Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three made-as-a-pilot television episodes) of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960. Gordon Scott was the eleventh Tarzan, starting with Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle. He was "discovered" poolside, and offered "a seven-year contract, a loin cloth, and a new last name." "Due in part to his muscular frame and 6-foot-3-inch [1.91-metre] height, he was quickly signed to replace Lex Barker as Tarzan" by producer Sol Lesser. Lesser had Gordon change his name because "Werschkul" sounded too much like "Weismueller". Scott's Tarzan movies ranged from rather cheap re-edited television pilots to large-scale action films with high-production values shot on location in Africa. In his early Tarzan films, he played the character as unworldly and inarticulate, in the mold of Johnny Weissmuller, an earlier Tarzan portrayer. In Scott's later films, after a change in producers, he played a Tarzan who was educated and spoke perfect English, as in the original Edgar Rice Burroughs novels. Scott was the only actor to play Tarzan in both styles. Fearing he would become typecast as Tarzan, Scott moved to Italy and became a popular star in epics of the péplum genre (known in the United States as sword-and-sandal), featuring handsome bodybuilders as various characters from Greek and Roman myth. Scott was a friend of Steve Reeves, and collaborated with him as Remus to Reeves's Romulus in Duel of the Titans. Scott also played Hercules in a couple of international co-productions during the mid-1960s. As the péplum genre faded, Scott starred in spaghetti westerns and Eurospy films. His final film appearance was in The Tramplers (filmed in 1966; released in the United States in 1968).
The Shortest Day
as Soldato (uncredited)Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an...
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
as TarzanThe greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain...
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The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...
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Duel of the Titans
as RemusTwin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to...
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Gladiator of Rome
as MarcusA warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the...
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Tarzan's Fight for Life
as TarzanDr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly...
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The Lion of St. Mark
as Manrico VenierIn 1620 pirates are terrorizing the Adriatic coast. Our hero sets out to defeat them.
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Tarzan the Magnificent
as TarzanAfter the Banton family rob a store is a small village and kill the local police constable,...
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Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
as Buffalo BillColonel William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, intends to put an end to the dishonest relations...
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The Tramplers
as Lon CordeenAfter the war of secession, the aging Cordeen, who owns thousands of acres in Texas, rules his...
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Tarzan and the Lost Safari
as TarzanTarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter...
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Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as TarzanHunters trespass into Sukulu country, where animals are sacred, posing as photographers.
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Goliath and the Vampires
as Maciste (Goliath)Maciste's village is attacked by pirates. The women, including Maciste's fiancee Guja, are...
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Tarzan and the Trappers
as TarzanTarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling...
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Zorro and the Three Musketeers
as ZorroIn the first half of the 1600's, France is at war with Spain. The cousin of the king of Spain,...
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A Queen for Caesar
as Julius CaesarStory of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a...
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Women in Cell Block 7
as (Archive Footage)A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
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Danger!! Death Ray
as Bart FargoSecret Agent Bart Fargo chases the kidnappers of the inventor of a death ray.
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In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
as HimselfA look at Tarzan on the big and small screen with interviews with some of those who have played him.
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Hercules and the Princess of Troy
as HerculesHercules (Gordon Scott) sets out to save the city of Troy from a horrible sea monster....
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Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
as Maciste / SamsonSamson must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
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Hero of Rome
as MuciusIn ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a...
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The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
as Goliath / GordianItalian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his...
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Investigating Tarzan
as SelfA look at the history and cultural impact of Tarzan.
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Thunder of Battle
as CoriolanusCoriolanus leads the plebians in a revolt against Roman oppression.
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Kerim, Son of the Sheik
as KerimIn the Middle East, circa 1860s, the evil Omar seeks to become Khadive by killing off his...
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The Conquest of Mycenae
as Glauco / HerculesGordon Scott plays Glaucus, the prince of Tiryns, a powerful warrior who goes undercover in...
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Top Secret
as John SuttonA man escapes from a Russian prison and then from a United States embassy, taking with him some...
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Hero of Babylon
as NippurThe rightful heir to the throne of Babylon leads a slave revolt against an evil ruler.
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Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
as Host / Tarzan (Archived Footage)The history of the Tarzan films is presented through behind-the-scenes footage and scenes from...
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L'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)
as Buffalo Bill
