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.*