“I met with [producers] on a Monday, and when they offered me the role, I thought, ‘No way do I want to step into that bear trap. You do Tarzan and you are stamped for life.’ Was I ever right!

“I met with them on a Monday and when they offered me the role I thought: ‘No way do I want to step into that bear trap. You do Tarzan and you are stamped for life,’” Ely told the Daily ...

“I met with [producers] on a Monday, and when they offered me the role, I thought, ‘No way do I want to step into that bear trap. You do Tarzan and you are stamped for life.’ Was I ever right!

"I met with them on a Monday and when they offered me the role I thought, 'no way do I want to step into that bear trap. You ...

Ron Ely, the tall, muscle-bound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California. He was 86. His daughter, Kirsten ...

“I met with them on a Monday and when they offered me the role I thought: ‘No way do I want to step into that bear trap. You do Tarzan and you are stamped for life,'” Ely told the Daily Express.