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For the species of big cat, see Cheetah. Cheeta. Portrait of "Cheeta" (Jiggs IV), long alleged to be the principal animal performer of the Cheeta role. First appearance. Tarzan the Ape Man. Portrayed by. Jiggs and other animals.

Information. Aliases. Cheetah, Cheta, Chita. Species. Chimpanzee. Gender. Male. Cheeta (sometimes billed as Cheetah, Cheta and Chita) is a chimpanzee character who appeared in numerous Hollywood. Tarzanmovies of the 1. Tarzan. Cheeta has usually been characterized as male, but sometimes as female, and has been portrayed by chimpanzees of both sexes. While the character of Cheeta is inextricably associated in the public mind with Tarzan, no chimpanzees appear in the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs that inspired the films.

The closest analog to Cheeta in the Burroughs novels is Tarzan's monkey companion Nkima, who appears in several of the later books in the series. Cheeta's role in the Tarzan films and TV series is to provide comic relief, convey messages between Tarzan and his allies, and occasionally lead Tarzan's other animal friends to the ape- man's rescue.[1]Portrayers of the character[edit]The character of Cheeta was a composite role created through the use of numerous animal actors,[2] over a dozen according to one source.[1] According to journalist R. D. Rosen, "In each Tarzan movie, the Cheeta role [was] played by more than one chimp, depending on what talents the scene called for."[2] Known and alleged performers of the role are given in the following table (see the comments following the table for the sources of the data).

· · The tribals of Shakhabhumi kill an explorer and his wife, leaving their infant son alone in the jungle. Hidden from the eyes of the world he grows up as a. Cheeta (sometimes billed as Cheetah, Cheta and Chita) is a chimpanzee character who appeared in numerous Hollywood Tarzan movies of the 1930s–1960s as well as the. A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the.

Name. Sex. Species. Born. Died. Owner(s)Trainer(s)Period as Cheeta. Jiggs. MChimpca. 1.

Tony & Jacqueline Gentry. Tony & Jacqueline Gentry. David Holt. MHuman. Inapplicable. Inapplicable. Cheetah- Mike(a. k. Org)MChimp. Unknown; ca. See comments. Unknown.

Possibly never; 1. Jiggs, Jr.(a. k. a.

Jiggs II)MChimpca. Unknown. Tony & Jacqueline Gentry.

Tony & Jacqueline Gentry. Unknown 1 ? Chimp. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. 19. 30s. Skippy ? Chimp. 19. Unknown. Unknown.

Tarzan, released in 1999, is the 37th film in the Disney Animated Canon. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan series, it stars Tony Goldwyn as the. I saw the newest Disney version of "The Jungle Book" in the company of my enthralled 12-year-old son, and there were moments when I envied him—but not too many. · January 22, 1984 OBITUARY Johnny Weissmuller Dies at 79; Movie Tarzan and Olympic Gold Medalist By ROBERT HANLEY Associated Press Johnny Weissmuller, the.

Unknownlate 1. 93. Unknown 2 ? Chimp. Unknown. Unknown. Unknownca. 1. 93.

Cheta ? Chimpca. 1. Unknown. Unknown. George Emerson. 19. Unknown 3 ? Chimp. Unknown. Unknown. See comments. 19.

Unknown 4 ? Chimp. Unknown. Unknown.

Albert Antonucci. Harry. MChimpca. 1. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. 19. 48. Cheeta ?

Chimp. 19. 40s. Unknown. Pinky Jackson. Pinky Jackson. Cheeta. FChimpca. Ed Rogers. Unknown. Zippy. MChimpca. 1.

Unknown. Ralph Quinlan. Ralph Quinlan. 19. Dinky. FChimp. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown.

Cheetah ? Chimp. 19. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. 19. 66–1.

C. J. MOrangutan. Unknown. Unknown. Unknown. 19. 81. Cheeta(a.

Jiggs IV)MChimpca. Living. See comments.

Tony Gentry. 20. 07; 1. More details about these performers: Jiggs, a male chimpanzee born about 1. Tony and Jacqueline Gentry,[3][4][5][6] who originated the role and appeared in the first two Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films, Tarzan the Ape Man (1. Tarzan and His Mate (1.

Tarzan serials Tarzan the Fearless (1. Buster Crabbe,[8][9] and The New Adventures of Tarzan (1. Herman Brix, which was also released in feature- film form as Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1.

In the Brix films, which were more faithful to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original stories than the Weissmuller ones, Jiggs was cast as Nkima, not Cheeta. He also appeared in the Laurel and Hardy film Dirty Work (1. Her Jungle Love (1. Dorothy Lamour, his last film.[4][5][1. Died on February 2. March 1, 1. 93. 8 at age 9, of pneumonia, and was buried March 2, 1. Los Angeles Pet Cemetery.[4][5] Not to be confused with Mr.

Jiggs, an orangutan who appeared in The Jungle Book and numerous other films, who was retired in May, 1. David Holt, who as a six- year- old child actor appeared uncredited as a human double for the role in Tarzan the Fearless (1. Cheetah- Mike (also known as Org), a male chimpanzee owned by Suncoast Primate Sanctuary after being donated from Noell's Chimp Farm in Palm Harbor, FL.[1. Alleged to have been born about 1.

February 2. 00. 8 was 7. Johnny Weissmuller in 1. Cheetahs' from Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan movies."[2][1. It has been speculated that this chimp, if he indeed has any connection to Weissmuller, may actually have come from a Florida tourist attraction the actor once launched that included chimps, rather than having appeared in any of his Tarzan films.[1. According to journalist Andrew Woods, this Cheeta was also known as Org.[1. Died in Palm Harbor, Florida, of kidney failure on December 2. Jiggs, Jr. (also known as Jiggs II), a male chimpanzee born about 1.

Tony and Jacqueline Gentry,[2. Tarzan films and possibly other movies.[8] Stated to have gone to the Baltimore Zoo when Gentry went into the service in World War II, his ultimate fate is unknown.[8]Unknown 1, chimpanzee stated to have been a juvenile understudy to Jiggs in one of the Weissmuller Tarzan films, who on one occasion accompanied Weissmuller and a 1. Nelson B. Bell.[1. Skippy, chimpanzee that reportedly "took over when Jiggs died in the late 1.

Unknown 2, chimpanzee stated to have portrayed Cheeta for ten years from approximately 1. This Cheeta's last film was presumably Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1. Tarzan and the Amazons (1. Cheta, a chimpanzee of undetermined sex born about 1. George Emerson, stated to be the current chimpanzee under contract by Metro for the Tarzan films in Mar, 1.

Unknown 3, chimpanzee stated to have replaced the 1. Cheeta, cast in 1. St. Louis Zoo hired as handler for Tarzan and the Amazons (1. Unknown 4, chimpanzee trained by Albert Antonucci who had apparently played Cheeta for three years as of April, 1. Antonucci is known to have been Cheeta's trainer for the films Tarzan and the Huntress (1. Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1.

Cheeta played in these films and the intervening Tarzan and the Mermaids (1. Antonucci himself was stated to be slated for an acting role in the next Tarzan film, to be titled Tarzan and the Golden Lion, presumably a working title for the actual next film in the series, Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1. It is not known if he continued to serve as Cheeta's handler in that film, or indeed if "his" Cheeta was the one who appeared in it.[2. Harry, a male chimpanzee born about 1. Cheeta in the Tarzan films in May, 1.

Cheeta, a chimpanzee owned and trained by Pinky Jackson, who made personal appearances in promotion of the Tarzan films at six Sidney Lust theaters in Maryland in early December, 1. Possibly the Cheeta who appeared in the then current Tarzan film, Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1. Cheeta, a female chimpanzee born about 1. Ed Rogers, stated to have appeared in 4.

Tarzan films as Cheeta and the television program Truth or Consequences as Beaulah. Died at age 9 on September 6, 1. Cypress, California, shot by deputy sheriffs after breaking out of her cage, attacking her owner, and charging at a group of children.[3.

Zippy, a male chimpanzee born about 1. Ralph Quinlan, stated to have appeared as Cheeta in Tarzan films of the mid- 1. Gordon Scott film Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1. Dinky, a female chimpanzee who appeared under that name in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1. Cheeta in the Tarzan and the Great River (1. She bit Mike Henry, the actor playing Tarzan, during the filming of River,[3.

Henry later sued the producers for this accident and other unsafe working conditions on his three Tarzan films.[3. Cheetah, chimpanzee appearing with Ron Ely in the 1. Tarzan TV series, said to be the only trained animal on the show.[3. C. J., a male orangutan stated to have played Cheeta in the 1. Tarzan, the Ape Man, and (more famously) Clyde in the 1.

Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way But Loose.[1][3. However, the Cylde role has elsewhere been attributed to Manis, a different orangutan.[3. Cheeta (also known as Jiggs IV), a male chimpanzee born about 1. Tony Gentry and now residing at the C. H. E. E. T. A. Primate Sanctuary (Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes) in Palm Springs, California.[3.