# What are your favorite non-human movie stars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630 "2015-07-19T19:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![danhanegan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@danhanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danhanegan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/41 "2015-07-21T12:26:25Z")
Number Five from Short Circuit. I was excited when this movie came out, as it was the first video I had ever seen with a robot that actually looked like a robot, not a human in a suit or a mobile trash can. Decades later I suppose few people will really grasp how ground breaking that was. The fact that the operators managed to make him a very expressive character was just bonus. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/42 "2015-07-21T12:27:58Z")
Smarf. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/43 "2015-07-21T12:35:02Z")
Think you meant Snarf there, Andy (IIRC…you may be right) As for me, three that come to mind are: - Grig, the alien sidekick in “The Last Starfighter” - The beast from “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” - And the giant Ants from “Them!” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/44 "2015-07-21T12:50:20Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Think you meant Snarf there, Andy (IIRC…you may be right) > > As for me, three that come to mind are: > > - Grig, the alien sidekick in “The Last Starfighter” > > - The beast from “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” > > - And the giant Ants from “Them!” I would have thought you’d put in a vote for your cousins the Metal Munching Moon Mice from Rocky&Billwinkle. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/45 "2015-07-21T13:10:40Z")
Well, if we’re including characters, like Grig or Gollum, played by humans in costume or with added special effects, then I’m going to nominate Spock and Chewbacca. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/46 "2015-07-21T13:13:49Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Think you meant Snarf there, Andy (IIRC…you may be right) Nope, I definitely meant Smarf, though he was in a short video and not a movie. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/47 "2015-07-21T13:17:44Z")
Chinchilla, the Wookie Monster Artie Deco 4-Q-2 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/48 "2015-07-21T13:22:20Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Nope, I definitely meant Smarf, though he was in a short video and not a movie. Ah, my mistake, I thought you were referring to the character on the cartoon “Thundercats”. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/49 "2015-07-21T13:30:27Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I always thought Gollum was brilliant. Cutting edge CGI with the motion capture and voice of Andy Serkis. The whole dual personality thing. Serkis should have won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Two Towers, particularly the dual-handed soliloquy, but the rules didn’t allow it. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/50 "2015-07-22T21:29:24Z")
I’ve been in love with Kermit the frog forever. I’d marry him if I could. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/51 "2015-07-22T21:56:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’ve been in love with Kermit the frog forever. I’d marry him if I could. Better not let Miss Piggy hear you say that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/52 "2015-07-22T22:37:11Z")
thematically - Treebeard [The Whomping Willow](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Whomping_Willow) [Audrey Junior](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt9wVzkPwrY) [The Plank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyU6SonN6mc) And, of course, [David Hemmings played by a piece of wood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggrYN3UVTUk) [at 1.14] ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/53 "2015-07-22T23:05:18Z")
Kosh-A darned puppet and almost cried when he died. (Sorry about that to any who didn’t know.) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-non-human-movie-stars/725630/54 "2015-07-22T23:47:28Z")
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