Edgar Rice Burroughs Biography (1875-1950)

Born September 1, 1875, in Chicago, IL; died of a heart attack, March 19, 1950, in Encino, CA; son of George Tyler (a distiller and battery manufacturer)and Mary Evaline (maiden name, Zeiger) Burroughs; married Emma Centennia Hulbert, January 1, 1900 (divorced 1934); married Florence Dearholt, 1935 (divorced 1942); children: Joan, Hulbert, John Coleman. Career: Writer and producer. Writer, 1912-50; Founder of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (a publishinghouse), Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, and Burroughs-Tarzan Pictures. MichiganMilitary Academy, Orchard Lake, MI, instructor and assistant commandant, 1895-96; stationary store owner, Pocatello, ID, 1898; American Battery Company,associate, 1899-1903; Sweetser-Burroughs Mining Company, associate, Idaho, ID, 1903-4; Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Salt Lake City, UT, railroad policeman, 1904; Sears, Roebuck and Company, Chicago, IL, stenographic department manager, 1906-8; Burroughs and Dentzer (advertising agency), Chicago, IL,partner, 1908-9; Physicians Co-Operative Association, Chicago, IL, office manager, 1909; State-Burroughs Company (sales firm), Chicago, IL, partner, 1910-11; System Service Bureau, Chicago, IL, manager, 1912-13; Malibu Beach, CA, mayor, 1933; United Press war correspondent in the Pacific during Second WorldWar. Military service: United States Calvary, 1896-97.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, Producer
Birth Details: September 1, 1875; Chicago, Illinois, United States
Death Details: March 19, 1950; Encino, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Producer
The New Adventures of Tarzan (also known as Tarzan's New Adventure), Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, 1935
The New Adventures of Tarzan (also known as Tarzan and the LostGoddess and Tarzan in Guatemala), Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, 1935
The Drag-Net, Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, 1936
Tarzan and the Green Goddess, Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, 1938
WRITINGS
Novels
Tarzan of the Apes, McClurg, 1914
The Return of Tarzan, McClurg, 1915
The Beasts of Tarzan, McClurg, 1916
The Son of Tarzan, McClurg, 1917
A Princess of Mars, McClurg, 1917
The Gods of Mars, McClurg, 1918
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, McClurg, 1918
The Warlord of Mars, McClurg, 1919
Thuvia, Maid of Mars, McClurg, 1920
Tarzan the Terrible, McClurg, 1921
The Chessman of Mars, McClurg, 1922
At Earth's Core, McClurg, 1922
Pellucidar, McClurg, 1923
Tarzan and the Golden Lion, McClurg, 1923
The Girl from Hollywood, Macaulay, 1923
Tarzan and the Ant Men, McClurg, 1924
The Bandit of Hell's Bend, McClurg, 1925
The War Chief, McClurg, 1927
The Outlaw of Torn, McClurg, 1927
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, McClurg, 1928
The Master Mind of Mars, McClurg, 1928
The Monster Men, McClurg, 1929
Tarzan and the Lost Empire, Metropolitan, 1929
Tarzan at the Earth's Core, Metropolitan, 1930
Tanar of Pellucidar, Metropolitan, 1930
A Fighting Man of Mars, Metropolitan, 1931
Tarzan the Invincible, Burroughs, 1931

Tarzan the Triumphant, Burroughs, 1931
Jungle Girl, Burroughs, 1932, published as The Land of Hidden Men, Ace Books, 1963
Tarzan and the City of Gold, Burroughs, 1933
Apache Devil, Burroughs, 1933
Tarzan and the Lion-Men, Burroughs, 1934
Pirates of Venus, Burroughs, 1934
Lost on Venus, Burroughs, 1935
Tarzan and the Leopard Men, Burroughs, 1935
Tarzan's Quest, Burroughs, 1936
Swords of Mars, Burroughs, 1936
Back to the Stone Age, Burroughs, 1937
The Oakdale Affair: The Rider, Burroughs, 1937
Tarzan and the Forbidden City, Burroughs, 1938
The Lad and the Lion, Burroughs, 1938
Carson of Venus, Burroughs, 1939
The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County, Burroughs, 1940
Synthetic Men of Mars, Burroughs, 1940
Land of Terror, Burroughs, 1944
Escape on Venus, Burroughs, 1946
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, Burroughs, 1947
The People That Time Forgot, Ace Books, 1963
Tarzan and the Madman, Canaveral Press, 1964
Beyond the Farthest Star, Ace Books, 1964
The Girl from Farris's, House of Greystoke, 1965
The Efficiency Expert, House of Greystoke, 1966
I Am a Barbarian, Burroughs, 1967
(As John Tyler McCulloch) Pirate Blood, Ace Books, 1970
(With Joe R. Lansdale) Tarzan: The Lost Adventure, Dark Horse Comics, 1996
Story Collections
Jungle Tales of Tarzan, McClurg, 1919
Tarzan the Untamed, McClurg, 1920
The Mucker, McClurg, 1921 (published in England as The Man Without a Soul, Methuen, 2 volumes, 1921-22
The Land That Time Forgot, McClurg, 1924
The Eternal Love, McClurg, 1925, published as The Eternal Savage, Ace Books, 1963
The Cave Girl, McClurg, 1925
The Moon Maid, McClurg, 1926, abridged edition published as TheMoon Men, Canaveral Press, 1962
The Mad King, McClurg, 1926
Tarzan the Magnificent, Burroughs, 1939
Llana of Gathol, Burroughs, 1948
Beyond Thirty, privately published, 1955, published as The LostContinent, Ace Books, 1963
The Man-Eater, privately printed, 1955
Savage Pelludicar, Canaveral Press, 1963
Tales of Three Planets, Canaveral Press, 1964
John Carter of Mars, Canaveral Press, 1964
Tarzan and the Castaways, Canaveral Press, 1964
The Wizard of Venus, Ace Books, 1970
Other
The Tarzan Twins (juvenile), Volland, 1927
Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, with Jad-Bal-Ja, the Golden Lion (juvenile), Whitman Publishing, 1936
Official Guide of the Tarzan Clans of America, privately printed,1939
Contributor (sometimes as Normal Bean) to All-Story, Writer's Digest, New York World, and other publications. Author of column "Laugh It Off," Honolulu Advertiser, 1941-42, 1945.

Further Reference

Adaptations:

A novel by Burroughs was adapted for film and released as The Lad andthe Lion, 1917; Tarzan of the Apes was adapted for film and released in 1918; Tarzan of the Apes was adapted for film and released in 1918 as The Romance of Tarzan; A novel by Burroughs was adapted for filmand released as The Oakdale Affair, 1919; The Son of Tarzan was adapted for film and released in 1920; A novel by Burroughs was adapted forfilm and released as The Revenge of Tarzan (also known as The Return of Tarzan), 1920; A novel by Burroughs was adapted for film and released as The Adventures of Tarzan, 1921; Tarzan and the Golden Lion was adapted for film and released in 1927; Jungle Tales of Tarzan was adapted for film and released as Tarzan and the Mighty, 1928; Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar was adapted for film and released as Tarzanthe Tiger, 1920; A novel by Burroughs was adapted for film and releasedas Tarzan the Ape Man, 1932; A story by Burroughs was adapted for filmand released as Tarzan the Fearless, 1933; The Lad and the Lion was adapted for film and released as The Lion Man, 1936; A novel byBurroughs was adapted for film and released as Tarzan's Revenge, 1938;A Tarzan story was adapted for film and released as Tarzan's Deadly Silence, 1970; The Land That Time Forgot was adapted for film and released by American International Pictures in 1974; Tarzan books were adapted forthe CBS television series Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle, 1976-78; Atthe Earth's Core was adapted for film and released by American International Pictures in 1976; The People That Time Forgot was adapted for filmand released by American International Pictures in 1977; Tarzan of the Apes was adapted for film and released by Warner Bros. as Greystoke: TheLegend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, 1985; Tarzan stories were adapted for a syndicated television movie, Tarzan's Return, 1996; several Tarzannovels were adapted for a syndicated television series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, 1996-98; several Tarzan stories were adapted for film and released by Warner Bros. as Tarzan and the Lost City, 1998; Tarzan of the Apes was adapted for film and released as Tarzan by Buena Vistain 1999.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Fenton, Robert, Big Swingers: Biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Prentice-Hall, 1967.
Lupoff, Richard A., Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure, Canaveral Press, 1965.
Porges, Irwin, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan, Brigham Young University Press, 1975.
Taliaferro, John, Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Creator of Tarzan, Simon & Schuster, 1999.*

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