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Peter Elliott (II)

Actor | Miscellaneous Crew | Director

Peter Elliott is the film industry's primary primate. He both as a performer, in films like Missing Link and The Island of Doctor Moreau, and as a choreographer of other performers, as in Gorillas in the Mist and Congo. He also teaches animal study at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. The gorilla expert in Congo is named Peter Elliott... See full bio »

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in Yorkshire, England, UK
The man inside Missing Link In a sand storm
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Filmography

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2010 The Nutcracker in 3D
Gielgud
 
2007 Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
 
2006 Hallo Panda (short)
Panda's Body/Gorilla
 
2004 The Mighty Boosh (TV series)
Bollo / Chi Chi the Panda / Ivan The Russian Bear
– Hitcher (2004) … Ivan The Russian Bear
– Electro (2004) … Bollo
– Charlie (2004) … Chi Chi the Panda
– Bollo (2004) … Bollo
– Mutants (2004) … Bollo
 
2003 Walking with Cavemen (TV series documentary short)
Various hominids
– Savage Family (2003) … Various hominids
 
1999 Le château des singes
Monkey cries (voice: English version)
 
1997 Buddy
Buddy
 
1997 Fierce Creatures
Gorilla performer
 
1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau
Assassimon
 
1995 Congo
Gorilla
 
1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (voice / as Peter Elliot)
 
1991 Chimera (TV mini-series)
Claimant
 
1991 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Great Ape
– The Creeping Man (1991) … Great Ape
 
1990 Nightingales (TV series)
Terence Oblong
– Terence in the Midst (1990) … Terence Oblong
 
1988 Missing Link
Man-ape
 
1988 First Born (TV mini-series)
Mary
– Episode #1.3 (1988) … Mary
– Episode #1.2 (1988) … Mary
– Episode #1.1 (1988)
 
1988 Gorillas in the Mist
Mime artist
 
1987 Going Bananas
First Mate
 
1986 King Kong Lives
King Kong (as Peter Elliot)
 
1985 Return to Oz
Wheeler
 
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Silverbeard, Primate Father (as as Elliott W. Cane)
 
1981 Quest for Fire
Mikr - The Ulam Tribe
 
1976 Snake Dancer
 
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2011 Project Nim (documentary) (primate choreographer: re-enactment unit, vocal and movment artist)
 
2009 Where the Wild Things Are (performance coordinator)
 
2007 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (primate choreographer - uncredited)
 
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (creature performers coordinator)
 
1995 Congo (gorilla choreographer)
 
1990 Shipwrecked (primate choreographer)
 
1988 Gorillas in the Mist (choreographer: mime artists)
 
1987 Harry and the Hendersons (animal coordinator: Rick Baker's crew - as Peter Elliot)
 
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear (choreographer: clan body movement - as Peter Elliot)
 
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (primate choreographer)
 
1981 Quest for Fire (coach: body movement)
 
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1997 Buddy (performance coordinator: Buddy, Jim Henson's Creature Shop)
 
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2006 Boosh Publicity (video documentary short)
Bollo
 
2006 The Mighty Boosh: The Making of Series 2 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Naked Science (TV series documentary)
Himself - Primate Behavioral Actor
– What Is Human? (2004) … Himself - Primate Behavioral Actor
 
1997 Investigating Tarzan (documentary)
Himself
 

Related Videos

The Nutcracker in 3D -- Clip: My Secret World The Island of Dr. Moreau -- After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that it's inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor. Buddy -- Rene Russo plays an eccentric socialite who raises a gorilla as her son.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial: Golden Grahames See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

as Elliott W. Cane | Peter Elliot

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Studied clowning and movement at a Method acting school. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently portrays an ape or an ape like creature See more »