The famous swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, later famous for playing the role of Tarzan, was born there ( his ethnicity being German ); he emigrated to the United States as an infant, before the age of 1.

* Johnny Weissmuller, who later appeared in several Tarzan movies, won two gold medals in swimming.

* Johnny Weissmuller, winner in the 1920s of five Olympic gold medals in swimming and one bronze medal in water polo, and later, an actor best known for his six Tarzan movies with actress Maureen O ' Sullivan ; born in Timisoara, Romania, he lived in Windber for a few years as a child.

At one time the pool was the largest pool in the world and among the many attractions was swimming instructor ( and later Tarzan actor ) Johnny Weissmuller.

In April 1942, during World War II, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Johnny Weissmuller and an outstanding amateur from Los Angeles, Johnny Dawson, played an exhibition golf match at the club.

O ' Sullivan has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, facing the star of Johnny Weissmuller.

Johnny Weissmuller ( born János Weißmüller ; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984 ) was an American swimmer and actor best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century.

Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known.

An Olympic swimming star before World War II he broke more local, national, international and world records in swimming than any other man until the arrival of Johnny Weissmuller ( otherwise known as the original Tarzan ).

The Aquacade was part of the Golden Gate International Exposition, and Williams was partnered with Olympic swimmer and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller, who, as Williams wrote in her autobiography, repeatedly tried to seduce her during the show's run.

With his third wife, Beryl, he had three children, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. ( September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006 ), Wendy Anne Weissmuller ( b. June 1, 1942 ), and Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller ( July 31, 1944 – November 19, 1962 ).

* Jungle Jim ( 1955 – 1956 ), starring Johnny Weissmuller

The next and most famous adaptation was Tarzan the Ape Man ( 1932 ), starring Johnny Weissmuller, who went on to star in eleven other Tarzan films.

The short then proceeds to showcase a large number of Hollywood stars in the form of caricatures, including Katharine Hepburn ( as a horse named Miss Heartburn ), Jean Harlow, Bette Davis, Joe E. Brown, Hugh Herbert, W. C. Fields, Clark Gable, Groucho and Harpo Marx, Johnny Weissmuller, Mae West, Lionel and John Barrymore, Laurel and Hardy, Edward G. Robinson, Fred Astaire, and George Raft.

The last one, Jungle Moon Men ( Charles S. Gould, 1955 ), was yet another remake of Sir H. Rider Haggard ’ s classic novel She ( after Katzman stopped making the features, Weissmuller starred in 39 " Jungle Jim " TV episodes ).

In addition to these, she appeared as a villainess in Tarzan and the Huntress ( 1947 ), the penultimate film starring Johnny Weissmuller as Edgar Rice Burroughs ' jungle hero.

Future MGM star Esther Williams and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller were both Aquacade headliners.

Celebrities who once swam at the Plunge include Esther Williams and Johnny Weissmuller.

Following a thin start in 1947, where only the British Industries Fair and the Motor Show were contracted, Earls Court won an Aqua Show the following year featuring Johnny ‘ Tarzan ’ Weissmuller and Esther Williams.

In his book, Tarzan, My Father, Johnny Weissmuller Jr. stated that although rumors of Peter Weissmüller living to " a ripe old age, remarrying along the way and spawning a large brood of little Weissmüllers " were reported, no one in the family was aware of his ultimate fate.

He re-optioned MGM's contract for a third Weissmuller film and approved the sale of three of Sol Lesser's remaining four options to MGM, who agreed to make a large " authorisation payment " to Burroughs.

In 1929, Weissmuller signed a contract with BVD to be a model and representative.

Tarzan author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was pleased with Weissmuller, although he so hated the studio's depiction of a Tarzan who barely spoke English that he created his own concurrent Tarzan series filmed on location in Central American jungles and starring Herman Brix as a suitably articulate version of the character.

Weissmuller starred in six Tarzan movies for MGM with actress Maureen O ' Sullivan as Jane and Cheeta the Chimpanzee.

Then, in 1942, Weissmuller went to RKO and starred in six more Tarzan movies with markedly reduced production values.

Unlike MGM, RKO allowed Weissmuller to play other roles, though a three picture contract with Pine-Thomas Productions led to only one film, Swamp Fire, being made, co-starring Buster Crabbe.

In September 1966, Weissmuller joined former screen Tarzans James Pierce and Jock Mahoney to appear with Ron Ely as part of the publicity for the upcoming premiere of the Tarzan TV series.

In the late 60s, early 70s, Weissmuller was involved with a doomed tourist attraction called Tropical Wonderland, aka Tarzan's Jungleland, on US 1 in Titusville, Florida.

Weissmuller lived in Florida until the end of 1973, then moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a greeter at Caesars Palace along with boxer Joe Louis for a time.

Knowing and being with Johnny Weissmuller during my formative years had a lasting influence on my life.

* March 25 – Tarzan the Ape Man opens, with Olympic gold medal swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the title role ( Weismuller will star in a total of 12 Tarzan films ).

After her relationship with Cooper ended, Vélez married Olympic athlete Johnny Weissmuller ( of Tarzan fame ) in 1933.

The Tarzan yell is the yodel-like call of the character Tarzan, as portrayed by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the films based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, starting with Tarzan the Ape Man ( 1932 ).

MGM was searching for a suitable youngster to play the adopted son of Tarzan in its next jungle movie with stars Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O ' Sullivan.

The early Tarzan films with Johnny Weissmuller featured at least partial nudity justified by the natural surroundings in which the characters lived ; in Tarzan and His Mate in 1934, Jane ( Maureen O ' Sullivan, doubled by Olympic swimmer Josephine McKim ) swims in the nude.

* 1922 – Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58. 6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the ' minute barrier '.

Weissmuller was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo.

On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke Duke Kahanamoku's world record on the 100-meters freestyle, swimming it in 58. 6 seconds.

In the late 1950s, Weissmuller moved back to Chicago and started a swimming pool company.

* Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller won three gold medals in swimming and one bronze in water polo.

There, she spent five months swimming alongside Olympic swimmer and Tarzan star, Johnny Weissmuller.

Johnny Weissmuller, prior to his tree-swinging days in Hollywood, broke the world record at the Biltmore pool and was a swimming instructor.