This is a list of non-human apes of encyclopedic interest. It includes individual non-human apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and gibbons) who are in some way famous or notable.
Note: This list does not include monkeys, fictional apes, or humans.
Ape actors
- Çarli — chimp; starred in the live-action movie The Jungle Book (1994) and in the Turkish television series Çarli before retiring to Monkey World, Dorset, UK.
- Cheeta (born 1932) — chimp; played himself in the Hollywood Tarzan films of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in the 1967 movie Doctor Dolittle, starring Rex Harrison. As of 2007, Cheeta is the oldest primate aside from man ever recorded. (In the original novels and the 1970s animated series, Tarzan’s sidekick was a monkey named N'kima)
- C.J. (or Manis; sources differ) — orangutan; played Clyde in the Clint Eastwood action-comedy films Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and Any Which Way You Can (1980).
- Clair — chimp; played Livingston in the movie Delicatessen (1991).
- Evie (short for Evolution) — chimp; played robot dog Daggit in the original 1979 Battlestar Galactica television series.
- J. Fred Muggs (born 1952) — chimp; "co-host" with Dave Garroway on NBC's Today Show in the 1950s.
- Kwanza (aka Kwan) — gorilla; played "Sidney" in movie Return to Me (2000) with Minnie Driver & David Duchovny. Kwan currently lives at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
- Mowgli — chimp; guest on CNBC's Dennis Miller Live and on Monk
- Pankun — chimp; featured in Japanese TV shows "Tensai! Shimura Dobutsu-en" (aka Genius! Shimura Zoo) and the TBS program "Dobutsu Kiso Tengai!" (Unbelievable Animals!) with bulldog James .
- Peggy — chimp; played Bonzo in the 1951 movie comedy Bedtime for Bonzo, co-starring Ronald Reagan. Sequel, Bonzo Goes to College
- Project X ape actors — This 1987 film, a science fiction suspense-drama about military animal experimentation, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starred Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, and a multitude of ape actors:
- Arthur — chimp; played Winston
- Clafu — chimp; played Spike
- Harry — chimp; played Ginger
- Karanja — chimp; played Goliath
- Lucy — chimp; played Razzberry
- Luke — chimp; played Bluebeard
- Lulu — chimp; played Ethel
- Mousie — chimp; played New Recruit
- Okko — chimp; played Goofy
- Willie — chimp; played Virgil (film's animal star)
- Sam (born 1989) — orangutan; played Dunston in the 1996 movie comedy Dunston Checks In; trained by Larry Madrid
- Zippie — chimp; rollerskater (U.S. television in the 1950s)
Ape actors also appear in the movies Going Ape! (1981), Ed (1996), MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001).
Ape artists
Scientific apes
Zoo apes
Circus apes
Ape politicians
Pet apes
See also
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