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Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889 – June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952 and was the first actor to portray on film novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs ' fictional ...
Elmo Lincoln was a former stevedore and lawman who became the first actor to play Tarzan in the 1918 silent film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel. Learn about his life, career, and how he got the role after the original choice was recalled to war.
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- June 27, 1952
- February 6, 1889
Jul 21, 2013 · In 1918's Tarzan Of The Apes, Elmo Lincoln became the first man ever to vocalize Tarzan's blood-curdling battle cry, despite it being a silent movie.
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Elmo Lincoln was a former Arkansas peace officer who became the first actor to play Tarzan in a movie. He starred in four Tarzan films and several serials and shorts from 1918 to 1927, before moving to Mexico and acting in bit parts.
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- Rochester, Indiana, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Elmo Lincoln, who played the titular role, was already a veteran of many silent films, and although his physical appearance is unlike that of the musclemen actors, such as Johnny Weissmuller, who would later play the role, Lincoln helped establish the character of Tarzan as…
Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889 – June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras.
Elmo Lincoln (Otto Elmo Linkenhelt, February 6, 1889 – June 27, 1952) was an American movie actor. He played the first movie Tarzan in Tarzan of the Apes (1918). He played Tarzan in two other movies, The Romance of Tarzan (1918) and the movie serial The Adventures of Tarzan (1921).
