Glenn Morris

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 Hospital.

  • Popularity : 0.235
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1912-06-18
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Glenn Morris Movies

  • 1938
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    Tarzan's Revenge

    Tarzan's Revenge

    4.2 1938 HD

    Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance.

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  • 1938
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    Hold That Co-ed

    Hold That Co-ed

    6.6 1938 HD

    An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football squad into a championship team.

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  • 1937
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    She Married an Artist

    She Married an Artist

    1 1937 HD

    Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which...

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    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    6.7 1938 HD

    Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form....

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  • 1948
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    Olympic Cavalcade

    Olympic Cavalcade

    1 1948 HD

    Documentary footage recaptures the excitement of the 1948 London Olympics, the first games since 1936.

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  • 1937
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    Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris

    Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris

    6 1937 HD

    This Pete Smith Specialty tells how Glenn Morris trained for and won the 1936 Olympic decathlon event.

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