Lex Barker succeeded Johnny Weissmuller playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures. His biggest success, however, came in West Germany where his German language movies were wildly successful. Although he spoke decent German, his movies were dubbed by Gert Gunther Hoffmann.
Sexy Lexy as he was known, and one of the best looking Tarzans.
ReplyDeleteWife #2 Arlene Dahl in an interview said Lex was very well endowed in the manhood department….:)
Very few secrets in Hollywood.
DeleteIn her "Mommie Dearest"-ish autobiography "Detour," Cheryl Crane wrote that while her mother Lana Turner was married to Lex Barker, when they were alone he once made her watch him strip naked, get hard, and bring himself to climax-- so she'd "know what men were like."
Delete(Considering that she was already an "out" lesbian by age 13, it was not only horribly abusive but a wasted effort.
To be honest, he could've probably made more money in private "educational" performances for the right audience than he did in films-- especially if what Arlene Dahl said was true.)
Still, it's nice to see a beefcake shot of Lex with his chest hair growing back from his shaved-down "Tarzan" roles.
-- hsc