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Caption: Johnny Weissmuller at the airport in California to see Lupe Velez, his wife, off on the trip to New York 12-09-1935
About Peter Johann Weissmüller
Actor
Born: June 2, 1904
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
Known for: Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), Jungle Jim (1955), Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Source: IMDB
Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the US Olympic team. Weissmüller was one of two boys...
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