Peter Elliott

Date of Birth 

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 Awards 

Nominated for the Golden Palm Award in 1997 for Best Short film from the movie Final Cut.

Biography 
Peter Elliott is the film industry's primary primate. He both as a performer, in films like Missing Link and The Island of Doctor Moreau, and as a choreographer of other performers, as in Gorillas in the Mist and Congo. He also teaches animal study at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. The gorilla expert in Congo is named Peter Elliott, and Michael Crichton has said he may have named him after Peter.

 Role in film

Peter Elliot played one of the Wheelers in the film as well as doubling for Tik-Tok when need be.  He would be in the Tik-Tok costume when the character needed to walk up stairs.  He also had to learn to be on all fours for most of the day, using entirely different muscles than we use to walk.  The experience with the movie Greystoke gave him the qualifications for a wheeler in the new Oz film.

 Filmography
Actor:
  1. Hallo Panda (2006) .... Panda
  2. "The Mighty Boosh" .... Bollo / ... (5 episodes, 2004)
        - Hitcher (2004) TV Episode .... Ivan The Russian Bear
        - Electro (2004) TV Episode .... Bollo
        - Charlie (2004) TV Episode .... Chi Chi the Panda
        - Bollo (2004) TV Episode .... Bollo
        - Mutants (2004) TV Episode .... Bollo

     
  3. Château des singes, Le (1999) (voice: English version) .... Monkey cries
    ... aka A Monkey's Tale (UK)
    ... aka Kwom und der König der Affen (Germany)
    ... aka Schloss der Affen, Das (Germany)
    ... aka The Castle of Monkeys (UK: literal English title)
  4. Buddy (1997) .... Buddy
  5. Fierce Creatures (1997) .... Gorilla performer
  6. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) .... Assassimon
  7. Congo (1995) .... Gorilla
  8. Chimera (1991) (TV) .... Claimant
    ... aka Monkey Boy
  9. "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" .... Great Ape (1 episode, 1991)
        - The Creeping Man (1991) TV Episode .... Great Ape
  10. "Nightingales" .... Terence Oblong (1 episode, 1990)
        - Terence in the Midst (1990) TV Episode .... Terence Oblong

     
  11. Missing Link (1988) .... Man-ape
  12. "First Born" (1988) (mini) TV Series
  13. Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) .... Mime artist
    ... aka Gorillas in the Mist (USA: short title)
  14. Going Bananas (1987) .... First Mate
    ... aka My African Adventure (USA)
  15. King Kong Lives (1986) .... King Kong
    ... aka King Kong 2 (USA)
  16. Return to Oz (1985) .... Wheeler
  17. Guerre du feu, La (1981) .... The Ulam Tribe - Mikr
    ... aka Quest for Fire (International: English title) (Philippines: English title)
    ... aka The War of Fire (International: English title: literal title)

     
  18. Snake Dancer (1976)
     
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) (primate choreographer)
    ... aka Schwerter des Königs - Dungeon Siege (Germany)
  2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (creature performers coordinator)

     
  3. Congo (1995) (gorilla choreographer)
  4. Haakon Haakonsen (1990) (primate choreographer)
    ... aka Piratgrottans hemlighet (Sweden)
    ... aka Shipwrecked (International: English title)

     
  5. Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) (choreographer: mime artists)
    ... aka Gorillas in the Mist (USA: short title)
  6. Harry and the Hendersons (1987) (animal coordinator: Rick Baker's crew)
    ... aka Bigfoot (Philippines: English title)
    ... aka Bigfoot and the Hendersons (UK)
  7. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) (primate choreographer)
     
Director:
  1. The Biggest Step (2002)
     
Special Effects:
  1. Buddy (1997) (performance coordinator: Buddy, Jim Henson's Creature Shop)

 

 Alternative Names

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 Where are they now?

Working on a new film entitled "In the name of the King"

 Trivia 

  •  Studied clowning and movement at a Method acting school.

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