Hey, not all Tarzan-like characters have to be men.Denny Miller also made an appearance on Gilligan's Island, in the third season episode "Our Vines Have Tender Apes," playing Tongo, the Ape Man.In the 1965 first season episode of Gilligan's Island, Kurt Russell appeared as "Jungle Boy.".
While it was popular with audiences, the movie was panned by critics. Pierce earned $75 a week while working on the film, which was released in 1927.
Right there at the party he offered Pierce the lead role in Tarzan and the Golden Lion. Also, Edgar Burroughs thought Pierce was the perfect shape and size to play Tarzan. The couple fell in love and married in 1928. At the party he met Burroughs' daughter Joan. Pierce's career and life took a major turn when he was invited to a party given by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He continued to coach football, at Glendale High School, and some of the student players on his team would eventually take up acting, men like John Wayne and Robert Livingston. Pierce moved to California and in 1924 he got his first movie role, in the film Leatherstocking. After graduating in 1921, he moved to Arizona where he coached football and worked as an actor on the side. James Pierce was a football player at Indiana University. Tarzan in Manhattan (TV movie) and Tarzan the Epic Adventures
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