Glenn Morris
Glenn Morris was the fourth Olympic athlete to play Tarzan. He was the 1936 decathlon champion and won the Sullivan Award (outstanding amateur athlete of the year) over the more famous Olympian Jesse Owens. Sol Lesser cast Morris for an independent Tarzan, filmed on Twentieth Century-Fox back lots. The reviews were so thoroughly bad that Morris never made another movie. He went into the insurance business in Los Angeles. He enlisted in the Navy after Pearl Harbor, was wounded in combat from which he spent much time in San Francisco's Navy Hospital.
Filmography
Olympic Cavalcade
as Himself
Olympic Cavalcade
as Himself
Hold That Co-ed
as Spencer
Hold That Co-ed
as Spencer
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
as Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
as Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)
Tarzan's Revenge
as Tarzan
Tarzan's Revenge
as Tarzan
She Married an Artist
as Steward (uncredited)
She Married an Artist
as Steward (uncredited)
Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
as Glenn Morris
Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
as Glenn Morris