Gordon Scott

Gordon Scott

출생 : 1926-08-03, Portland, Oregon, USA

사망 : 2007-04-30

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Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three made-as-a-pilot television episodes) of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960. Gordon Scott was the eleventh Tarzan, starting with Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle. He was "discovered" poolside, and offered "a seven-year contract, a loin cloth, and a new last name." "Due in part to his muscular frame and 6-foot-3-inch [1.91-metre] height, he was quickly signed to replace Lex Barker as Tarzan" by producer Sol Lesser. Lesser had Gordon change his name because "Werschkul" sounded too much like "Weismueller". Scott's Tarzan movies ranged from rather cheap re-edited television pilots to large-scale action films with high-production values shot on location in Africa. In his early Tarzan films, he played the character as unworldly and inarticulate, in the mold of Johnny Weissmuller, an earlier Tarzan portrayer. In Scott's later films, after a change in producers, he played a Tarzan who was educated and spoke perfect English, as in the original Edgar Rice Burroughs novels. Scott was the only actor to play Tarzan in both styles. Fearing he would become typecast as Tarzan, Scott moved to Italy and became a popular star in epics of the péplum genre (known in the United States as sword-and-sandal), featuring handsome bodybuilders as various characters from Greek and Roman myth. Scott was a friend of Steve Reeves, and collaborated with him as Remus to Reeves's Romulus in Duel of the Titans. Scott also played Hercules in a couple of international co-productions during the mid-1960s. As the péplum genre faded, Scott starred in spaghetti westerns and Eurospy films. His final film appearance was in The Tramplers (filmed in 1966; released in the United States in 1968).

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In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
Himself
A look at Tarzan on the big and small screen with interviews with some of those who have played him.
Investigating Tarzan
Himself
A look at the history and cultural impact of Tarzan.
Women in Cell Block 7
(Archive Footage)
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Top Secret
John Sutton
A man escapes from a Russian prison and then from a United States embassy, taking with him some very important top secret information from both sides.
Danger!! Death Ray
Bart Fargo
Secret Agent Bart Fargo chases the kidnappers of the inventor of a death ray.
The Tramplers
Lon Cordeen
After the war of secession, the aging Cordeen, who owns thousands of acres in Texas, rules his numerous and quarrelsome sons with an iron hand. He sends them out to deal with the threat of the representatives from the North. However, not all the sons share their father's unlimited hatred for the Northerners and they find it increasingly difficult to obey his despotic commands. To add to the family's unrest, a prodigal son decides to return to the fold, provoking two other sons to down tools and leave. Cordeen, outraged, pursues them and tries to kill them. An absurd family feud ensues, prolonged by the participation of the entire Cordeen family.
Hercules and the Princess of Troy
Hercules
Hercules (Gordon Scott) sets out to save the city of Troy from a horrible sea monster. Meanwhile, the city is threatened by a different kind of monster--a smarmy politician who will stop at nothing to seize the throne.
L'Attaque de Fort Adams (Une aventure de Buffalo Bill)
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
Buffalo Bill
Colonel William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, intends to put an end to the dishonest relations between a gang of white swindlers and the Indian, Yellow Hand. So he goes to the chief of Yellow Hand's tribe, Wise Fox, and tries to convince him to sign a peace treaty with the Federal troops. In order to avoid this, Yellow Hand abducts Wise Fox's daughter, pretending that the soldiers have done it.
Thunder of Battle
Coriolanus
Coriolanus leads the plebians in a revolt against Roman oppression.
Hero of Rome
Mucius
In ancient Rome, the people finally oust their despised king, Tarquinius, and declare the city a republic. Tarquinius makes an alliance with the Etruscan king, Porsenna, to take back power in Rome, but a Roman general, the heroic Mucius, sets out to stop him. Written by frankfob2
The Lion of St. Mark
Manrico Venier
In 1620 pirates are terrorizing the Adriatic coast. Our hero sets out to defeat them.
The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
Goliath / Gordian
Italian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretched followers.
Hero of Babylon
Nippur
The rightful heir to the throne of Babylon leads a slave revolt against an evil ruler.
The Conquest of Mycenae
Glauco / Hercules
Gordon Scott plays Glaucus, the prince of Tiryns, a powerful warrior who goes undercover in Mycenae to infiltrate the evil cult of Moloch, which is exacting tribute from neighboring kingdoms in the form of attractive young hostages, both male and female. Calling himself "Hercules," Glaucus defeats Mycenae's champions and gains the favor of the voluptuous Queen Demetra (Rosalba Neri) whose son, covered in a dog's head mask, has been raised as the living embodiment of the dark god Moloch and receives sacrifices in his sprawling underground grotto.
The Shortest Day
Soldato (uncredited)
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Zorro and the Three Musketeers
Zorro
In the first half of the 1600's, France is at war with Spain. The cousin of the king of Spain, Isabella, is held captive in the French castle, and the Count of Seville is sent to France as a diplomat. While there, he is escorted by the Three Musketeers, who discover that he has secretly made a deal with Cardinal Richelieu to disclose Spanish military secrets in exchange for Isabella's release. However, he is merely bluffing and plans to take Isabella by force. When the musketeers discover this, they come to his aid, and together the four of them work at freeing the Countess. Meanwhile, the Count doubles as Zorro to free the Spanish court from a treacherous suitor.
A Queen for Caesar
Julius Caesar
Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.
Gladiator of Rome
Marcus
A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.
Kerim, Son of the Sheik
Kerim
In the Middle East, circa 1860s, the evil Omar seeks to become Khadive by killing off his adversaries and by marrying the reluctant Fawzia, favorite niece of the current Khadive. Omar's brutal policies result in the death of a young woman named Laila. Laila's brother, Kerim, then becomes Omar's sworn enemy.
The Pot Carriers
Producer
New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend Wendy. After being assigned to kitchen duty, he becomes involved in a food-trading racket. When the scheme is betrayed to the prison's governor, its prime mover is threatened with an extended sentence - unless Rainbow can come up with a way to save him.
Duel of the Titans
Remus
Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.
Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World
Maciste / Samson
Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
Goliath and the Vampires
Maciste (Goliath)
Maciste's village is attacked by pirates. The women, including Maciste's fiancee Guja, are carried off to Salmanak, where dwells the lair of the blood drinking Kobrak. Maciste vows to rescue them.
Tarzan the Magnificent
Tarzan
After the Banton family rob a store is a small village and kill the local police constable, Tarzan captures one of them, Coy Banton. He decides to return him to the authorities so that the dead policeman's family will benefit from the $5000 reward. The head of the clan, Abel Banton and his two sons have no intention of letting Tarzan deliver Coy and burn the river boat they were to use. Several of the passengers are now stranded forcing Tarzan to take them along on a trek through the jungle. Abel Banton trails them intent not only getting his son back but getting rid of Tarzan.
성난 얼굴로 돌아보라
Producer
지미 포터(리차드 버튼 분)는 대학을 졸업했지만 시장에서 노점 사탕 가게를 한다. 지미는 자신의 인생에 대해 좌절하며 괴로워하며 그런 괴로움을 아내인 알리슨한테 풀려고 한다. 결혼 후 2년 동안 알리슨(메리 우어 분)은 분노와 좌절감에 괴로워하는 남편 지미의 모진 학대와 또한 강렬한 사랑의 화살을 정면으로 받는다. 지미는 밤에 재즈 클럽에서 트럼펫을 연주하는 것으로 한 가닥 구원의 길을 찾는 것 같기도 하지만 시간이 흐르면서 더욱더 신랄해지기만 한다. 알리슨은 자신의 중산층 배경을 조롱하며 모진 학대를 일삼는 지미에게 자신이 임신했다는 말을 차마 못 하고, 지미의 가장 친한 친구인 클리프 루이스(게리 레이몬드 분)에게 자신의 상태를 털어놓는다. 하지만 그들 부부와 오랜 시간을 같이 해 온 클리프는 어쨌든 그들의 결혼 생활이 계속 이어지도록 유도한다. 그러던 중 알리슨의 친구이자 여배우인 헬레나 찰스(클레어 블룸 분)가 그들 부부와 잠시 같이 지내게 되는데, 모든 상황이 점점 더 악화된다. 헬레나는 지미와 알리슨의 험악한 관계를 알아채고 알리슨에게 지미를 버리고 친정 부모에게 돌아가라고 설득한다. 헬레나의 충고를 듣고 알리슨이 떠나자 헬레나와 지미 사이의 적대감은 극도로 격해진다. 하지만 그런 적대감은 곧 주체할 수 없는 열정으로 변한다. 그런데 아기를 사산한 후에 알리슨이 다시 지미를 찾아온다. 헬레나는 자신들을 둘러싸고 있는 불행한 현실과 죄의식을 감당하지 못 한 채 그들을 떠나고 알리슨과 지미는 다시 새로운 출발을 다짐한다.
타잔 - 고든 스콧 편 5
Tarzan
The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so Tarzan pursues them to their mine.
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Tarzan
Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed by Futa, the witch doctor, and Ramo, a native warrior.
Tarzan and the Trappers
Tarzan
Tarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling them illegally to zoos. A twist is thrown into the plot when Schroeder's brother, with the help of money-hungry trader Lapin, hunts a different kind of quarry, human game. Now Tarzan must not only fight to save the animals of the jungle, but he must also save himself. Three episodes of a failed TV series edited for theater release.
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Tarzan
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Tarzan
Hunters trespass into Sukulu country, where animals are sacred, posing as photographers.