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Tarzan Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1966 - 1967
Episode 1
Eyes of the Lion
Thu, Sep 8, 1966 60 mins
A native youth insists on stalking the lion that killed his father. Oringa: Ned Romero. Nara: Laurie Sibbald. Tarzan: Ron Ely. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Rao: Rockne Tarkington.
Episode 2
Ultimate Weapon
Fri, Sep 16, 1966 60 mins
Peter Haines (Andrew Prine) goes after Tarzan (Ron Ely), who accidentally killed the young man's father. Hoby: Jock Mahoney. Kathy: Sheilah Wells. Sully: Laurence Haddon. Haines: Dennis Cross.
Episode 3
Leopard on the Loose
Fri, Sep 23, 1966 60 mins
A trading-post worker plans to make some quick cash by stealing Jai's pet leopard. Bell: Russ Tamblyn. Tarzan: Ron Ely. Morrisey: Ken Scott. Galloway: Morgan Jones. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Rao: Rockne Tarkington.
Episode 4
Life for a Life
Fri, Sep 30, 1966 60 mins
As Jai lies near death from a spider bite, Tarzan (Ron Ely) races to find the two people whose blood could save the boy. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Whittaker: John Levingston. Maggie: Danica d'Hondt. Obasi: Jon Alvar.
Episode 5
Prisoner
Fri, Oct 7, 1966 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) tries to prevent an angry tribe from taking the law into its own hands. Spooner: Robert J. Wilke. Mac: Charles Maxwell. Dude: Ken Drake.
Episode 6
Three Faces of Death
Fri, Oct 14, 1966 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) competes in three death-defying contests to help a woman retain her right to tribal reign. Jamayo: Woody Strode. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Laneen: Ena Hartman.
Episode 7
Prodigal Puma
Fri, Oct 21, 1966 60 mins
A ruthless and embittered hunter plots to steal a rare puma captured by Tarzan (Ron Ely). Spandrell: Rafer Johnson. Sheri: Gigi Perreau. Hacker: Jan Merlin.
Episode 8
Deadly Silence
Fri, Oct 28, 1966 60 mins
Part 1. The ape man (Ron Ely) tries to shatter a power-mad colonel's dream of creating an empire. Colonel: Jock Mahoney. Metusa: Robert DoQui. Ruana: Nichelle Nichols. Okala: Jose Chavez. Marshak: Woody Strode. Akaba: Kenny Washington.
Episode 9
Deadly Silence
Fri, Nov 4, 1966 60 mins
Part 2. Tarzan (Ron Ely), deafened by grenades, has only his animal friends to help him elude heavily armed pursuers. Colonel: Jock Mahoney. Marshak: Woody Strode. Chico: Gregorio Acosta.
Episode 10
Figurehead
Fri, Nov 11, 1966 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) and Jai try to guide young Prince Sharif safely out of the jungle, where he is being pursued by conspirators. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Sharif: Ricky Cordell. Toussaint: Ronald Long. Karim: Ken Drake. Native: Randolph Sealey.
Episode 11
Village of Fire
Fri, Nov 18, 1966 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) races to recover a stolen serum, the only hope for the fever-racked Jai (Manuel Padilla Jr.) Dr. Haru: Nobu McCarthy. Totoni: Chuck Wood.
Episode 12
Day of the Golden Lion
Fri, Dec 2, 1966 60 mins
An Olympic-style jungle contest becomes a treacherous event when an attempt is made to steal the golden prize. Tarzan: Ron Ely. Laura: Suzy Parker. Wilhelm: Curt Lowens. Karl: George Murdock. Ahmad: Rockne Tarkington. Jai: Manuel Padillo Jr.
Episode 13
Pearls of Tanga
Fri, Dec 9, 1966 60 mins
The jungle lord (Ron Ely) faces death at the hands of a fanatical U-boat commander, who has been poisoning the waters. Gioco: Carlos Rivas. Balta: John Kelly.
Episode 14
End of the River
Fri, Dec 16, 1966 60 mins
A plane crash involves Tarzan (Ron Ely) in a race to save a girl's life and a struggle against a convicted criminal. Tyler: Michael Witney. Gillian: Robert Wilke. Suzanne: Jill Donohue. Damian: George Murdock.
Episode 15
Ultimate Duel
Fri, Dec 23, 1966 60 mins
A scientist (Henry Silva) wants to use Tarzan as his guinea pig in an experiment. Tarzan: Ron Ely. D'Bola: Booker Bradshaw. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr.
Episode 16
Fire People
Fri, Dec 30, 1966 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) and Jai help a native chief save his people. The tribe refuses to abandon their homes in a volcanic mountain that is about to blow up. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Hamaar: Morris Erby. Chaddo: Mel Lettman. Gloria: Elsa Cardenas.
Episode 17
Track of the Dinosaur
Fri, Jan 6, 1967 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) clashes with a corrupt government official and his woman cohort, who are cashing in on native superstition. Bergstrom: Lloyd Bochner. Diana: Pippa Scott. Curt: Harry Lauter. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr.
Episode 18
Day the Earth Trembled
Fri, Jan 13, 1967 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) recruits three escaped convicts to help him escort a group of children on a perilous journey to safety. Peggy: Susan Oliver. Dolan: John Anderson. Joppo: Jacques Aubuchon. Thorn: Eugene Evans.
Episode 19
Cap'n Jai
Fri, Jan 20, 1967 60 mins
Jai (Manuel Padilla Jr.) becomes a pawn in the double-cross plot of three greedy sailors, who are after stolen diamonds. Dutch: Chips Rafferty. Tarzan: Ron Ely.
Episode 20
Pride of Assassins
Fri, Jan 27, 1967 60 mins
A gunrunner and his two hired assassins are after Tarzan (Ron Ely) and a young woman, who threaten to expose a smuggling scheme. Albers: Gene Evans. Baeder: Michael Whitney. Cotonasos: Victor French. Diana: Jill Donahue. Native: Chuck Wood.
Episode 21
Golden Runaway
Fri, Feb 3, 1967 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) leads a young woman to a red-headed Irishman, who may have a clue to her brother's disappearance. Martha: Gia Scala. Red: Sean McClory.
Episode 22
Basil of the Bulge
Fri, Feb 10, 1967 60 mins
A native chief and a corrupt government official try to prevent Sir Basil Bertram from arranging a tribal treaty. Bertram: Maurice Evans. Roger Bradley: Warren Stevens. Mwanza: Bernie Hamilton. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Tarzan: Ron Ely.
Episode 23
Mask of Rona
Fri, Feb 17, 1967 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) escorts a party searching for artist Rona Swann, unaware that one of the group is using the safari as a cover for a gun-running operation. Maas: Martin Gabel. Beryl: Leslie Parrish. Rona: Nancy Malone. Chambers: Jock Mahoney.
Episode 24
To Steal the Rising Sun
Fri, Feb 24, 1967 60 mins
A self-exiled native chief plots to steal his tribe's priceless ruby. Tarzan: Ron Ely. Duprez: John van Dreelen. Lita: Victoria Shaw. King: Roy Glenn Sr. O'Brian: Henry Beckman. Boggs: Strother Martin. Bella: James Earl Jones.
Episode 25
Jungle Dragnet
Fri, Mar 3, 1967 60 mins
A native revolutionary and a sinister soldier try to prevent a little girl from revealing the location of an oil-rich field. Thompson: Simon Oakland. Kasembi: William Marshall. Tarzan: Ron Ely. Mandy: Victoria Meyerink.
Episode 26
Perils of Charity Jones
Fri, Mar 10, 1967 60 mins
Part 1. A missionary (Julie Harris) and Jai try to pilot a disabled boat to safety. Manuel Padilla Jr., Ron Ely. Pedro: Edward Binns. Shambu: Bernie Hamilton. Griggs: Michael Pate.
Episode 27
Perils of Charity Jones
Fri, Mar 17, 1967 60 mins
Part 2. Tarzan (Ron Ely), Charity Jones (Julie Harris) and Jai are pursued by a tribe eager to get the guns Jai has hidden. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Chaka: Woody Strode. Pedro: Edward Binns. Shambu: Bernie Hamilton.
Episode 28
Circus
Fri, Mar 24, 1967 60 mins
Jai and Dutch Jenson (Chips Rafferty) clash with a fugitive who plans to elude a manhunt by joining a circus. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Tarzan: Ron Ely. Ilona: Sally Kellerman.
Episode 29
Ultimatum
Fri, Mar 31, 1967 60 mins
A woman and her four hired killers threaten to blow up a native village unless Tarzan (Ron Ely) makes himself their prisoner. Madiline: Ruth Roman. Karnak: Ralph Meeker. Romo: Henry Corden. Metusa: William Gunn. Luba: Jeff Burton. Oscar: Channo Urrueta.
Episode 30
Algie B for Brave
Fri, Apr 7, 1967 60 mins
Jai helps Gen. Basil Bertram (Maurice Evans) locate a foreign power's nuclear-detection devices. Jai: Manuel Padilla Jr. Algie: Todd Garrett. West: Lewis Martin. Conrad: Robert Brubaker. Morrissey: Arthur Franz.
Episode 31
Man Killer
Fri, Apr 14, 1967 60 mins
Tarzan (Ron Ely) tries to solve a series of murders in a village where natives practice drug-induced rituals. Polly: Tammy Grimes. Rhys: James Gregory. McGonigle: Jeremy Slate. Tomba: Lloyd Haines. McFee: Ben Wright.