Series
Tarzan
Action & AdventureDrama
Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The show retained many of the trappings of the classic movie series, including Cheeta, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969.
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Seasons & episodes
1Eyes of the Lion8 Sept 1966 · 46mA man-eating lion is mistaken for the 'seeing-eye' lion of a young blind girl, who has trained the lion from infancy to be her eyes and protector in the jungle. Tarzan must prevent the hostile villagers from killing the wrong lion.
2The Ultimate Weapon16 Sept 1966 · 46mWhen a game warden is shot by an ivory poacher looking to make a fortune off the seasonal elephant migration, the poacher falls off a cliff after tangling with Tarzan, but the accidental death causes the man's son to vow revenge.
3Leopard on the Loose23 Sept 1966 · 46mA trading-post worker in need of money tries to steal Jai's pet leopard.
4A Life for a Life30 Sept 1966 · 46mAfter a spider bite fells Jai, Tarzan races to find one of two people whose blood might have antibodies that could save the boy: a lady photographer and a wanted murderer.
5The Prisoner7 Oct 1966 · 46mWhen a native policeman is seriously injured by a diamond thief, Tarzan tries to get the criminal to jail - and keep the officer's angry tribe from taking the law into its own hands.
6The Three Faces of Death14 Oct 1966 · 46mWhen the chief of a tribe, a friend of Tarzan, dies, his daughter prepares to succeed him, but a member of the tribe opposes her being the tribe's new chief. So he asks that the old test, The Three Faces of Death, be imposed to prove her worthy. But unfortunately a woman can't face a man in test, so another member of the tribe must face him in her place. When no one accepts, Tarzan steps in. And if her fails not only will she not be chief, she'll be killed.
7The Prodigal Puma21 Oct 1966 · 46mAn embittered big-game hunter tries to steal a rare puma that Tarzan has captured.
8The Deadly Silence (1)28 Oct 1966 · 46mTarzan tries to stop a blood thirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. Tarzan has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to a lion.
9The Deadly Silence (2)4 Nov 1966 · 46mThough still deafened by grenades, Tarzan relies on his animal friends to help him elude the colonel's heavily-armed soldiers.
10The Figurehead11 Nov 1966 · 46mTarzan and Jai try to get young Prince Sharif out of the jungle to safety. The boy is being pursued by the same conspirators who assassinated his father.
11Village of Fire18 Nov 1966 · 46mTarzan races to recover a serum stolen by a native chief. The drug is the only hope for the fever-wracked Jai, who has been bitten by a jaguar and is near death.
12The Day of the Golden Lion2 Dec 1966 · 46mA native athletic championship is to take place, with Tarzan taking part, but there is an attempt to steal the prize.
13Pearls of Tanga9 Dec 1966 · 46mTarzan does battle with a criminal known as 'The Admiral' who has his own submarine and has been poisoning the waters so that his own crew are the only ones able to recover fabulously valuable pearl oysters.
14The End of the River16 Dec 1966 · 46mA airplane crash in the jungle results in Tarzan racing to save a girl's life and a perilous struggle with a convicted criminal.
15The Ultimate Duel23 Dec 1966 · 46mA deadly survival test pits Tarzan against an electronic computer. The jungle lord is being tracked by a tribe of native killers, directed by a scientist who uses a computer to predict Tarzan's every move.
16The Fire People30 Dec 1966 · 46mTarzan and Jai risk their lives to help a native chief save his people. The superstitious tribesmen, frightened by a witch doctor, won't abandon their home on a volcanic mountain that's about to erupt.
17Track of the Dinosaur6 Jan 1967 · 46mTarzan is marked for murder when he clashes with a corrupt government official and his female co-conspirator. The pair are using the natives' beliefs in a monster to drive them away from a rich mineral deposit.
18The Day the Earth Trembled13 Jan 1967 · 46mTarzan reluctantly enlists the aid of three escaped convicts to escort a group of endangered children to safety.
19Cap'n Jai20 Jan 1967 · 46mJai is duped by three double-crossing sailors, who are attempting to recover some stolen diamonds.
20A Pride of Assassins27 Jan 1967 · 46mWhen Tarzan and a young woman threaten to expose his gunrunning scheme, a smuggler sends assassins after them.
21The Golden Runaway3 Feb 1967 · 46mTo help find a woman's missing brother, Tarzan takes her to see a village headman, who turns out to be a red-headed Irishman.
22Basil of the Bulge10 Feb 1967 · 46mA renowned war-time general, on a treaty mission in the jungle, is captured by a dissenting tribe with the connivance of a corrupt official.
23Mask of Rona17 Feb 1967 · 46mTarzan leads a group on the hunt for missing artist Rona Swann, unaware that one of them is merely using the search to cover up gun smuggling.
24To Steal the Rising Sun24 Feb 1967 · 46mAn exiled chief returns to the jungle with three thieves and a plan to steal his former tribe's valuable ruby - using Tarzan as his unwitting accomplice.
25Jungle Dragnet3 Mar 1967 · 46mA local revolutionary joins forces with a foreign soldier to try to prevent the discovery of a rich oil field by silencing a little girl.
26The Perils of Charity Jones (1)10 Mar 1967 · 46mA missionary from America's midwest enlists Jai's help to fulfill her father's last wish and deliver an organ to a primitive tribe, but their boat is disabled.
27The Perils of Charity Jones (2)17 Mar 1967 · 46mTarzan rescues Charity and Jai from hostile natives, but then the trio are pursued by another tribe who are after the guns that Jai has hidden.
28The Circus24 Mar 1967 · 46mJai and Dutch encounter a fugitive who is trying to evade a manhunt by joining the circus.
29The Ultimatum31 Mar 1967 · 46mA dangerous woman and her hired thugs threaten to destroy a native village unless Tarzan submits to being their prisoner.
30Algie B for Brave7 Apr 1967 · 46mGeneral Bertram returns, and gets Jai's help on a mission to locate a foreign power's nuclear-detection equipment.
31Man Killer14 Apr 1967 · 46mTarzan's search for a murderer is complicated by a village whose natives employ drugs in their ceremonial rituals.
Details
- Created by
- Sy Weintraub
- First aired
- 8 Sept 1966
- Last aired
- 5 Apr 1968
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- NBC
- Episodes
- 57
- Votes
- 24 on TMDB
Cast
Ron ElyTarzan
Manuel Padilla Jr.Jai
Alan CaillouJason Flood
Rockne TarkingtonRao
