Jungle Man
Original Airdate: 3/8/1980

screenshots / Fantasy Island: Jungle Man (S3.E21) / 1980 Columbia Pictures Television

"I kinda became the character. I am Jungle Man."

An unemployed typecast actor (Dennis Cole) wishes to reprise his former long-running Tarzan inspired television role of "Jungle Man".

This segment is one of the rare times that a visitor is allowed by Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) to remain on the island permanently and continue their fantasy.

Actor Manu Tupou (Prester John) previous credits include Hawaii (1966), A Man Called Horse (1970) and The Castaway Cowboy (1970).

The series filmed at the Warner Brothers Burbank Studios, Burbank, California.

Dennis Cole passed in 2009 at the age of 69.

Manu Tupou passed in 2004 at the age of 69.