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Glenn Morris
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American track and field athlete (1912–1974)
OverviewAI-generated
Glenn Edward Morris was an American actor and athletics competitor born in Simla in 1912. He competed in decathlon and American football for the United States, participating in the men's decathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Morris was a member of the Detroit Lions and held a decathlon world record progression with a personal best of 43.1. He received the James E. Sullivan Award for his athletic achievements.
Morris also worked as a film actor and served in World War II. He was educated at Colorado State University and spoke English. He died in Palo Alto on January 31, 1974.
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Film & TV
Glenn Morris was the fourth Olympic athlete to play Tarzan. He was the 1936 decathlon champion and won the Sullivan Award (outstanding amateur athlete of the year) over the more famous Olympian Jesse Owens. Sol Lesser cast Morris for an independent Tarzan, filmed on Twentieth Century-Fox back lots. The reviews were so thoroughly bad that Morris never made another movie. He went into the insurance…
Known for
- Olympic Cavalcade — Himself1948
- Tarzan's Revenge — Tarzan1938
- Hold That Co-ed — Spencer1938
- Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty — Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)1938
- She Married an Artist — Steward (uncredited)1937
- Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris — Glenn Morris1937
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Glenn
- Family name
- Morris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Simla
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Educated at
- Colorado State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – men's decathlon
- Sport
- American football
- Member of team
- Detroit Lions
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 84
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Glenn Morris and Leni Riefenstahl 1936.jpg
- Height
- 188
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- date of birth
- 1912-06-18
- date of death
- 1974-01-31
- sports discipline competed in
- decathlon
- Commons category
- Glenn Morris
- record held
- decathlon world record progression
- personal best
- 43.1
- name in native language
- Glenn Edward Morris
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
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