Typhoon
Actor
Typhoon is a baboon most famous for the lead role in the classic horror film Shakma. Its handler was Gerry Therrien. Typhoon also played a supporting role in The Fly (1986) and portrayed sidekick Boon in Unmasking The Idol & Order of the Black Eagle. When asked what its favorite performance had been, Typhoon gesticulated it had been the latter, because of the stunts involved.
Movies4
Movie7.4HorrorScience FictionWhen brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
The Fly
1986 · 5.1K votes
Movie5.5HorrorScience FictionA murderous baboon escapes from a laboratory and roams the research building, and begins to kill some teenagers who are also in the building playing a Dungeons-and-Dragons type game.
Shakma
1990 · 99 votes
Movie4.2ActionComedyA secret agent and his rude baboon foil a madman (William Hicks) out to wake up Hitler and rule the world.
The Order of the Black Eagle
1987 · 18 votes
Movie4.1ActionAdventureDuncan Jax must stop the evil terrorist Scarlet Leader from acquiring nuclear bombs that could start WW3. Together with the trusty baboon, Boon, he takes on the almost impossible mission! He must steal the gold that Scarlet leader plans to use to purchase the weapons of destruction.
Unmasking the Idol
1986 · 13 votes