Glenn Morris
Known for Acting · 6 credits
- Born
- 1912-06-18
- Died
- 1974-01-31
Biography
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.
Known For
Olympic Cavalcade
1948
as Himself
Tarzan's Revenge
1938
as Tarzan
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938
as Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)
Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
1937
as Glenn Morris
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Spencer
She Married an Artist
1937
as Steward (uncredited)
Movies (6)
Olympic Cavalcade
1948
as Himself
Tarzan's Revenge
1938
as Tarzan
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938
as Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)
Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
1937
as Glenn Morris
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Spencer
She Married an Artist
1937
as Steward (uncredited)
About Glenn Morris
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 Hosp… With 6 credits spanning from 1937 to 1948, Glenn Morris has appeared in 6 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Glenn Morris Movies
- Olympic Cavalcade (1948) — as Himself
- Tarzan's Revenge (1938) — as Tarzan
- Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938) — as Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)
- Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris (1937) — as Glenn Morris
- Hold That Co-ed (1938) — as Spencer
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