Animal ActorsLoading
  • Obit Cheetah

    Cheetah

    Cheetah with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan in "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1932). A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the 1930s died on Dec. 24 of kidney failure at age 80.
    Anonymous | AP
  • Asta

    Asta with William Powell and Myrna Loy in "The Thin Man" (1934).
    TCM Movies
  • Baby

    Baby with Gary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in "Bringing Up Baby" (1938).
  • Bart the Bear

    Bart

    Bart the Bear performs in "The Bear" (1988).
    Marianne Rosentiehl
  • Beethoven

    Beethoven with Charles Grodin in "Beethoven" (1992).
  • Benji

    Benji with Nick Whitaker in "Benji Returns Off the Leash!" (2004).
    Mulberry Square Productions
  • Black Beauty

    Beauty with Andrew Knott in "Black Beauty" (1994).
    Keith Hamshere
  • Bonzo

    Bonzo with Ronald Reagan and Diana Lynn in "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951).
    AP
  • Buddy

    Buddy in "Air Bud: World Pup" (2000).
    HANDOUT
  • Gene Autry and Champion

    Champion

    Champion with Gene Autry (1952).
  • OBIT FRAZIER DOG

    Eddie

    Eddie with Kelsey Grammer in "Frasier" (1993-2004).
    BILL REITZEL | AP
  • Elsa

    Elsa with Joy and George Adamson in "Born Free" (1966).
    Sony Pictures
  • The Yearling

    Flag

    Flag with Claude Jarman Jr. in "The Yearling" (1946).
    MGM
  • Flicka

    Flicka with Roddy McDowell in "My Friend Flicka" (1943).
    HANDOUT
  • Flipper

    Flipper with Luke Halpin in "Flipper" (1963).
    HANDOUT
  • Francis

    Francis the Talking Mule with Donald O'Connor in "Francis Goes to West Point" (1952).
    Universal City Studios
  • Golden Globe Nominations

    Joey

    Joey with Jeremy Irvine in "War Horse" (2011)
    Andrew Cooper | AP
  • LASSIE'S 50TH

    Lassie

    Lassie with June Lockhart and Jon Provost in "Lassie" (1954-74).
    AP
  • Marley

    Marley

    "Marley & Me" (2008).
  • Mr. Ed

    Mr. Ed with Alan Young in "Mr. Ed" (1960-66).
  • Old Yeller

    Old Yeller with Tommy Kirk in "Old Yeller" (1957).
    Walt Disney Company
  • Petey

    Petey with (l-r) Tommy Bond, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Tommy Bupp, Jackie Lynne Taylor, Wally Albright, Jerry Tucker, George 'Spanky' McFarland in "The Little Rascals" aka "Our Gang" (1934).
    No Photog. Credit Listed
  • Rin Tin Tin

    "Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop" (1988-93).
    The Family Channel
  • Scraps

    Scraps and Charlie Chaplin in "A Dog's Life" (1918).
  • OBIT MOORE

    Silver

    Silver with Clayton Moore in "The Lone Ranger" (1949-52; 1954-57)
    AP
  • The Pie

    The Pie (aka Pirate) with Elizabeth Taylor in "National Velvet" (1944)
    Turner Entertainment Company
  • OBIT ROGERS

    Trigger

    The stuffed remains of Trigger with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at the Roy Rogers Museum in Victorville, Calif. in 1984.
    LENNOX MCLENDON | AP
  • Willy

    Willy with Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg and Lori Petty in "Free Willy" (1993).
    Warner Bros.
In honor of Cheetah, Tarzan's movie companion who died recently, here is a photo gallery of other famous animal characters from film and television.

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