Typhoon

Typhoon

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.

Movies for Typhoon...

Shakma
Title: Shakma
Character: Shakma
Released: October 5, 1990
Type: Movie
A 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.
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The Order of the Black Eagle
Title: The Order of the Black Eagle
Character: Boon
Released: December 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A secret agent and his rude baboon foil a madman (William Hicks) out to wake up Hitler and rule the world.
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Unmasking the Idol
Title: Unmasking the Idol
Character: Boon
Released: November 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Duncan 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.
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The Fly
Title: The Fly
Character: Baboon (uncredited)
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and 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.