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This is a list of nonhuman primates of encyclopedic interest. It includes individual primates (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, orangutans and gibbons) which are in some way famous or notable. ==Ape actors== * Bam Bam, an orangutan, played Precious on the soap opera ''Passions''.〔(Free Bam Bam - Chicago Tribune )〕 * Çarli (1993–), a chimp, starred in the live-action movie ''The Jungle Book'' (1994) and in the Turkish television series ''Çarli'' before retiring to Monkey World in Dorset, UK.〔(Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre )〕 * Manis, an orangutan, played Clyde in the Clint Eastwood action-comedy film ''Every Which Way But Loose'' (1978), but not in the 1980 sequel ''Any Which Way You Can'', as the "child actor" had outgrown his part! His successor sadly died shortly after the film. * C.J., an orangutan, played in the 1981 film ''Tarzan the Ape Man''. * Clara, a chimp, played Livingston in the movie comedy ''Delicatessen'' (1991). * Evie (short for Evolution), a chimp, played robot dog Muffit II in the original 1979 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series. * J. Fred Muggs (a chimp born 1952) was a "co-host" with Dave Garroway on NBC's ''Today Show'' in the 1950s. *Jiggs (chimpanzee) was the first Cheeta in the Tarzan films in the 1930s. * Judy, a pet chimp of the family, was depicted in the 1960s CBS series, ''Daktari.'' She also played the Penny Robinson character's pet chimp, Debbie, in the simultaneously running ''Lost in Space.''〔(Angela Cartwright - Interview )〕 * Kwanza (or Kwan), a gorilla, played Sidney in the romance movie ''Return to Me'' (2000) with Minnie Driver and David Duchovny. Kwan currently lives at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.〔(Return Favor )〕 * Louie, a talented juvenile chimp actor, played on numerous music videos, TV commercials , and starred in the Carpet Monkey commercials that went viral in 2007 for ''Human Giant'' on MTV. Louie retired to Little Rock Zoo with his brother Mikey in 2008. Louie died at the zoo in August 2011 from an immunodeficiency disorder, one week short of his seventh birthday. * Mowgli, a chimp, was a guest on CNBC's ''Dennis Miller Live'' and on ''Monk''.〔(Mowgli the Chimpanzee - Center for Great Apes Resident )〕 *Napoleon and Sally were two chimps which starred in more than 40 shorts around 1916. * Oscar, a young chimpanzee, was the subject of a 2012 Disney documentary, ''Chimpanzee''.〔(Disney Chimpanzee Documentary Movie Review, Jane Goodall | Global Animal )〕 * Pankun, a chimp, was featured in Japanese TV shows ''Tensai! Shimura Dobutsu-en'' (''Genius! Shimura Zoo'') and the TBS program ''Dobutsu Kiso Tengai!'' (''Unbelievable Animals!'') with bulldog James. * Peggy, a chimp, played Bonzo in the 1951 movie comedy ''Bedtime for Bonzo'', costarring Ronald Reagan.〔(A Salute to Peggy - TCM CLASSIC FILM UNION Blog post )〕 Unfortunately she, and her understudy, died in a tragic zoo fire two weeks after release of her big film. *Anonymous, sometimes known as pseudoBonzo, had to act in the sequel, ''Bonzo Goes to College''. * ''Project X'', a 1987 science fiction suspense-drama film about military animal experimentation, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starred Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, and a multitude of chimpanzee actors: * * Arthur—Winston * * Clafu—Spike * * Andy—Lulea * * Harry—Ginger * * Karanja—Goliath * * Lucy—Razzberry * * Luke—Bluebeard * * Lulu—Ethel * * Mousie—New Recruit * * Okko—Goofy * * Willie—Virgil (film's animal star) * Sam (born December 23, 1989, died December 24, 2010), an orangutan, played Dunston in the 1995 movie comedy ''Dunston Checks In''; he was trained by Larry Madrid. * Zippy, a chimp, rollerskated on U.S. television in the 1950s.〔(Zippy The Chimp | Ed Sullivan Show )〕 * Tango, an orangutan, played Suzanne in Kevin Smith's ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' (2001).〔(Tango the Orangutan - Center for Great Apes Resident )〕 * Jonah and his twin, Jacob, both appeared as the chimp Pericles in ''Planet of the Apes (2001 film)'', ''Trunk Monkey'', and with Tango in ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''.〔(Pets & Their People: Movie chimps train the stars. - Free Online Library )〕 * Mikey, a chimpanzee, appeared in the film '' Manchurian Candidate '' (2005), and on ''Saturday Night Live'' (2005) and the ''World Series of Poker'' (2006).〔(reviewjournal.com - News - Chips fall wrong way for chimp's poker hopes )〕 * Travis (chimpanzee) gained fame through parts he had in commercials (Old Navy and Coca-Cola) in the 2000s, but was shot by police following a brutal attack on a 55-year-old woman in Stamford, Connecticut. * Tanga, a chimpanzee, played Inga in Dario Argento's horror film ''Phenomena (film)'' (1985).〔(Phenomena (1985) - Trivia - IMDb )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of individual primates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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