Apes in the Movies

Many famous apes have been featured in the movies. Some of the most noted include the following:

King Kong
Cornelius
Cheeta

King Kong

King Kong is the name of a fictional giant ape from the legendary Skull Island, who has appeared in several works since 1933. Most of these bear his name, and include the groundbreaking 1933 film, the film remakes of 1976 and 2005, and numerous sequels.

In the original film, the character's name is Kong - a name given to him by the inhabitants of Skull Island, where Kong lived along with a number of dinosaurs which miraculously escaped extinction. 'King' is an appellation added by an American film crew led by Carl Denham, who captures Kong and takes him to New York City to be exhibited as the 'Eighth Wonder of the World'.

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Cornelius

Dr. Cornelius is a chimpanzee archaeologist and historian, appearing in the original novel of Planet of the Apes (La Planete des Singes), and also the first three installments of the classic movie series of the same name, from the 1960s and 1970s. He was portrayed mainly by actor Roddy McDowall, but also by David Watson in the second Apes movie.

Introduced as the fiance of Dr. Zira, an animal psychologist and veterinarian (who specializes in working with humans), Cornelius begins to question the infallibility of the Sacred Scrolls, which give the traditional history of the ape society, and questions the validity of evolution (specifically, from human to ape) due to scientific gaps in the scrolls.

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Cheeta

While inextricably associated in the public mind with Tarzan, Cheeta as a character was a product of the movies, never appearing in any of the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Cheeta (probably born in 1932) is a male chimpanzee noted for appearing in numerous movies and television shows, most famously in the many Hollywood Tarzan films of the 1930s and 1940s, in which he portrayed a fictional chimp of the same name.

In retirement Cheeta lives at a primate sanctuary called Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes (or CHEETA) in Palm Springs, California. He watches television and makes abstract paintings which are sold to benefit primate-related charities. He often watches his old films with his grandson, Jeeter. He also enjoys leafing through books and 'plays' the piano.

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