Gordon Scott

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).

  • Npe: Gordon Scott
  • Cov Nrov: 2.336
  • Paub Txog: Acting
  • Hnub yug: 1926-08-03
  • Qhov chaw yug: Portland, Oregon, USA
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  • Kuj Paub Li: Gordon Merrill Werschkul
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Gordon Scott Movies

  • 1968
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    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

    6.2 1968 HD

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  • 1965
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    L'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)

    L'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1959
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    Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

    Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

    5.3 1959 HD

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  • 1957
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    Tarzan and the Lost Safari

    Tarzan and the Lost Safari

    4.9 1957 HD

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  • 1960
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    Tarzan the Magnificent

    Tarzan the Magnificent

    5.6 1960 HD

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  • 1967
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    Il raggio infernale

    Il raggio infernale

    2.8 1967 HD

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  • 1958
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    Tarzan and the Trappers

    Tarzan and the Trappers

    4 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Tarzan's Fight for Life

    Tarzan's Fight for Life

    4.6 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

    Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

    4.9 1955 HD

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  • 1961
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    Romolo e Remo

    Romolo e Remo

    5.1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Maciste contro il vampiro

    Maciste contro il vampiro

    5.2 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan

    Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan

    5.8 1961 HD

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  • 1962
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    Il gladiatore di Roma

    Il gladiatore di Roma

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1965
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    Gli uomini dal passo pesante

    Gli uomini dal passo pesante

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1962
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    Il figlio dello sceicco

    Il figlio dello sceicco

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1963
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    Ercole contro Moloch

    Ercole contro Moloch

    3.6 1963 HD

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  • 1964
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    Il colosso di Roma

    Il colosso di Roma

    3.9 1964 HD

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  • 1965
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    Hercules and the Princess of Troy

    Hercules and the Princess of Troy

    6.3 1965 HD

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    Tarzan: Lord of the Movies

    Tarzan: Lord of the Movies

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1963
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    Il leone di San Marco

    Il leone di San Marco

    3.6 1963 HD

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  • 1964
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    Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west

    Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west

    4.9 1964 HD

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  • 1963
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    Zorro e i Tre Moschettieri

    Zorro e i Tre Moschettieri

    3.5 1963 HD

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  • 1998
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    In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

    In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1963
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    L'eroe di Babilonia

    L'eroe di Babilonia

    3 1963 HD

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  • 1967
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    Segretissimo

    Segretissimo

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1964
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    Coriolano eroe senza patria

    Coriolano eroe senza patria

    3 1964 HD

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  • 1973
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    Diario segreto da un carcere femminile

    Diario segreto da un carcere femminile

    4.9 1973 HD

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  • 1997
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    Investigating Tarzan

    Investigating Tarzan

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1963
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    Goliath e la schiava ribelle

    Goliath e la schiava ribelle

    2 1963 HD

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  • 1962
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    Una regina per Cesare

    Una regina per Cesare

    5.2 1962 HD

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  • 1963
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    Il giorno più corto

    Il giorno più corto

    5.8 1963 HD

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  • 1959
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    Look Back in Anger

    Look Back in Anger

    6.6 1959 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Pot Carriers

    The Pot Carriers

    6.1 1962 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    4 1956 HD

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