SUBSEQUENT MOVIES AND SERIALS FEATURED A NUMBER OF ACTORS IN THE ROLE, WITH THE FIRST TALKIE"APPEARING IN 1929. THE STORY WAS ADAPTED FOR THE BROADWAY STAGE IN 1921,AND A NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP DEBUTED IN 1929. THREE YEARS LATER, A RADIO PROGRAMHIT THE AIRWAVES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE MOST FAMOUS INHABITANT OF THE LOINCLOTH WAS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL SWIMMER JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, WHO DEBUTED IN THE ROLE IN 1932 AND WENT ON TO STAR IN A DOZEN TARZAN ADVENTURES. THE MOVIES FEATURED TARZAN'S AMERICAN MATE, JANE, AND BOY THEIRADOPTED SON,AND INTRODUCED TARZAN'S INTELLIGENT CCHIM,CHEETA. LEX BARKER PLAYED TARZAN IN FIVE MOVIES, AND GORDON SCOTT TOOK THE ROLE IN SIX.