"[3] Other notable performers who appeared on the show include Woody Strode, Juanita Moore, Archie Savage, Louise Franklin, Bernard Hamilton—aka Bernie Hamilton, making his television debut[5]—and Felix Nelson.
[6] Hall created the series, and starred in it, obviously trying to emulate the then-popular Jungle Jim films.
Incensed at the delay, Hall threatened to move to Australia where he told Flothow he would be starring in a TV series there called Capt.
)[9] Several "Ramar" episodes were later combined and released as feature films by producer Leon Fromkess, some shown theatrically and others created specifically for television.
For 25 cents a person could buy a Jungle Adventure Kit, and $1.49 bought a board game that had participants encountering a variety of pitfalls as they attempted to reach the Temple of the Love Goddess.
Four feature films were made (by combining three formerly unrelated episodes into each film, editing them into a single storyline) which were then theatrically distributed by Lippert Pictures in the United States and Eros Films in the UK: In addition to the 4 theatrical features, seven additional TV movies were created in 1964 for television release only: Jimmy Buffett referenced this show in his song "Pencil Thin Mustache" in the verse, "Ramar of the Jungle was everyone's bwana, but only jazz musicians were smoking marijuana."