Gordon Scott’s Death – Cause and Date

The movie actor Gordon Scott died at the age of 80. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Best remembered for his starring role in the Tarzan films of the 1950s and early 1960s, this actor played several other swashbuckling hero roles, including Remus in Duel of the Titans and Hercules in Hercules and the Princess of Troy.

Born Gordon Merrill Werschkul, he grew up in Portland, Oregon, with eight siblings. He was married to Janice Wynkoop and actress Vera Miles. He had a child with each of his wives.

Gordon Scott, 80, Dies; Film Actor Best Known for Playing Tarzan. BALTIMORE, May 4 (AP) — Gordon Scott, a handsome, muscular actor who portrayed Tarzan in the 1950s, died here on Monday. He was 80. The cause was complications after heart surgery, said a spokesman for Johns Hopkins Hospital.