# What animals have the most IMDB credits? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237 "2018-12-16T19:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/1 "2018-12-16T19:08:49Z")
Thus far we have come up with [Crystal the Monkey](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2640714/) at 24 credits. [Asta](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1208817/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t15)the dog from the 30s and 40s with 21 credits. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/2 "2018-12-16T19:12:19Z")
Roy Rogers’s horse Trigger has 96. The original Rin Tin Tin has 28 and was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood in his heyday. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/3 "2018-12-16T23:13:03Z")
Trigger is a very good one. Probably the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/4 "2018-12-16T23:52:52Z")
Zamba racked up 27 credits, including the title role in _The Lion_ (1962). A very impressive career and a remarkable animal. > **[Zamba - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3815917/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)** > > Zamba. Actor: The Lion. Zamba was an orphaned African lion cub owned by Ralph Helfer, an exotic animal trainer who owned a ranch called "Nature's Haven: Wild Animal Rentals Co," in Van Nuys, California that he opened in 1955. > > The cub was named after... Mr. Ed appeared in 145 episodes of his TV show, 1961-66. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/5 "2018-12-16T23:57:28Z")
I was surprised that Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, and Topper (Hopalong Cassidy’s horse) did not have more credits. I was also surprised that Rin Tin Tin, Rin Tin Tin Jr, Rin Tin Tin III, and Prince the Dog each had a separate entry. Cheetah the chimpanzee only has two credits, though, and is not credited for most of the Weissmuller Tarzan movies. So I think imdb’s records are incomplete. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/6 "2018-12-17T00:21:19Z")
Bart the Bear has about 20. He should have gotten an Oscar nod for his role in The Edge. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/7 "2018-12-17T00:32:26Z")
Higgins (who played Benji) only has 7. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/8 "2018-12-17T00:40:22Z")
[Pete the Dog](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295974/?ref_=nmls_hd) (a/k/a Pal) has 95 credits, almost all of them from early entries in Hal Roach’s Our Gang/Little Rascals series of shorts. IMDb has a separate entry for [Pete the Pup](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2944131/?ref_=nmls_hd) with 26 credits, mostly in later entries of the same series. They are presumably two different animals, but I’m no expert. He’s nowhere near the record, but honorable mention to [Terry (III)](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1206094/?ref_=nmls_hd) with 21 credits. You know him as Toto in _The Wizard of Oz_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/9 "2018-12-17T00:47:52Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Mr. Ed appeared in 145 episodes of his TV show, 1961-66. Mister Ed was his stage name. His real name was Bamboo Harvester. But the studio told him that was too ethnic. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/10 "2018-12-17T00:57:09Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Cheetah the chimpanzee only has two credits, though, and is not credited for most of the Weissmuller Tarzan movies. So I think imdb’s records are incomplete. I would have thought Cheetah would have more credits. But reading the [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheeta), apparently there were multiple chimps who played the role in various films. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/11 "2018-12-17T00:57:22Z")
If you count individual episodes of a TV series, Lassie appears to have 365 credits for his self-titled show. But it’s a lie. Lassie was portrayed by six different dogs (all male) during the nineteen seasons the show ran; Pal (the movie Lassie), Lassie Junior (Pal’s son), then four of Lassie Junior’s sons, Spook, Baby, Mire, and Hey Hey. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/12 "2018-12-17T02:01:00Z")
[Moose.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_(dog)) The real star of Frasier. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/13 "2018-12-17T02:04:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Mister Ed was his stage name. His real name was Bamboo Harvester. But the studio told him that was too ethnic. In the show didn’t Mr Ed tell that guy what his name is, regardless of his human given name? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/14 "2018-12-17T02:10:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you count individual episodes of a TV series, Lassie appears to have 365 credits for his self-titled show. But it’s a lie. Lassie was portrayed by six different dogs (all male) during the nineteen seasons the show ran; Pal (the movie Lassie), Lassie Junior (Pal’s son), then four of Lassie Junior’s sons, Spook, Baby, Mire, and Hey Hey. Clearly SAG/AFTRA need to address the failure of the studios to properly credit these actors. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/15 "2018-12-17T02:20:23Z")
No, you need WAG/ARFTA for that. And I’ve always thought it odd that a dog named a synonym for “girl” would not only be male, but of the one dog breed where males and females are instantly distinguishable. Female collies don’t have that thick mane. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/16 "2018-12-17T02:31:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, you need WAG/ARFTA for that. > > And I’ve always thought it odd that a dog named a synonym for “girl” would not only be male, but of the one dog breed where males and females are instantly distinguishable. Female collies don’t have that thick mane. As a six year old watching Lassie on a huge black & white TV set, I had no problem with a transgendered or possibly-just-cross-dressing gender-bending dog. Oh, and the high point of that year was that I got to meet **King The Wonder Dog** (faithful companion of… Sgt. Preston of the Yukon!"… and too much a character actor for this list). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/17 "2018-12-17T02:32:58Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Zamba racked up 27 credits, including the title role in _The Lion_ (1962). A very impressive career and a remarkable animal. > > [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3815917/?ref\_=fn\_al\_nm\_1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3815917/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) > > Mr. Ed appeared in 145 episodes of his TV show, 1961-66. If we count individual episodes of a TV show (I didn’t), Trigger adds another hundred to stay on top. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/18 "2018-12-17T03:07:07Z")
I have no idea as to Lassie’s gender identity, but if e were cross-dressing, e would have trimmed down the mane. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/19 "2018-12-17T03:49:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, you need WAG/ARFTA for that. This is a strong joke that deserves respect. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237/20 "2018-12-17T03:52:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, you need WAG/ARFTA for that. 🙂 Also, off-topic — “e”? Is that like “s/he,” but more elegant and au courant? I like it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-have-the-most-imdb-credits/826237.md?page=2)