Patience's cold-hearted and avaricious father who runs the Indiana farm. He angrily dismisses John for proposing to Patience and forcefully commands his daughter to marry an aged widower, claiming paternal authority is absolute law.
An expedition leader and Jane's father, whose African expedition brings him into contact with Tarzan.
Silent Sam is a bar patron who watches as Joe and Simon fight. The brawl destroys chairs, tables, and mirrors, and knocks over a potbelly stove, starting the fire that burns down the bar. The summary identifies Sam only as a silent observer at the bar and provides no further actions or relationship to Joe or Simon.
Driven out by his wife after swearing off drinking, he consumes a strange concoction from a mysterious man and sleeps for twenty years. He returns to reclaim his land, stop a forced marriage, and reunite with his wife.
Sam is Betty's kindly father and the village druggist. He has risked his future on an invention intended to turn crude oil into gasoline, but poor business leaves his drugstore close to collapse. Nat becomes a half-owner, brings in new stock on credit, and uses city-style promotions to improve the shop's profits.
Thomas Jefferson has 55 screen credits in a career dating back to 1913. Their work is anchored in the Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) Collection universe with 2 titles. Signature works include Rip Van Winkle, The Forged Bride, A Hoosier Romance. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
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