American actor Ron Ely, the 6ft4 (1m93) musclebound performer who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series Tarzan, has died aged 86. While Ron Ely was not as well-known as Johnny Weismuller, ...

LOS ANGELES — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on ...

Warner Bros. / From Warner Bros. trailer. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated ...

LOS ANGELES — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series "Tarzan," died at age 86. Ely's daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on ...

Ely's daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, Calif. While Ron Ely was not quite as well known as Johnny ...