Glenn Morris

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

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)

Tarzan's Revenge

Tarzan

Hold That Co-ed

Spencer

She Married an Artist

Steward (uncredited)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1948	Olympic Cavalcade	Himself
1938	Tarzan's Revenge	Tarzan
1938	Hold That Co-ed	Spencer
1938	Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty	Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)
1937	She Married an Artist	Steward (uncredited)
1937	Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris	Glenn Morris

Year	TV Show	Role