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- Actor
- Stunts
Frank Merrill won 58 National, Southern California and Los Angeles championships in gymnastics (Roman rings, high bars and rope climbing). He was national gymnastics champion from 1916 to 1918. Prior to his roles as the fifth Tarzan, he worked as a stuntman, doubling for Elmo Lincoln in the 1921 "Adventures of Tarzan". His first starring role was in "Perils of the Jungle" for Weiss Brother Artclass Productions. The director of that movie offered him the job of Tarzan when the man who already had the job (Joe Bonono, already billed as "the greatest of all Tarzans") fractured his leg and broke his contract. Merrill invented the vine-swinging techniques used in later Tarzan films and the Tarzan yell, played on a record accompanying a "semi-sound" version of this second Tarzan movie. His voice was thought unsuitable for talkies, so he retired from movies to work with children, as Park Commissioner and recreation director for the city of Los Angeles. On retirement in 1963, following a serious operation, he donated his services to the YMCA as a gym instructor.- Additional Crew
- Casting Department
- Writer
Arthur M. Landau was born on 16 September 1888 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Harlow (1965), The Macomber Affair (1947) and Mr. Ace (1946). He died on 12 February 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ivan Kudryavtsev was born on 16 January 1898 in village Muravishchi, Bogorodsk uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Noginsk Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Chelovek rodilsya (1928), Druzya i gody (1966) and Petersburg Nights (1934). He died on 12 February 1966 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Sound Department
Jim Burnett was born on 18 June 1903 in Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Sky Commando (1953) and Valley of Head Hunters (1953). He died on 12 February 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Elio Vittorini was born on 23 July 1908 in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. He was a writer and actor, known for Jusqu'au bout du monde (1963), Garofano rosso (1976) and Sicily! (1999). He was married to Rosa Quasimodo. He died on 12 February 1966 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Tatyana Sytina was born on 10 August 1915 in Petrograd [now St. Petersburg], Russia. She was a writer, known for Pervoye svidaniye (1960), Unamenables (1959) and Vsyo dlya vas (1965). She died on 12 February 1966.