Jungle Jim is a 1955–56 American TV series based on the Jungle Jim newspaper comic strip. It stars Johnny Weissmuller, who had previously played the character in a series of sixteen theatrically released Jungle Jim feature films, which were produced soon after he retired from the Tarzan film series in 1948 for which he is best remembered.[1]
The Jungle Jim TV show premiered on Sept. 26, 1955 and ended its 26 episode run on March 19, 1956.[2] It ran for 26 episodes and was produced by Screen Gems who sold it into syndication.[3][4]
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