First film to star Jock Mahoney

Tarzan's Three Challenges	Jock Mahoney	1963	Last film to star Jock Mahoney

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold	Mike Henry	1966	First film to star Mike Henry

Tarzan and the Great River	Mike Henry	1967

Tarzan and the Jungle Boy'	Mike Henry	1968

Tarzan the Ape Man	Miles O'Keeffe	1981	First and only film to star Miles O'Keeffe

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Christopher Lambert	1984	First and only film to star Christopher Lambert

Tarzan and the Lost City	Casper Van Dien	1998	First and only film to star Casper Van Dien

The Legend of Tarzan	Alexander Skarsgård	2016	First and only film to star Alexander Skarsgård

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Tarzan movie was Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) which starred Casper Van Dien.

final_sentence: Tarzan movie was Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) which starred Casper Van Dien.