Frank Merrill
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Frank Merrill.
Born: March 21, 1893
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Tarzan the Mighty
Mary and Bobby Trevor are castaways befriended by Tarzan. When Lord arrives, looking for the family heir, Black John tries to fill that role and marry Mary in England. Tarzan shows up and marries her instead.
The Adventures of Tarzan
Tarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and Clayton (pretender to the Greystoke estate) from reaching Opar, he is attacked simultaneously by two lions, dropped into a pit when a volcano splits the ground, nearly sacrificed by sun worshipers, and so on.
Tarzan the Tiger
After Tarzan's estate is destroyed by Arabs Jane is sold into slavery by a man posing as a friendly scientist. Tarzan develops amnesia after a blow to the head. When he recovers his memory (from a later blow) he defeats the villain, recovers the fabulous jewels of Opar, and rescues Jane.
The White Gorilla
A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent 1927 serial Perils Of The Jungle.
The Little Wild Girl
Vacationing in the Canadian Northwest, a playwright and a songwriter both fall in love with Marie Cleste and take her back with them to New York when her father and her sweetheart apparently die in a forest fire. (The father did perish; the sweetheart escaped, crippled, with his blinded Indian guide into the forest to hide his infirmities.)
Perils of the Jungle
A young woman and her father search for hidden treasure in the African jungle.
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
Hollywood remembers the other Tarzans. A history of Hollywood Tarzans featuring profiles of the many actors who played the role, from the silent era to the most recent movie versions.
Filmography
as Tarzan (archive footage)
as Ed Bradford
as Tarzan / Lord Greystoke
as Tarzan
as Tavish McBride
as Rod Bedford
as Arab Guard