Editing Lex Barker (section)

===Tarzan===
In ''[[Tarzan's Magic Fountain]]'' (1949), Barker became the 10th official [[Tarzan]] of the movies. His blond, handsome, and intelligent appearance, as well as his athletic 6'4" frame, helped make him popular in the role [[Johnny Weissmuller]] had made his own for 16 years. His Jane was [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]], who had been in Weissmuller's last three films.<ref>{{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 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brenda-joyce-actress-who-played-jane-to-johnny-weissmullers-tarzan-1772546.html |archive-date=2022-06-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>

Barker's second Tarzan movie 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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}}