List of animal actors
by pgrass13 | created - 12 Nov 2011 | updated - 28 May 2018 | Public
1. Mister Ed
Self | Mister Ed
Mister Ed was born in El Monte, California, and his real name was Bamboo Harvester. He was a palomino show horse that had his own show. On the Mr. Ed show, he played a talking horse that only spoke to his owner Wilber. Bamboo Harvester actually had a stunt double who stepped in often. He died in ...
2. Madison
Madison was born in November 1999 in Hawaii, USA. She is an actress, known for Lost (2004) and Lost: Missing Pieces (2007).
3. Honey Bump Bear
Actress | Dr. Dolittle 2
Honey Bump Bear was born in 2000 in Alaska, USA. She is an actress, known for Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Man vs Bear (2019) and Growing Up Grizzly (2001).
4. Bart the Bear
Actor | Without a Paddle
Bart the Bear was born in 2000 in Alaska, USA. He is an actor, known for Without a Paddle (2004), We Bought a Zoo (2011) and Into the Wild (2007).
5. Terry
Actress | The Wizard of Oz
Without question, the most known dog in movie history. Many dogs tried to eclipse Toto's success, most recently, The Men In Black dog. Most don't know that Toto has an autobiography that's available in most stores. She almost lost her life when she broke her foot in The Wizard of Oz. Toto (Terry) ...
6. Tory The Sea Lion
Actor | Andre
Tory The Sea Lion was born in 1984 in California, USA. He is an actor, known for Andre (1994).
7. Moose
Actor | My Dog Skip
Moose was the youngest of a litter of four, yet was also the biggest, hence his name. Hyper and destructive as a pup, he eventually found his way to Birds & Animals Unlimited, where he got his job playing Eddie on 'Frasier', before going on to act in the film My Dog Skip (2000), along with his son,...
8. Enzo
Actor | My Dog Skip
Enzo was also used as a stand-in for his father in the popular sitcom Frasier (1993), as the role of Eddie Crane. Enzo was one of a few puppies bred specifically as possible replacements for Moose, as it became clear that Frasier was a hit and would enjoy a long run. A daughter, Miko, was ...
9. Happy
Actress | 7th Heaven
Happy is played by a thirty-pound mixed terrier whose real name is Happy. What are the chances?!? In real life, she was rescued from a California dog pound by animal trainer Shawn Webber. Happy auditioned for the role as the Camdens' dog after attending Boone's Animals for Hollywood. This is her ...
11. Poppy the Dog
Actress | The Bazura Project
Poppy the Dog is an actress, known for The Bazura Project (2006).
12. Spike
Actor | What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Spike is an actor, known for What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969), Lassie (1954) and Hondo (1967).
13. Ben
Actor | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Ben is an actor, known for Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993).
14. Rattler
Actor | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Rattler was an animal actor. He was an American Bulldog. He is famous for playing the role of Chance in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. Although, in the film Chance is a young, exuberant American Bulldog, while in the novel his name is Luath and he is a Labrador Retriever. He has since died.
15. Tiki
Actress | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Tiki is an actress, known for Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993).
16. Buck
Actor | Married with Children
Buck was born on April 26, 1983 as Michael. He was an actor, known for Married with Children (1987), Janet Jackson: When I Think of You (1986) and Backstage with the Bundys (1992). He died on May 28, 1996.
17. Lucky
Actor | Married with Children
Lucky was born on October 1, 1995 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Married with Children (1987). He died on January 18, 2006 in the USA.
18. Lassie
Actress | The Magic of Lassie
Lassie is an actress, known for The Magic of Lassie (1978), The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972) and The New Lassie (1989).
19. Lassie the Dog
Actress | Lassie
Lassie the Dog is an actress, known for Lassie (1954), Disneyland '59 (1959) and The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956).
22. Pal
Actor | Lassie Come Home
Pal the dog (a Rough Collie) was born on June 8, 1940 in North Hollywood, California, USA. He is best known and remembered for Lassie Come Home (1943) and Courage of Lassie (1946), The Painted Hills (1951). Though he was a male, he received notoriety for playing the famous character Lassie. He was ...
23. Lassie
24. Docs Keepin Time
Actor | Black Beauty
Docs Keepin Time is an actor, known for Black Beauty (1994) and The Adventures of Black Stallion (1990).
25. Cass-Olé
Actor | The Black Stallion
Cass-Olé is an actor, known for The Black Stallion (1979) and The Black Stallion Returns (1983).
26. Junior
Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House
Junior is an actor, known for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and The Black Stallion (1979).
29. Trigger
Actor | Hollywood Canteen
Trigger, Roy Rogers' beautiful Golden Palomino stallion, and co-star with Roy in many of his movies and Roy's TV show, was often billed as "the smartest horse in the movies".
The two of them appeared in dozens of westerns in the 1930s and 40s, always chasing and thwarting the bad guys, and working ...
32. Soccer the Dog
Actor | Wishbone
Soccer, a Jack Russell terrier, became the star of the PBS television series Wishbone (1995). He was one of over one hundred dogs that auditioned for the role, and was picked for being the most expressive. Soccer lived with his trainer Jackie Martin in her ranch in Plano, Texas until his death in ...
33. Bart the Bear
Actor | The Edge
Bart the Bear is perhaps one of Hollywood's most remarkable animal stars. The Alaskan brown bear was born in 1977 and was brought in by Utah animal trainer Doug Seus. Bart started to train in acting in 1980 and grew to 9 feet tall, the average for brown bears.
Bart has starred in The Great Outdoors ...
34. Tank the Bear
Actor | Dr. Dolittle 2
Tank the Bear was born in January 1995. He is an actor, known for Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002) and Man vs Bear (2019).
35. Sandy
Actor | Punky Brewster
Sandy was born in 1984. He is an actor, known for Punky Brewster (1984).
36. J. Fred Muggs
Actor | Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
J. Fred Muggs was born on March 14, 1952 in French Cameroon. He is an actor, known for Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950), Dear Phoebe (1954) and The Perry Como Show (1948).
37. Orangey
Actor | Breakfast at Tiffany's
Orangey the Cat is the only feline double-winner of the Patsy Award, the animal kingdom's equivalent of the Oscar. The Patsy Award is given out by the American Humane Association's Hollywood branch and stands for Picture Animal Top Star of the Year. Orangey won his first Patsy for his cinema debut ...
38. Molly
Actress | Francis Covers the Big Town
Though she was best known as Francis the Talking Horse, her real name was Molly. Molly was known for Francis Goes to the Races (1951), Francis (1950) and Francis Goes to West Point (1952). Molly won a prestigious award In 1951, when she became the very first animal to win the coveted Picture Animal...
40. Flame
Actor | My Dog Shep
Flame is an actor, known for My Dog Shep (1946), Night Wind (1948) and Shep Comes Home (1948).
41. Black Diamond the Horse
Black Diamond the Horse is an actor, known for When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922).
42. Winchester the Horse
Winchester the Horse is an actor, known for When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922).
43. Jackie the Lion
Actor | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jackie the Lion is an actor, known for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951), Bring 'Em Back Sober (1932) and The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947).
44. Broncho the Horse
Actor | The Lone Hand
Broncho the Horse is an actor, known for The Lone Hand (1920).
45. Chinook
Actor | Yukon Manhunt
Chinook is an actor, known for Yukon Manhunt (1951), Yukon Gold (1952) and Trail of the Yukon (1949).
46. Corky
Actor | London by Night
Corky is an actor, known for London by Night (1937), When's Your Birthday? (1937) and Flirtation (1934).
47. Smoke
Actor | Land Beyond the Law
This equine actor, born in 1931, appeared in fifteen western movies as Dick Foran's horse. Smoke was owned by the actor Chief Thundercloud, who played Tonto in the early Lone Ranger serials. This well-trained horse was able to perform the usual stunts and tricks performed by horses of his day. A ...
48. Tony the Horse
Actor | The Arizona Wildcat
Tony the Horse was an acting horse and the companion of Western-star Tom Mix. It was the first horse labeled as 'Wonder Horse' and became very famous through appearances in over two dozen films. Tony is known for The Arizona Wildcat (1927) (1927), Silver Valley (1927) (1927) and Six-Shooter Andy (...
49. Jackie the Lion
Actor | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jackie the Lion is an actor, known for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951), Bring 'Em Back Sober (1932) and The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947).
50. Bingo the Chimp
Actor | The Abbott and Costello Show
Bingo the Chimp is an actor, known for The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) and Abe Burrows' Almanac (1950).
51. Koko
Self | Koko, le gorille qui parle
Koko was born on July 4, 1971 in San Francisco, California, USA. She died on June 19, 2018 in Woodside, California.
52. Snooky
Actor | Snooky's Twin Troubles
Snooky is an actor, known for Snooky's Twin Troubles (1921), Beat It (1921) and Snooky's Home Run (1922).
53. Kimbbo the Chimp
Actor | Bomba and the Jungle Girl
Kimbbo the Chimp is an actor, known for Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952) and African Treasure (1952).
54. Black King
Actor | Racketeer Round-up
Black King is an actor, known for Racketeer Round-up (1934), The Judgement Book (1935) and Riddle Ranch (1935).
55. Sam the Dog
Actor | Lethal Weapon
Sam the Dog is an actor, known for Lethal Weapon (1987) and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).
56. Sparky
Actor | Blue Velvet
Sparky is an actor, known for Blue Velvet (1986), Terminator 2: The Arcade Game (1991) and Frankenweenie (1984).
57. Luke the Dog
Actor | The Cook
Luke the Dog was born in 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cook (1918), The Sheriff (1918) and The Butcher Boy (1917). He died in 1926 in Los Angeles.
58. Sui the Dog
Self | Crocodile Hunter
Sui the Dog was born on December 25, 1988 in Australia. He was an actor, known for Crocodile Hunter (1996). He died on June 23, 2004 in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia.
59. Keiko
Actor | Keiko en peligro
Keiko, a Genus Orca whale, was born in 1976 and captured off the coast of Iceland in 1979. He was sold to the marine park industry, and in 1985 he arrived to Reino Aventura in Mexico City where and lived a normal life for a captive whale until 1993. In that year, he was cast as "Willy" in the movie...
60. Tinkerbell the Dog
Self | The Simple Life
Tinkerbell the Dog was born on October 31, 2001 in Athens, Greece as Tinkerbell Hilton. She died on April 21, 2015 in the USA.
61. Panther the Cat
Panther the Cat was born in 1987. He is an actor, known for Early Edition (1996).
62. Flipper
Actor | Flipper
Flipper was played by five female dolphins; Susie, Patty, Squirt, Scotty and Kathy. The five dolphins performed all of Flipper's scenes except the famous tail walk, a trick they were unable to master completely. A male dolphin named Clown was brought in for scenes involving the tail walk. The ...
63. Rin Tin Tin
Actor | While London Sleeps
The first 'Rin Tin Tin', who along with his heirs starred in numerous films and television series, was discovered during World War I, September 15, 1918, by US Air Corporal Lee Duncan and his battalion in Lorraine, France. At a bombed out dog kennel, Duncan found a mother Shepherd Dog and her ...
65. Jacques
Self | JonTron's StarCade
Jacques is an actor, known for JonTron's StarCade (2015) and JonTron (2010).
66. Weezer
Actor | Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Weezer is an actor, known for Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) and Below Zero (2011).
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