[Note: Tarzan films stretch into the silent film era back to 1918.] Many actors have portrayed Tarzan, mostly on the big screen, including:The Silent EraElmo Lincoln (1918, 1921)Gene Pollar (1920)P.He had been arrested as a prime suspect solely because of his color, without any questions asked.The black "prisoner" was ushered into Sheriff Gillespie""s office after first bypassing deputy Courtney (Peter Whitney) in the outer office.The highly-acclaimed Williams had many of his plays adapted for the screen in the 1950s:A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), andSuddenly Last Summer (1959)).They""ll say you""re a great artist, you""ll get six commissions for painting, and we can be married and divorced in no time.