Johnny Weissmuller Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Johnny Weissmuller won five Olympic gold medals in swimming and a silver medal in water polo, making him one of the fastest swimmers in the world.

He set more than 50 world records and won more than 50 U.S. national championships in swimming.

Johnny Weissmuller was the most well-known Tarzan of the dozens of actors to play him, starring in 12 of those films and also playing Jungle Jim in several films and TV series.

He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television in 196 at 6541 Hollywood Blvd.

Johnny Weissmuller had a successful acting career and later estimated his total earnings from acting amounted to around $2 million, roughly $20 million before taxes and after adjusting for inflation.

Basic Information About Johnny Weissmuller

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Swimmer, Actor
Net worth	$2,000,000
Date of birth	1904-06-02
Place of birth	Freidorf
Date of death	1984-01-20 (aged 79)
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	27 July - Diane (? - 2006) (his death) (2 children)
Gender	Male
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.905 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Johnny Weissmuller win?

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
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Johnny Weissmuller roles

Movie / Series	Role
American Graffiti	Badass #1
THX 1138	Chrome Robot
Magnum Force	Palancio's Hitter (uncredited)
The Streets of San Francisco	Duke Barrett / ... 3 episodes, 1974-1977

Johnny Weissmuller's photos

Interesting Facts about Johnny Weissmuller

Son of Johnny Weissmuller.
Starred in two TV movies dealing with Alcatraz: In 1980's "Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story" and in 1987's "Six Against The Rock".
Nephew of Pete Weissmuller.
Step-son of Maria Bauman.
Appeared in two early George Lucas movies, and then had a bit part in an Ewoks TV movie, based on Lucas's Return of the Jedi.

References & Fact Checks ✅

1/ Filename: freidorf-wohnhaus-weissmueller-129361Zc.jpg

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Freidorf_Wohnhaus_Weissmueller.jpg
Original Source: Own work
Author: Jacques Schreiber
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Date taken: 12 July 2010

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Weissmuller_cropped.jpg
Original Source:
- Weissmuller.jpg
Author:
- Weissmuller.jpg: George Grantham Bain
- derivative work: Entheta (talk)
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/49949210482/in/photostream/
Date taken: 23 July 1922

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tarzan%27s_Secret_Treasure_trailer_2.jpg
Original Source: Tarzan's Secret Treasure trailer (DVD bonus)
Author: trailer screenshot (MGM)
Date taken: 1941

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