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| name = Lex Barker | image = Lex Barker Karen Kondazian May 1973.jpg | caption = Lex Barker with his fiancée Karen Kondazian on May 1, 1973, 10 days before his death | birth_name = Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|5|8}} | birth_place = Rye, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|5|11|1919|5|8}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1945–1972 | spouse = {{marriage|Constance Rhodes Thurlow|1942|1950}} {{marriage|Arlene Dahl|1951|1952}} {{marriage|Lana Turner|1953|1957}} {{marriage|Irene Labhart |1959|1962}} {{marriage|Tita Cervera|1965|1972}} | partner = Karen Kondazian (1972–1973) | children = 3 }}Alexander Crichlow "Lex" Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 – May 11, 1973) was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes and leading characters from Karl May's novels.[1] Early lifeAlexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. was born on May 8, 1919 in Rye, New York. He was the second child of Alexander Crichlow Barker, Sr., a wealthy Canadian-born building contractor,[2] and his American wife, the former Marion Thornton Beals.[3]His father later worked as a stockbroker. Barker had an elder sister, Frederica Amelia "Freddie" Barlow (1917–1980). Raised in New York City and Port Chester, New York, Lex Barker attended the Fessenden School and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. He played football as well as the oboe. He attended Princeton University, but dropped out to join a theatrical stock company, much to the chagrin of his family.[4] CareerTheatreBarker made it to Broadway once, in a small role in a short run of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1938.[5] He also had a small role in Orson Welles's disastrous Five Kings, which met with so many problems in Boston and Philadelphia that it never made it into New York City.[6] World War TwoIn February 1941, ten months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Barker left his fledgling acting career and enlisted in the US Army. He rose to the rank of major during the war.[7] He was wounded in action (in the head and leg) fighting in Sicily.[8] Early film rolesBack in the US, he recuperated at an Arkansas military hospital, then upon his discharge from service, traveled to Los Angeles. Within a short time, he landed a small role in his first film, Doll Face (1945).{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} A string of small roles followed, in films such as Two Guys from Milwaukee (1945) and Cloak and Dagger (1946). RKOBarker signed a contract at RKO. He had small roles in The Farmer's Daughter (1947), Crossfire (1947), and Under the Tonto Rim (1947).{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} Barker went to Paramount for Unconquered (1947). Back at RKO he was in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947), Berlin Express (1948), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), The Velvet Touch (1948), andReturn of the Bad Men (1948), playing Emmett Dalton.{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} TarzanIn Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), Barker became the tenth official Tarzan of the movies. His blond, handsome, and intelligent appearance, as well as his athletic, now 6'4" frame, helped make him popular in the role Johnny Weissmuller had made his own for sixteen years. His Jane was Brenda Joyce who had been in Weissmuller's last three films.[9] Barker's second Tarzan was Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950), where Jane was played by Vanessa Brown. In Tarzan's Peril (1951), Barker's Jane was Virginia Huston, with African location footage. Dorothy Hart was Jane in Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952), directed by Cy Endfield.{{sfn|Schneider|2012|p=viii}}{{sfn|Drew|1986|loc=section 742}} Barker got the chance to play a non-Tarzan role in Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952), a Western.[10] He returned to the role one last time in Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953).{{sfn|Schneider|2012|p=viii}}{{sfn|Drew|1986|loc=section 742}} WesternsBarker supported Randolph Scott in a Western at Warner Bros, Thunder Over the Plains (1953).[11] At Universal he starred in the Western The Yellow Mountain (1954) and The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955). He went to Columbia to make Duel on the Mississippi (1955).{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} Barker had a rare non-Western role in The Price of Fear (1956), a film noir with Merle Oberon. He was in the war movie Away All Boats (1956){{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} and a thriller with Zsa Zsa Gabor, The Girl in the Kremlin (1957).[12] Barker made two films for Howard W. Koch: a Western for United Artists, War Drums (1957),{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} playing Mangas Coloradas; and Jungle Heat (1957),{{sfn|Monush|2003|p=43}} an adventure film. He went to 20th Century Fox for The Deerslayer (1957),{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} then did another for Koch, The Girl in Black Stockings (1957).[13] ItalyIn 1957, as he found it harder to find work in American films, Barker moved to Europe (he spoke French, Italian, Spanish, and some German),{{sfn|Kalat|2005|p=150}} where he found popularity and starred in over 40 European films, including two movies based on the novels by Italian author Emilio Salgari (1862–1911).{{sfn|Bergfelder|2005|p=192}} He started his European career with a British thriller The Strange Awakening (1958). He went to Italy to star in some swashbucklers, Captain Falcon (1959), Son of the Red Corsair (1959), The Pirate and the Slave Girl (1959), and Terror of the Red Mask (1960).{{sfn|Hughes|2011|p=40}} Barker had a short but compelling role as Anita Ekberg's fiancé in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960).[14] He went back to swashbucklers: Knight of 100 Faces (1960), Pirates of the Coast (1960), Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960), and The Secret of the Black Falcon (1961).{{sfn|Hughes|2011|p=40}} GermanyIn Germany, he had his greatest success. There he starred in movies based on the "Doctor Mabuse" stories (formerly filmed by Fritz Lang), in the movies The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961).{{sfn|Kalat|2005|p=298}} He was in Doctor Sibelius (1962). Barker then played Old Shatterhand in an adaptation of the novel by German author Karl May (1842–1912), Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962).[15] It was a huge hit, 11 movies adapting stories by Karl May were following until 1968.[16] Barker did a comedy, Breakfast in Bed (1962), then an adventure movie Storm Over Ceylon (1963). He returned to Italy for The Executioner of Venice (1963){{sfn|Hughes|2011|p=42}}[17] and Goddess of Vengeance (1963).{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}} Barker reprised his role as Old Shatterhand in Apache Gold (1964), Old Shatterhand (1964) and Last of the Renegades (1965).{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=40}}{{sfn|Monush|2003|p=43}} He went to Britain for Victim Five (1964),{{sfn|Monush|2003|p=43}}{{sfn|Bergfelder|2005|p=219}} then returned to Germany for other adaptations of May books: Der Schatz der Azteken (1965), Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes (1965).{{sfn|Bergfelder|2005|p=252}} 24 Hours to Kill (1965) was a British movie.{{sfn|Bergfelder|2005|p=219}} The Hell of Manitoba (1965) and The Desperado Trail (1966) were Westerns.{{sfn|Rowan|2013|p=447}} In 1966, Barker was awarded the "Bambi Award" as "Best Foreign Actor" in Germany, where he was a major, very popular, star.[18] He even recorded two songs in German: "Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir" ("I'll be on the way to you tomorrow", composed by Martin Böttcher, the composer of some of the soundtracks of the Karl May movies) and "Mädchen in Samt und Seide" ("Girl in Silk and Velvet", composed by Werner Scharfenberger).[19] Later films included Killer's Carnival (1966), and Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1967). He was in Woman Times Seven (1967).{{sfn|Monush|2003|p=43}} He returned to the United States occasionally and made a handful of guest appearances on American television episodes, but Europe, and especially Germany, was his professional home for the remainder of his life. Personal lifeBarker was married five times:
DeathBarker died three days after his 54th birthday, on May 11, 1973, of a heart attack while walking down a street in New York City on his way to meet his fiancée, actress Karen Kondazian.[22] The funeral was in New York. He was cremated and the ashes were taken by his wife Tita to Spain. FilmographyFilm
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References1. ^Obituary Variety, May 16, 1973. 2. ^{{cite book|author=Reiner Boller, Christina Böhme|title=Lex Barker – Die Biografie|publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Germany|year=2003|isbn=3-89602-444-2}} 3. ^"Miss Beals's Wedding", The New York Times, April 20, 1913. 4. ^{{cite news |title=LEX BARKER DIES; TARZAN OF MOVIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/12/archives/lex-barker-dies-tarzan-of-movies-was-10th-to-play-the-role.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 12, 1973 |access-date=September 14, 2007}} 5. ^{{ibdb title|7949|The Merry Wives of Windsor}} 6. ^Leaming, Barbara. Orson Welles: A Biography, pp. 188–201 7. ^Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938–1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64 8. ^{{cite book |last=Freese |first=Gene |date=2017 |title=Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914–1989 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79g1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=108 |isbn=978-1-4766-6943-4}} 9. ^{{cite news |last=Vallance |first=Tom |date=August 15, 2009 |title=Brenda Joyce: Actress who played Jane to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brenda-joyce-actress-who-played-jane-to-johnny-weissmullers-tarzan-1772546.html |work=The Independent |access-date=October 17, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite book |last=Österberg |first=Bertil O. |date=2000 |title=Colonial America on Film and Television: A Filmography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubYfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=53 |isbn=978-0-7864-4242-3}} 11. ^{{cite book |last=Nott |first=Robert |date=2004 |title=The Films of Randolph Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CySCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA172 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=172 |isbn=978-0-7864-3759-7}} 12. ^{{cite book |last=Rowan |first=Terry |date=2015 |title=Motion Pictures From the Fabulous 1950's |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9YVPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA71 |page=71 |isbn=978-1-329-76077-6}} 13. ^{{cite book |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |date=2015 |title=Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MIBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250 |location=New York |publisher=Penguin Random House |page=250 |isbn=978-0-14-751682-4 |author-link=Leonard Maltin}} 14. ^{{cite book |last=Dyer |first=Richard |date=2018 |title=La dolce vita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21 |location=London |publisher=British Film Institute |page=21 |isbn=978-1-8445-7392-9 |author-link=Richard Dyer}} 15. ^{{cite book |last=Goral |first=Pawel |date=2014 |title=Cold War Rivalry and the Perception of the American West |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WRA6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 |location=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |page=122 |isbn=978-1-137-36429-6}} 16. ^{{cite book |last=Lentz III |first=Harris M. |date=2016 |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLcfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=40 |isbn=978-0-7864-7667-1}} 17. ^{{cite book |last=Prickette |first=James |date=2012 |title=Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q1SAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA310 |page=310 |isbn=978-1-4691-4428-3}} 18. ^{{cite book |last=Petzel |first=Michael |date=1998 |title=Karl-May-Filmbuch: Stories und Bilder aus der deutschen Traumfabrik |trans-title=Karl May film book: Stories and Pictures from the German dream factory |language=German |location=Radebeul, Germany |publisher=Karl-May-Verlag |page=33 |isbn=978-3780201539}} 19. ^{{cite magazine |title=Music Capitals of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |date=November 13, 1965}} 20. ^1 "Mrs. Barker's Nuptials", The New York Times, September 12, 1952 21. ^{{cite book |last=Curti |first=Roberto |date=2013 |title=Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VxOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA228 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=228 |isbn=978-0-7864-6976-5}} 22. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.lex-barker.com/index.php?med=scr&lang=eng&menu=kondazian |title=Karen Kondazian |last=Boller |first=Reiner |date=November 2, 2009 |publisher=Lex-Barker.com |access-date=April 4, 2018}} Sources
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