Tarzan (1966 TV series)

Tarzan
Opening title
Starring	Ron Ely Manuel Padilla, Jr. Alan Caillou Rockne Tarkington
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	57
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sy Weintraub
Producer(s)	Leon Benson Jon Epstein Steve Shagan Maurice Unger
Running time	60 mins.
Production company(s)	Banner Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 8, 1966 – April 5, 1968

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan (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.

The show retained many of the trappings of the movie series, including Cheeta, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes of the program during the summer of 1969.

Maurice Evans would have a recurring guest-starring role as retired Brigadier Sir Basil Bertram, hero of the Battle of the Bulge. Julie Harris had a recurring guest-starring role as missionary Charity Jones. Chips Rafferty had a recurring guest-starring role as Dutch Jensen.

On March 13, 2012, Warner Bros. released Tarzan: Season 1, Part 1 & Tarzan: Season 1, Part 2 on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection manufacture-on-demand service. The second season was released on September 17, 2013.

After being seen intermittently in syndication and on cable in the years after its network run, as of 2016, the series airs on the Heroes & Icons network Saturday mornings.

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.

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