Name	Rene Requiestas
Birth name	Renato Requiestas
Birth date	January 22, 1957
Birth place	Tondo, Manila
Death date	July 24, 1993
Death place	Quezon City
Known for	Cheetae, Michael (Michael Jackson Parody in Michael and Madonna), Tonton (in Long Ranger & Tonton)
Occupation	Actor, Comedian
Nationality	Filipino

Renato "Rene" Requiestas (January 22, 1957 - July 24, 1993) was one of the top Filipino comedians of the late 1980s up to the early 1990s.

Requiestas was known for his sidekick roles alongside other comedy actors such as Joey de Leon and his pairing with Kris Aquino in romantic comedies, as well as his distinctive gaunt, toothless appearance.

Before Requiestas entered show business, he sold cigarettes on the streets. He was discovered by a talent scout of Regal Films and mentored by De Leon.

Requiestas died on July 24, 1993 at the age of 36 due to tuberculosis and other complications brought about by heavy smoking and drinking.

Filmography

Alyas Batman en Robin (1993) as Joker

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1992) with Gabby Concepcion and Paquito Diaz

Pido Dida 3: May kambal na (1992) as Pido

First Time: Like a Virgin (1992) as Sunshine Cruz's father

Hulihin: Probinsyanong Mandurukot (1992) with Ruffa Gutierrez and Aiza Seguerra

Lone Ranger & Tonton 2 (1992)

Anak ni Janice (1991) as Facundo

Love ko si ma'am (1991)

Michael and Madonna 2 (1991) as Michael

Pido Dida 2: Kasal na (1991) as Pido

Prinsipe Abante at ang lihim ng ibong adarna (1990) as Prinsipe Amante

Samson & Goliath (1990)

Pido Dida: Sabay Tayo (1990) as Pido

Michael and Madonna (1990) as Michael

Little & Big Weapon (1990)

Ganda babae, gandang lalake (1990) as Tino

Elvis and James 2 (1990) as James Dacuycoy

Small, Medium en Large (1990) as Po

Last Two Minutes (1990) (as Rene Requiestas- cameo role)

Takbo talon tili! (1990)

Cheetae, Ganda Lalake! as Cheetae

Romeo Loves Juliet... But Their Families Hate Each Other! (1989) (as Rene Requiestas)

Gawa na ang balang para sa akin (1989)

SuperMouse and the Roborats (1989)

Elvis and James, the Living Legends! (1989) as James Dacuycoy

Aso't pusa (1989)

Long Ranger & Tonton: Shooting Stars of the West (1989) as Tonton

Bondying: The Little Big Boy (1989) aka Mars Ravelo's Bondying: The Little Big Boy (Philippines: English title: complete title)

Starzan III: The Jungle Triangle (1989) as Cheetae

Starzan 2: The Adventure Continues (1989) as Cheetae

Starzan: Shouting Star of the Jungle (1989) as Cheetae

Smith & Wesson (1988) as Don Johnson Waks

Sheman: Mistress of the Universe (1988) as Stalone aka Pandoy

Pabling (1981)

Salawahan (1979)

Television shows

Palibhasa Lalake (1990)

Bhoy (1989-1991)

Sic O' Clock News (1987-1989)

External links

Category:1957 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Deaths from tuberculosis Category:Filipino comedians Category:Filipino actors

Name	Cheeta
First	Tarzan the Ape Man
Portrayer	Jiggs
Alias	Cheetah, Cheta, Chita
Species	Chimpanzee
Gender	Male

Cheeta (sometimes billed as Cheetah, Cheta and Chita) is a chimpanzee character appearing in numerous Hollywood Tarzan movies of the 1930s-1960s as well as the 1966-1968 television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character, Tarzan. Cheeta's role in these films is to provide comic relief, convey messages between Tarzan and his allies, and occasionally lead Tarzan's other animal friends to the ape-man's rescue. Cheeta has usually been characterized as male, but sometimes as female, and has been portrayed by chimpanzees of both sexes. While inextricably associated in the public mind with Tarzan, Cheeta as a character was a product of the movies, never appearing in any of the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. There are, in fact, no chimpanzees at all in the novels, the closest analog to Cheeta therein being Tarzan's monkey companion Nkima, who appears in several of the later books.

The Cheeta role

The character of Cheeta was a composite role created through the use of numerous animal actors.The cheetah loves to eat cheeto's. According to journalist R. D. Rosen, "In each Tarzan movie, the Cheeta role [was] played by more than one chimp, depending on what talents the scene called for." or March 1, 1938 at age 9, of pneumonia, and was buried March 2, 1938 in the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery. Not to be confused with Mr. Jiggs, an orangutan who appeared in The Jungle Book and numerous other films, who was retired in May, 1943. Alleged to have been born about 1931 (claimed age in February 2008 was 77), Stated to have gone to the Baltimore Zoo when Gentry went into the service in World War II, his ultimate fate is unknown. Unknown, chimpanzee stated to have been a juvenile understudy to Jiggs in one of the Weissmuller Tarzan films, who on one occasion accompanied Weissmuller and a 14-foot boa constrictor on a visit to newspaper columnist Nelson B. Bell. Unknown, chimpanzee stated to have portrayed Cheeta for ten years from approximately 1933 until retirement in 1943. Unknown, chimpanzee stated to have replaced the 1933-1943 Cheeta, cast in 1944 with a trainer from the St. Louis Zoo hired as handler for Tarzan and the Amazons (1945). Unknown, chimpanzee trained by Albert Antonucci who had apparently played Cheeta for three years as of April, 1949; Antonucci is known to have been Cheeta's trainer for the films Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) and Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), Cheetah, chimpanzee appearing with Ron Ely in the 1966-1968 Tarzan TV series, said to be the only trained animal on the show. C.J., a male orangutan stated to have played Cheeta in the 1981 remake Tarzan, the Ape Man, and (more famously) Clyde in the 1978 Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way But Loose.

Honors

The character was honored with a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on 31 March 1995. His star is at 110 South Palm Canyon Drive. Since 2004 there have been several unsuccessful campaigns to secure a star for Cheeta on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and as of 2008 filmmaker Matt Devlen is continuing the effort. Attempting for the seventh time to get him a sidewalk star, the handlers of the Cheeta born about 1960 (see above) launched an online petition to get supporters to urge the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to give him a star in 2009. As of June 2008, Cheeta was not selected to be so honored.

"Me Cheeta"

The diversity of chimpanzees who played the character of Cheeta is not reflected in the (necessarily) fictional autobiography Me Cheeta (2008). One chimpanzee is represented as the author and the chimpanzee playing the role of Cheeta in all the Tarzan films.

See also

Jiggs (chimpanzee)

Notes

External links

"Jesse" http://www.northernrhodesia.org/boma/Jesse

Category:Tarzan characters Category:Famous chimpanzees Category:Fictional chimpanzees Category:Tarzan films