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James Pierce

James Pierce

Actor

Born August 8, 1900 in Freedom, Indiana, USA

Died December 11, 1983

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Biography

He was an all-American center for Indiana University, graduating in 1921. After coaching football in Arizona for two years, he pursued amateur acting. He landed the lead role in Leatherstocking (1924) and remained to coach at Glendale High School in California. His teams included future film stars John Wayne, Robert Livingston, and Jack Randall (Livingston's brother, later known as cowboy star Jack Randall). At a party on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzana ranch, Burroughs persuaded him to play Tarzan. Accepting the role, which paid $75 a week, led him to withdraw from an aviator role in Wings (1927), which then went to Gary Cooper. Although the Tarzan film was popular with audiences, critics were not impressed. He and his wife portrayed Tarzan and Jane on the radio in 364 fifteen-minute episodes of a serial broadcast throughout the U.S., South America, and Western Europe from 1932 to 1934. He left the show to play King Thun the Lion Man in Universal's Flash Gordon (1936) and appeared in Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) for Republic. During World War II, he helped establish the National Airmen's Reserve, which later became the Air National Guard.

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Spaceship to the Unknown Poster

Spaceship to the Unknown TV Movie1966Prince Thun

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Actor

Cattle Queen Poster

Cattle Queen Feature Film1951Bad Bill Smith

Follow the Sun Poster

Follow the Sun Feature Film1951Proprietor

Inside Straight Poster

Inside Straight Feature Film1951Detective

Saturday's Hero Poster

Saturday's Hero Feature Film1951Assistant Coach

Show Boat Poster

Show Boat Feature Film1951Doorman

Black Hand Poster

Black Hand Feature Film1950Court bailiff

My Blue Heaven Poster

My Blue Heaven Feature Film1950Truck Driver

Right Cross Poster

Right Cross Feature Film1950Moe, Bath House Attendant

Stars in My Crown Poster

Stars in My Crown Feature Film1950Townsman

The Killer That Stalked New York Poster

The Killer That Stalked New York Feature Film1950Police Commissioner

The Next Voice You Hear... Poster

The Next Voice You Hear... Feature Film1950Myron

The Skipper Surprised His Wife Poster

The Skipper Surprised His Wife Feature Film1950Delivery Man

Undercover Girl Poster

Undercover Girl Feature Film1950Lt. Kirby

Big Jack Poster

Big Jack Feature Film1949Man in Buggy

Yes Sir, That's My Baby Poster

Yes Sir, That's My Baby Feature Film1949Doctor

The Miracle of the Bells Poster

The Miracle of the Bells Feature Film1948Soldier in 'Joan of Arc'

My Favorite Brunette Poster

My Favorite Brunette Feature Film1947Detective

The Farmer's Daughter Poster

The Farmer's Daughter Feature Film1947Policeman

Nocturne Poster

Nocturne Feature Film1946Policeman

Roxie Hart Poster

Roxie Hart Feature Film1942Policeman

Across the Sierras Poster

Across the Sierras Feature Film1941Man on Wagon

Love Crazy Poster

Love Crazy Feature Film1941San Francisco Private Investigator

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Poster

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Feature Film1941Doorman

Parachute Battalion Poster

Parachute Battalion Feature Film1941Man

The Getaway Poster

The Getaway Feature Film1941Prison Guard

Arizona Frontier Poster

Arizona Frontier Feature Film1940Henchman Kansas

Chad Hanna Poster

Chad Hanna Feature Film1940Big Man

Emergency Squad Poster

Emergency Squad Feature Film1940Policeman

Johnny Apollo Poster

Johnny Apollo Feature Film1940Guard

Michael Shayne: Private Detective Poster

Michael Shayne: Private Detective Feature Film1940Burly Man Downstairs

North West Mounted Police Poster

North West Mounted Police Feature Film1940Corporal

Rainbow Over the Range Poster

Rainbow Over the Range Feature Film1940Jim Rader

Strange Cargo Poster

Strange Cargo Feature Film1940Guard

Texas Rangers Ride Again Poster

Texas Rangers Ride Again Feature Film1940High Boots

The Gay Caballero Poster

The Gay Caballero Feature Film1940Henchman

The Golden Trail Poster

The Golden Trail Feature Film1940Miner

When the Daltons Rode Poster

When the Daltons Rode Feature Film1940Deputy Sheriff

Winners of the West Poster

Winners of the West Feature Film1940Charlie Nelson - Lumberman [Ch. 10]

Ambush Feature Film1939Officer Mack McKelway

Captain Fury Poster

Captain Fury Feature Film1939Guard

Disbarred Poster

Disbarred Feature Film1939Bailiff

Persons in Hiding Poster

Persons in Hiding Feature Film1939G-Man

These Glamour Girls Poster

These Glamour Girls Feature Film1939Joy Lane Bouncer

Union Pacific Poster

Union Pacific Feature Film1939Card Player

Zorro's Fighting Legion Poster

Zorro's Fighting Legion Feature Film1939Moreno

Charlie Chan in Honolulu Poster

Charlie Chan in Honolulu Feature Film1938Police officer

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Poster

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Feature Film1938Prince Thun - in Flashback [Ch. 14]

Racket Busters Poster

Racket Busters Feature Film1938Martin's Henchman

Rocket Ship Poster

Rocket Ship Feature Film1938King Thun

Ali Baba Goes to Town Poster

Ali Baba Goes to Town Feature Film1937Captain Of The Guards

Green Light Poster

Green Light Feature Film1937Harcourt's Chauffeur

High Flyers Poster

High Flyers Feature Film1937Cop

Life Begins in College Poster

Life Begins in College Feature Film1937Coach

There Goes My Girl Poster

There Goes My Girl Feature Film1937Bit Role

You Only Live Once Poster

You Only Live Once Feature Film1937Guard

Flash Gordon Poster

Flash Gordon Feature Film1936Prince Thun [Chs. 2-9, 12-13]

Follow the Fleet Poster

Follow the Fleet Feature Film1936Paradise Ballroom Bouncer

Our Relations Poster

Our Relations Feature Film1936Doorman

The Walking Dead Poster

The Walking Dead Feature Film1936Prisoner

Wives Never Know Poster

Wives Never Know Feature Film1936Dentist

Goin' to Town Poster

Goin' to Town Feature Film1935Cowboy

His Fighting Blood Poster

His Fighting Blood Feature Film1935Dave

The Murder Man Poster

The Murder Man Feature Film1935Sing Sing Guard

The Virginia Judge Poster

The Virginia Judge Feature Film1935Officer Skeels

Timber War Poster

Timber War Feature Film1935Henchman Charlie Braden

Belle of the Nineties Poster

Belle of the Nineties Feature Film1934Admirer

Horse Feathers Poster

Horse Feathers Feature Film1932Ed Mullen - Darwin Player

The Trial of Vivienne Ware Poster

The Trial of Vivienne Ware Feature Film1932Cop

Unashamed Poster

Unashamed Feature Film1932Court Officer

Ladies of the Big House Poster

Ladies of the Big House Feature Film1931Arresting Officer

Suicide Fleet Poster

Suicide Fleet Feature Film1931Recruit

Young as You Feel Poster

Young as You Feel Feature Film1931Jack, a Cop

The Lightning Express Poster

The Lightning Express Feature Film1930Griswell Henchman

Her Summer Hero Feature Film1928Chris

Ladies of the Mob Poster

Ladies of the Mob Feature Film1928Police officer

Phantom of the Range Poster

Phantom of the Range Feature Film1928'Flash' Corbin

Jesse James Poster

Jesse James Feature Film1927Frank James

Tarzan and the Golden Lion Poster

Tarzan and the Golden Lion Feature Film1927Tarzan

Wings Feature Film1927Army MP

The Return of Grey Wolf Poster

The Return of Grey Wolf Feature Film1926Louis LaRue

Her Man Feature Film1924

Leatherstocking Poster

Leatherstocking Feature Film1924Harry March

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