Category:Tarzan (film subject)

Tarzan (Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1910), novel

Year	Film title	Tarzan	Jane	Child	Notes
1918 <film>	Tarzan of the Apes	Elmo Lincoln	Enid Markey	Gordon Griffith (young Tarzan)	Based on the first part of the novel Tarzan of the Apes
1918 <film>	The Romance of Tarzan <lost>	Elmo Lincoln	Enid Markey	Gordon Griffith (young Tarzan)	LOST - Based on the second part of the novel Tarzan of the Apes
1920 <serial>	The Son of Tarzan	Kamuela C. Searle (Korak, Tarzan's son)	Manilla Martan (Meriem)	Gordon Griffith (young Korak) Mae Giraci (young Meriem)	Based on the novel The Son of Tarzan - Serial in 15 episodes.
1920 <film>	The Revenge of Tarzan	Gene Pollar	Karla Schramm	---	Based on the first part of the novel The Return of Tarzan
1921 <serial>	The Adventures of Tarzan	Elmo Lincoln	Louise Lorraine	Gordon Griffith (young Tarzan)	Based on the second part of the novel The Return of Tarzan
1927 <film>	Tarzan and the Golden Lion <film>	James Pierce	Dorothy Dunbar	---	Based on the novel Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1928 <serial>	Tarzan the Mighty	Frank Merrill	[[]]		Though nominally based on Jungle Tales of Tarzan, it is mostly an original story and includes only a few scenes and themes from that collection of short stories
1929	Tarzan the Tiger <serial>	Frank Merrill	[[]]		Based on the novel Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Filmed as a silent but partially dubbed to become the first Tarzan sound film; Last silent serial
1932	Tarzan the Ape Man <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Maureen O'Sullivan		First MGM film
1934	Tarzan and His Mate <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Maureen O'Sullivan
1936	Tarzan Escapes <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Maureen O'Sullivan
1939	Tarzan Finds a Son! <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Maureen O'Sullivan	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)	Sheffield]] debuts
1941	Tarzan's Secret Treasure <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Maureen O'Sullivan	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)
1942	Tarzan's New York Adventure <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Maureen O'Sullivan	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)	sixth and final appearance of Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Last MGM film
1943	Tarzan Triumphs <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	---	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)	franchise moves from MGM to RKO under producer Sol Lesser. Jane does not appear in this or the next film.
1943	Tarzan’s Desert Mystery <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	---	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)
1945	Tarzan and the Amazons <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Brenda Joyce	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)	Jane returns to the series, now played by Brenda Joyce.
1946	Tarzan and the Leopard Woman <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Brenda Joyce	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)
1947	Tarzan and the Huntress <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Brenda Joyce	Johnny Sheffield (Boy)	Eighth and last appearance of Sheffield as "Boy"
1948	Tarzan and the Mermaids <film>	Johnny Weissmuller	Brenda Joyce	---	Last film to star Weissmuller partially filmed in Mexico
1949	Tarzan's Magic Fountain <film>	Lex Barker	Brenda Joyce		first film to star Lex Barker. Fifth and final appearance of Brenda Joyce as "Jane".
1950	Tarzan and the Slave Girl <film>	Lex Barker
1951	Tarzan's Peril <film>	Lex Barker			partially filmed in Kenya
1952	Tarzan's Savage Fury <film>	Lex Barker
1953	Tarzan and the She-Devil <film>	Lex Barker			Final film to star Lex Barker
1955	Tarzan's Hidden Jungle <film>	Gordon Scott			First film to star Gordon Scott Final RKO Picture produced film. Final Black-and-white film originally produced for theaters.
1957	Tarzan and the Lost Safari <film>	Gordon Scott			First Tarzan film in color
1958	Tarzan and the Trappers <film>	Gordon Scott			A black and white pilot film, re-edited from three unaired TV episodes and issued to theaters. The re-edited version was finally aired on TV in 1966.
1958	Tarzan's Fight for Life <film>	Gordon Scott			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. Final appearance of the Jane character in the mainstream Tarzan film franchise until 1981.
1959	Tarzan's Greatest Adventure <film>	Gordon Scott			first of the Sy Weintraub productions, revamping the character as an educated lone adventurer
1960	Tarzan the Magnificent <film>	Gordon Scott			Not based on the Burroughs novel of the same name Last film to star Gordon Scott
1962	Tarzan Goes to India <film>	Jock Mahoney			First film to star Jock Mahoney
1963	Tarzan's Three Challenges <film>	Jock Mahoney			Last film to star Jock Mahoney
1966	Tarzan and the Valley of Gold <film>	Mike Henry			First film to star Mike Henry
1967	Tarzan and the Great River <film>	Mike Henry
1968	Tarzan and the Jungle Boy <film>	Mike Henry			Last film to place Tarzan in the present day
1981	Tarzan the Ape Man <film>	Miles O'Keeffe			First and only film to star Miles O'Keeffe First appearance of Jane since Tarzan's Fight for Life in 1958 and last time her surname is "Parker" instead of "Porter" Last appearance of Cheeta First film to treat Tarzan as a 1910s period piece, which becomes the norm afterwards
1984	[[Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes <film>	Christopher Lambert			First and only film to star Christopher Lambert
1998	Tarzan and the Lost City <film>	Casper Van Dien			First and only film to star Casper Van Dien
2016	The Legend of Tarzan <film>	Alexander Skarsgård			First and only film to star Alexander Skarsgård