Celebrity Animals

1. Crystal the Monkey

Actress | The Hangover Part II

Crystal the Monkey is no small bananas. In just five of her movies, she holds a box office gross of over $2.5 Billion. Her film, "Hangover 2" opened at $177.8 Million, the largest opening weekend in history for a comedy. She has worked with some of the biggest directors in Hollywood. She has held ...

2. Uggie

Actor | The Artist

Uggie is a Jack Russell terrier, born in 2002.

He was rescued from being sent to a dog pound by Omar Von Muller, animal trainer. His career included touring with a dog talent show in the United States and South America and starring in commercials.

His most famous movie roles are in Water for ...

3. 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 ...

4. Bart the Bear

Actor | The Edge

Bart the Bear was 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 starred in The Great Outdoors (...

5. Grumpy Cat

Actress | Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever

Grumpy Cat was born on April 4, 2012 in Morristown, Arizona, USA. She was an actress, known for Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014), N00bslayr (2017) and Bizaardvark (2016). She died on May 14, 2019 in Morristown, Arizona, USA.

6. Bart the Bear

Actor | Without a Paddle

Bart the Bear II is an 8.5-foot tall, 1,110-pound Alaskan brown bear whose impact on wildlife has been even bigger than his body or his acting accomplishments. Also known as Little Bart, Bart II is small only in comparison to his predecessor, Bart the Bear, who stood a foot taller and 400 pounds ...

7. Brody the Bear

Actor | Grizzly Park

Brody, a captive born Kodiak grizzly bear, has been a natural in front of the camera from the time that he was a cub. He appeared on "Good Morning America" at the tender age of 12 weeks, the "Today Show" at 14 weeks and "The Tonight Show" when he was only 5 months old.

Although he's been described ...

8. 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 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948).

9. Louie

Actor | MVP: Most Valuable Primate

Louie is a Chimpanzee. He was born December 2, 1995. He stared in MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001), MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003), and Spymate (2003). Most famous for the MVP Series in which he shared the role of Jack with Bernie, but he also played Jack's ...

10. Ace the Wonder Dog

Actor | The Rookie Cop

Ace the Wonder Dog is known for The Rookie Cop (1939), Orphans of the Street (1938) and The Monster Maker (1944).

11. Buddy

Actor | Air Bud

Buddy was born in 1988. He was an actor, known for Air Bud (1997) and Full House (1987). He died on February 11, 1998.

12. Buddy the Dog

Actor | The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew

Buddy the Dog is known for Strange Brew (1983).

13. Buddy the Dog

Actor | Dog Shy

Buddy the Dog is known for Dog Shy (1926), Speed Mad (1925) and The Devil's Circus (1926).

14. Brigitte the Dog

Actress | Walter Don't Dance

Brigitte the Dog is known for Walter Don't Dance (2011), Pups United (2015) and Resident Advisors (2015).

15. Graubaer's Boker

He is a purebred Belgian Malinois (also know as a Belgian Shepherd) who comes from a line of champions and he plays the role of "Bear," who has been the trusty canine sidekick to Mr. Reese (Jim Caviezel) on the CBS series Person of Interest since Reese rescued him from some people who were using ...

16. Brownie the Dog

Actor | Maa

Brownie the Dog is known for Maa (1992) and Izzat (1991).

17. Brownie the Dog

Actor | Little Johnny Jones

Brownie the Dog is known for Little Johnny Jones (1923), Live Wires (1922) and Why Dogs Leave Home (1923).

18. Pal the Dog

Actor | Thru the Flames

Pal the Dog was a very intelligent Rough Collie dog who began his movie career at the age four when he was teamed up with actor Wallace Reid. He would go on to become a favorite of young movie goers throughout the country for almost a decade. Pal died at the age of fourteen in Hollywood.

19. 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,...

20. 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 ...

21. Rin Tin Tin

Actor | The Night Cry

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 ...

22. Shep the Dog

Actor | The Million Dollar Mystery

Shep the Dog is known for The Million Dollar Mystery (1914), The Barrier of Flames (1914) and Shep the Sentinel (1915).

23. 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 ...

24. 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 ...

25. 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 ...

26. Winter

Actress | Dolphin Tale

Winter is a bottle nose dolphin who was caught in a crab trap in 2005 and lost her tail, because ropes cut off the blood supply to it. She now lives at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater Florida USA. She gained exposure by her story being published in a book, and the Warner Bros. movie, "...

27. Hope

28. Higgins

Actor | Lassie

The real name of the dog who played the original "Benji" was Higgins, owned and trained by famed animal trainer and breeder Frank Inn. Inn adopted the dog in 1960 from the Burbank Animal Shelter in Burbank, California. He trained the dog, who went on to appear in the television series Petticoat ...

29. Pete the Dog

Actor | Beginner's Luck

Pete the Dog was born as Pal. He was known for Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925), Bear Shooters (1930), The First Seven Years (1930), and Dog Heaven(1930). He of course is best known for playing Spanky's dog in The Little Rascalls. He died on January 28, 1946 in Los Angeles, Californians, USA.

30. Keiko

Actor | Free Willy

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...

31. Katie

Actress | The Loop

Katie is known for The Loop (2006) and Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen (2001).

32. Arnold the Piggy

Self | The Pet Set

Arnold the Piggy was in fact four different pigs who played Arnold Ziffel (aka Arnold the Pig) in the 6 seasons of the TV series Green Acres, from 1965 to 1971. The first Arnold the Piggy was a male pig, the next three were female (sows).

The character Arnold Ziffel was always portrayed as male. ...

33. Morris the Cat

Self | The Mike Douglas Show

Morris the cat was a large orange tabby who became famous for being in 9 Lives cat food commercials. His image and lines from some of his commercials were printed all over tee shirts, hats, and coffee mugs. Even though he was a cat that was used in commercials, he became a household name and a ...

34. Manis the Orangutan

Actor | Every Which Way But Loose

Manis was the trained orangutan that played Clyde, Clint Eastwood's sidekick from the 1978 box office hit Every Which Way But Loose. Its 1980 sequel, Any Which Way You Can (1980), did not feature Manis, as he had grown too much between productions. The orangutan that played Clyde the orangutan in ...