Elmo Lincoln

Elmo Lincoln (Otto Elmo Linkenhelt, February 6, 1889 – June 27, 1952) was an American movie actor. He played the first movie Tarzan in Tarzan of the Apes (1918). He played Tarzan in two other movies, The Romance of Tarzan (1918) and the movie serial The Adventures of Tarzan (1921). He appeared, uncredited, in two Tarzan movies in the 1940s. He was a circus roustabout in Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), and a fisherman repairing his net in Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949). His last movie was Carrie in 1952. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7042 Hollywood Boulevard.

Elmo Lincoln
Enid Markey-Elmo Lincoln in The Romance of Tarzan.jpg
Enid Markey and Elmo Lincoln in
The Romance of Tarzan
Born
Otto Elmo Linkenhelt

(1889-02-06)February 6, 1889
DiedJune 27, 1952(1952-06-27) (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
Years active1913-1952
Spouse(s)Sadie Whited (?-?)
Ida Lee Tanchick (1935-?)