Jungle Jim (TV series) explained

Jungle Jim is a 1955–56 American TV series based on the Jungle Jim newspaper comic strip. It stars Johnny Weissmuller, who had previously played the character in a series of sixteen theatrically released Jungle Jim feature films, which were produced soon after he retired from the Tarzan film series in 1948 for which he is best remembered.^[1]

The Jungle Jim TV show premiered on Sept. 26, 1955 and ended its 26 episode run on March 19, 1956.^[2] It ran for 26 episodes and was produced by Screen Gems who sold it into syndication.^{[3] [4]} (See also Jungle Jim).

Cast

• Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim
• Martin Huston as Skipper
• Dean Fredericks as Kaseem
• Tamba as Tamba the Chimp
• Paul Cavanagh as Commissioner Morrison (in eight episodes)

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date

External links

• • Jungle Jim main article
• Jungle Jim (serial)
• Jungle Jim (film), titles of feature films
• Bomba the Jungle Boy
• Ramar of the Jungle
• Congo Bill

Notes and References

1. "Johnny Weissmuller: Olympics to Tarzan". Behlmer, Rudy. "Films in Review, New York, Vol. 47, Iss. 7-8 (Jul/Aug 1996): 20.
2. Book: Woolery . George W. . Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series . 1985 . The Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-1651-2 . 254–255.
3. TV AND MOVIES NOW LOOK LIKE A HAPPY COUPLE: Nearly All Film Firms Plunge Into Video Wolters, Larry. Chicago Daily Tribune 24 Apr 1955: s10.
4. Bryan Foy to Produce Emergency TVer; Name Star for You Are There Ames, Walter. Los Angeles Times 28 Nov 1955: 34.