Gene Pollar

Gene Pollar , actually Joseph C. Pohler (born September 16, 1892 , † October 20, 1971 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) was a New York firefighter who went down in film history as the second Tarzan actor.

Life

When Edgar Rice Burroughs sold the film rights to The Revenge of Tarzan in 1918 , these fell to Numa Pictures Comp. , a company of the Gebrüder Weiss. For the title role they wanted to win Elmo Lincoln , who had already been established through two Tarzan films, but who had already made other commitments and was therefore not available. While looking for another leading actor in New York, one of the Weiss brothers met the then 28-year-old New York firefighter Joseph C. Pohler. Since he was of imposing figure and had a tendency to become an actor, he was hired for a weekly fee of 100 dollars.

The film hit theaters in 1920 and was well received but did not reach the popularity of the Lincoln films. Nevertheless, Universal Studios showed interest in Pollar and offered him a two-year contract with a guaranteed weekly earnings of $ 350. Numa Pictures , which it had already been bound to it, but refused it to Universal assign, unless Universal would Numa pay dollars a week 800th Pollar would continue to receive only $ 100 of this sum. Disappointed with the behavior of the film studios, Pollar gave up his acting ambitions and resumed his old profession as a firefighter. In 1944 he quit and became a buyer for a retail chain. After 15 years in this profession, he retired in Florida. Although he had only played the role of Tarzan once, he was proud of her for the rest of his life.

Filmography

• 1920: The Revenge of Tarzan

Web links

• Gene pollar in the Internet Movie Database (English)