Author James Lever talks about the chimp, the myth and the legend behind his fictionalized memoir Me, Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood. Tarzan's Sidekick Reveals All In 'Me Cheeta' The fictionalized ...

When I read a few years back that a movie chimpanzee — Cheeta, who had been Tarzan's sidekick in the 1930s and '40s Johnny Weissmuller movies — was still alive at 72 years old, my first thought was ...

He was the hardest working chimp in showbiz and, like any true Hollywood legend, Cheeta, Johnny Weissmuller‘s costar in the Tarzan movies, has completed his autobiography, “Me Cheeta.” At 76, Cheeta, ...

A living Hollywood legend is poised to make a comeback, but he's not your typical star, he's 76-years-old, lives on bananas and is furry all over. Tarzan's tree-swinging sidekick Cheeta still ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s a story whose plot resembles a 1930s screwball comedy, but author R ...

Experts call it "improbable" that a chimpanzee live to 80, making this the second Tarzan primate suspected of being a fake. By Mikey O'Connell Cheeta Tarzan the Ape Man 1933- H 2011 Like Rin Tin Tin, ...

Cheeta, chimpanzee and Tarzan movie star, dies at 'roughly 80'Cheeta the chimpanzee, who starred in Tarzan movies alongside Olympic swimmer-turned-actor Johnny Weissmuller in the 1930s and ranked #1 ...

Like so many other senior citizens, he spends his days at a retirement village in a Sun Belt state, keeping himself busy with painting and reflecting on a long and successful career. But Cheeta, who ...

Cheeta, the chimp star of 12 Tarzan films in the 30s and 40s, could soon get the recognition he deserves - a star on Holywood's Walk of Fame. Cheeta with Johnny Weissmuller on the set of one of 12 ...

Cheeta the chimp monkeys around with Johnny Weissmuller on the set of a Tarzan film in 1945. The fictionalized memoir Me, Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood tells the story of filmdom's golden age from the ...

Who Is The 'Real' Cheeta? Though Cheeta's handlers once billed their chimp as Tarzan's actual movie sidekick, they no longer make that claim. Author R.D. Rosen debunked the Cheeta story in his Dec. 7, ...