Theater of the Mind
Tarzan
70 episodes · 1951–1953 · Mutual-Don Lee · Adventure
Lamont Johnson played Tarzan in this 1951-52 series, which Walter White Jr. produced and Bud Lesser wrote, with original music by Albert Glaser. It started on the Mutual-Don Lee network and went out to stations through Commodore syndication, and CBS rebroadcast many of the episodes in 1952 and 1953.
Sources: RadioGOLDINdex
Episodes
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195150 episodes
- Tarzan and the Decoy
In the end, Tarzan turns down a "white goddess" who wants to stay in the jungle with him. - Tarzan and Black Ivory
- Tarzan and the Hooded Death
- Tarzan and the Manuema
- Tarzan and the Siren of Omdur Mara
- Tarzan and the Coward
- The Female of the Species
- The End of the World
- Across a Continent
- Tarzan and the Killer
Tarzan takes on a killer. The show ends with a full Tarzan yell. - Jungle Legacy
- Jungle Orchids
Edwina Clark, who loves flowers and is handy with a whip, comes into the jungle after a rare orchid, and Tarzan is smitten. - The Gold Coast Robbery
- Life or Death
- D Is for Diamond and Death
Tarzan works for a crooked diamond miner to recover a stolen gem, and is nearly branded for his trouble. - The Pirates of Cape Bandero
After his companion is drowned and shot, Tarzan joins a ship's crew. - Contraband
A revolt in San Lorenco is led by a woman called Tah, the Lamp. - Lake of Blood
Tarzan travels to a land where animals will not go and a lake where no fish swim. - Congo Magic
Tarzan is jailed for assault, and a dwarf bartender turns out to be the target of a voodoo curse. - Jungle Heat
- Jungle Hijackers
Someone is stealing supplies from the British Army, but no one has been seen doing it. - Tarzan and the Stranger
A disillusioned doctor who swore off treating the local people forgets his vow when bubonic plague breaks out. - Arab Vengeance
A sheik called the Terror of the Desert is determined to keep his eleven-year-old bride, despite the Dutch magistrate's ruling. - Tarzan in Captivity
- Gold of the Sudan
- Stolen Jewels
- The Drum Without a Heart
Tarzan and two other men set out to climb the Ruwenzori mountains, for very different reasons. - Terror at Night
- Trouble Off San Lorenca
- The Curse of the Pharaohs
- Head Hunters of Yambesi
- Trophy Room
- Tarzan's Mistake
- Death Has Small Wings
- Tarzan's Magic Amulet
- The Strange Book of Araby
Tarzan meets an old oracle whose strange book holds the knowledge of the future. - Cathedral of the Congo
- City of Sleep
- Jungle Odds
"Odds" Mulqueen, a New York gambler, runs off into the jungle rather than pay what he owes. - All Presumed Dead
A hurricane strikes the jungle, and a woman who lives with a native tribe. - Small Packages
A young English nobleman comes to Africa looking for adventure. - Ghost of the Karniki
- Adventure on the Road to Timbuktu
- Strange Island
- A Message to Fort Chavir
- African Thanksgiving
A beautiful French girl sets off a battle of wills between Tarzan and Sheik Hazara. - Hunter's Fury
- Trouble Comes in Pairs
- Congo Murder
- Congo Christmas
195218 episodes
- The Hand of Death
A story tied to the March of Dimes. - Tarzan and the Man from Another World
Science fiction in the jungle: a haughty visitor from Uranus comes to decide what to do about warring Earthlings. - Quicksands of the Wadihara
- The Trail of Death
- Killer at Large
Word comes from Johannesburg that a judge and his family have been murdered in their sleep. - First Prize: Death
- Paradise Island
- The Demon of Rongue
- Tarzan and the Simba Hodari
- The Volcano of the Sun
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Pirates of Cape Bandera.” - Evidence Destroyed
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Oman of the Emeralds.” - Rays of Death aka New Death
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “None So Blind.” - The Arena of Death
Captured by the Lion-Men, Tarzan must fight an elephant, a lion and a gladiator. - Jungle Smoke
- Tarzan and the Lifagor
- The Mask of Monafiki
- The American Family Robinson
- The Long Journey
19532 episodes
- The Night Riders of Tomkia
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Two in the Bush
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.