Elmo Lincoln

Elmo Lincoln
Lincoln in 1924
Born
Otto Elmo Linkenhelt

(1889-02-06)February 6, 1889
DiedJune 27, 1952(1952-06-27) (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1913–1952
Spouse(s)Sadie Whited (1913–1921)
Ida Lee Tanchick (1935–?)

Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889 – June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952 and was the first actor to portray on film novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs' fictional "jungle" character Tarzan, initially appearing in that role in the 1918 release Tarzan of the Apes.[1]

  1. ^ "ELMO LINCOLN DIES; FIRST FILM TARZAN; Screen Actor, Who Had Many Roles in 'Birth of a Nation,' Starred in 100 Movies". The New York Times. June 28, 1952. p. 20. Retrieved June 1, 2022.