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The official order of Tarzan portrayers puts Weissmuller 6th -

Elmo Lincoln

Gene Polar

Kamuela Searles

James H. Pierce

Frank Merrill

Johnny Weismuller

Buster Crabbe

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Q: Who portrayed Tarzan first-Buster Crabbe or Johnny Weismuller?
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