The character of Cheeta was a composite role created through the use of numerous animal actors, over a dozen according to one source.

In total there were twenty-one lions and lionesses used during filming, with Mara the primary animal actor.

Hawks later blamed the delays on his two stars' laughing fits and having to work with two animal actors.

Mike Myers introduced a montage of film clips featuring animal actors.

Alpha the dolphin was named best animal actor in the 24th Patsy Awards.

Crystal (1994) is a female capuchin monkey and animal actor.

Although the work was actually considered complicated for an animal actor, the dog performed exceptionally well.

It is hard to imagine this kind of reaction today to the death of any actor, let alone an animal actor.

But animal actors can be as temperamental as the two-footed kind.

The lions were trained as animal actors in the burgeoning motion picture industry.