Jack — The Son of Tarzan Character Profile

About Jack

Pre-teen son of Tarzan and Jane who dreams of jungle adventures. He sneaks away, is kidnapped by Ivan Paulovich to Africa, escapes with the ape Akut, and survives in the wild like his father.

Character Facts

Played by

Gordon Griffith

Appears in

The Son of Tarzan (1920)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Jack — Family Mother — Lady Greystoke / Jane (Karla Schramm)

  Biological mother who discourages Jack's jungle dreams but later reunites with him in Africa.

• Jack — Family Father — Lord Greystoke / Tarzan (P. Dempsey Tabler)

  Biological father whose jungle legacy inspires Jack's adventures.

• Jack — Conflict Kidnapper — Ivan Paulovich (Eugene Burr)

  Captures Jack as leverage and a tool for his vengeance plot.

• Jack — Alliance Survival Partner — Meriem (Mae Giraci)

  Bonded through shared trauma and survival in the African wilderness.

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More characters from The Son of Tarzan

• Lady Greystoke / Jane (Karla Schramm)
• Meriem (Mae Giraci)
• Meriem as a young woman (Nita Martan)
• Korak, Son of Tarzan grown up (Kamuela C. Searle)
• Lord Greystoke / Tarzan (P. Dempsey Tabler)
• Ivan Paulovich (Eugene Burr)
• Sheik Amor Ben Khatour (Frank Morrell)
• Arab Slave Trader (Charles G. Clarke)
• Malbihn (Ray Thompson)