''Tarzan'' is a series that aired on

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from 1966 to 1968. The series portrayed

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(played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character who had grown tired of civilization, and returned to the jungle where he had been raised. It was filmed in Brazil. The production later relocated to Mexico. This series was set in one of the newly independent African countries of the time. This series retained many of the trappings of the film series, included the "

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" and Cheeta, but excluded

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as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that executive producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott,

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, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes of the program during the summer of 1969.

Cast

* Ron Ely as Tarzan * Manuel Padilla, Jr. as Jai * Alan Caillou as Jason Flood *

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as Rao

Recurring appearances

Maurice Evans guest starred as retired Brigadier Sir Basil Bertram, hero of the

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, in four episodes.

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guest starred as missionary Charity Jones in four episodes. Chips Rafferty appeared as Dutch Jensen in two episodes.

Episode list

Season 1: 1966–67

Barbara Bouchet Ron Ely Fernando Lamas Tarzan 1968

Season 2: 1967–68

Syndication

After being seen intermittently in syndication and on cable in the years after its network run, as of 2016, the series airs on the

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network Saturday mornings. It lasted until September 2018. On June 4–5, 2016 the Decades TV network ran a marathon of the series. On September 9, 2016 Decades celebrated Tarzan's fiftieth anniversary repeating a few choice episodes.

Home media

On March 13, 2012, Warner Bros. released ''Tarzan: Season 1, Part 1 & Tarzan: Season 1, Part 2'' on DVD in region 1 via their

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manufacture-on-demand service. The second season was released complete on September 17, 2013.

Opening Scene

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, in opening scene. This series had two separate musical theme's as featured in Season One.
Tarzan's March
by far being the overall favorite but unfortunately not featured in Season Two for the opening scene or the end credits. Over both seasons, the show had three different theme tunes. "Tarzan's March" music originally composed by "Sydney Lee & Walter Greene" which gained additional fame and was covered by several artists including
Al Hirt & His Orchestra
,
Marty Manning & The Cheetahs
& even
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra
.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarzan (1966 Tv Series) Tarzan television series Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios NBC original programming 1966 American television series debuts 1968 American television series endings Television shows filmed in Brazil Television shows filmed in Mexico