Bruce Bennett

Actor Bruce Bennett (born, and originally credited as, Herman Brix) was a movie and television actor, born May 16, 1906, in Tacoma, Washington. His first career was as an athlete, and he won the Silver medal shot-putter in the 1928 Olympics. Eventually, he was picked by Ashton Dearholt of Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises Inc. to star in the 1935 movie serial, The New Adventures of Tarzan following in the footsteps of fellow Olympic stars Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe. He was actually set to take over the role years earlier in 1932 at MGM but was injured and replaced by Weissmuller.

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