Johnny Weissmuller, the freestyle swimmer who won five Olympic gold medals in 1924 and 1928, will probably always be the actor most associated with the Tarzan role. But he was not the only former Olympian to wear Tarzan's loincloth. He was succeeded in the role by Buster Crabbe, the 1932 Los Angeles 400 metres freestyle gold medallist, before he left to become Flash Gordon. Herman Brix, the 1928 Olympic shot put silver medallist, followed him in the role, lasting two films before Glenn Morris, the 1936 Berlin decathlon champion, took over.