He co-starred with a chimp in the 1950s:AN OLD AGER RAN
It includes individual 
apes which are in ... arli (born 1993), a chimp, starred in the live-action movie 
The Jungle Book (1994) and in the Turkish television ... J. Fred Muggs (a chimp 
born 1952) was a "co-host" with Dave Garroway on NBC's Today Show in the 
1950s.