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Weissmuller

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Weissmuller
John Peter, known as Johnny. 1904--84, US swimmer and film actor, who won Olympic gold medals in 1924 and 1928 and played the title role in the early Tarzan films


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``The Tarzan Collection Starring Johnny Weissmuller, Vol.
Johnny Weissmuller, the twin gold sprint medalist of the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games and star of the movie, Tarzan of the Apes, put swimming on the map.
In reality, the monkeys arrived before actor Johnny Weissmuller ever swung through those vines, In 1938, the attraction's then-owner--a man who's given name was "Colonel Tooey"--imported monkeys to live on an island he dredged in the river.
 
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