The chimpanzee, who was reportedly 80 at his time of death, is said to have appeared in the early 1930s installments of the famous franchise. By Mikey O'Connell Cheetah Tarzan Chimp 1934 - P 2011 ...

Above, Johnny Weissmuller, right, as Tarzan, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, and Cheetah the chimpanzee, in a scene from the 1932 movie Tarzan the Ape Man. Credit: AP Cheetah was the comic relief in ...

One of Hollywood's most famous animals, Cheetah the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died aged 80. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida, has revealed the ...

By Mikey O'Connell Cheeta Tarzan the Ape Man 1933- H 2011 Mourning over the death of Tarzan star Cheetah quickly gave way to skepticism on Wednesday, when reports of the 80-year-old chimpanzee’s ...

His IMDB.com biography is here. There's another chimpanzee, living in California, who was once thought to have been among those who played the Cheetah role. But as the C.H.E.E.T.A. Primate ...

Cheetah, a chimpanzee that a Florida primate sanctuary says appeared in the Tarzan film franchise beginning in the 1930s, has died. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Fla. announced t ...

Reports that Cheetah, the famous chimpanzee sidekick in the "Tarzan" films of the early 1930s died at the age of 80, have been thrown into disrepute. Some animal experts and official records have ...

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s has died at age 80. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor ...

Above, Johnny Weissmuller, right, as Tarzan, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, and Cheetah the chimpanzee, in a scene from the 1932 movie Tarzan the Ape Man. Credit: AP Cheetah was the comic relief in ...

24 Cheetah, a chimpanzee who starred alongside Tarzan in the franchise films of the early 1930s, died Saturday. He had experienced kidney failure earlier that week, and was thought to be 80 years old.