This of course was Johnny Weissmuller, who played Tarzan in the films but was also a swimming superstar 100 years ago. He won three gold medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics: the 100-meter freestyle ...

Actor and Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, as Tarzan, walks with Johnny Sheffield, as Boy, and the chimpanzee, Cheetah. (Keystone Features/Getty) Their daily routine centered around drinking.

In Tarzan and His Mate, second of the Metro series with Johnny Weissmuller, the monkeys do everything but bake cakes and the very human elephants always seem on the verge of sitting down for a ...

Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning multiple Olympic gold medals in swimming for the United States — there was Tarzan.