Who was the US swimmer who played Tarzan in 18 movies after winning 6 olympic medals?

Question

This person is also supposed to be the first man to swim the 100 meters in under a minute. I'm trying to find this out for the answer to a trivia question and all I can find is Johnny Wiessmuller who, on wikipedia, is only credited with 16 films and I didn't see anything about the 100 meters under a minute. If anyone can answer this today it would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You have the answer.............  wihipedia is not the end all when it comes to info.  look up Weissmuller under great swimmers for example

Answer 2

Buster Crabbe.  He won the gold in 1932 for the 400 m freestyle.  He took the bronze medal in 1928 for the 1500 m freestyle.  He also created Buster Crabbe pools, a very lucrative business.

Answer 3

Johnny Weissmuller