Lara starred in the 1989 CBS television movie “Tarzan in Manhattan” and played the lead role in the TV series “Tarzan: The Epic Adventures,” which aired in syndication from 1996 until 1997. He mostly appeared in action movies, including “Steel Frontier” and “Doomsdayer.” Lara moved on from acting to become a country music singer, releasing an album in 2009.
Tributes to Joe Lara
RIP Joe Lara, interviewed him back in the day and then finally met by chance in Manilla when i bumped into him and Udo Keir pic.twitter.com/4MfeYkqUoR
— 大mike /Mike Leeder/ Big Mike (@bigmikeleeder) May 31, 2021
I was sad to hear a good friend of mine and his wife died in a plane crash. RIP Joe Lara & Gwen. You will be missed! I was with him the day he got a call, telling him he got the part of Tarzan in 'Tarzan in Manhattan'
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