Gene Pollar (September 16, 1892 - October 20, 1971) was the screen name of New York City firefighter Joseph Pohler, who in his very brief movie career played Tarzan.

Elmo Lincoln, the first actor in the role, had made two Tarzan movies when Numa Pictures approached him about making a third.

One of the Weiss Brothers, the low-budget filmmakers who controlled Numa, was on a visit to New York when he signed Pohler to play the apeman.

As a precautionary measure, since it featured a new star, the film was retitled The Revenge of Tarzan just two weeks prior to its opening on July 20, 1920.

Pollar blamed the mix-up on a New York City paper's erroneous report of his death a few years earlier.