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Glenn Morris

Glenn Morris

Born: June 18, 1912
Died: January 31, 1974
Glenn Morris was the fourth Olympic athlete to play Tarzan. He was the 1936 decathlon champion and won the Sullivan Award (outstanding amateur athlete of the year) over the more famous Olympian Jesse Owens. Sol Lesser cast Morris for an independent Tarzan, filmed on Twentieth Century-Fox back lots. The reviews were so thoroughly bad that Morris never made another movie. He went into the insurance business in Los Angeles. He enlisted in the Navy after Pearl Harbor, was wounded in combat from which he spent much time in San Francisco's Navy Hospital.

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Olympic Cavalcade
Title: Olympic Cavalcade
Character: Himself
Released: December 3, 1948
Type: Movie
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Documentary footage recaptures the excitement of the 1948 London Olympics, the first games since 1936.
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Hold That Co-ed
Title: Hold That Co-ed
Character: Spencer
Released: September 16, 1938
Type: Movie
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An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football squad into a championship team.
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Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Title: Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Character: Self
Released: April 20, 1938
Type: Movie
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The Second part of Olympia, a documentary about the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin by German Director Leni Riefenstahl. The film played in theaters in 1938 and again in 1952 after the fall of the Nazi Regime.
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Tarzan's Revenge
Title: Tarzan's Revenge
Character: Tarzan
Released: January 7, 1938
Type: Movie
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Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance.
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She Married an Artist
Title: She Married an Artist
Character: Steward (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1937
Type: Movie
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Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.
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Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
Title: Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
Character: Glenn Morris
Released: November 20, 1937
Type: Movie
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This Pete Smith Specialty tells how Glenn Morris trained for and won the 1936 Olympic decathlon event.
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