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London-based chimpanzee act established in the 1940's by owner and trainer Gene Detroy. Marquis was the oldest chimp and namesake of the act and had retired by the time that Detroy brought the act to America in the 1950's at the suggestion of Danny Kaye, who had appeared at the London Palladium in 1950 on the same bill as the chimps and felt they could be successful in America. There were eight chimps, named Baron, Candy, Sasha, Tommy, Becky, Sammy, Lucy and Pepi. The chimps made about thirty appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) alone. They continued to be an act in Las Vegas until Detroy sold the act in the 1980's and retired. Soon, the act was disbanded, and the chimps sent to animal sanctuaries.

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Television: The First Fifty Years Poster

Television: The First Fifty Years Documentary1999Themselves

Perry Como, Las Vegas Style TV Special1976Themselves

Della TV Series1969Themselves

The Kraft Music Hall Poster

The Kraft Music Hall TV Series1967Themselves

The Dean Martin Summer Show Poster

The Dean Martin Summer Show TV Series1966Themselves

The Hollywood Palace Poster

The Hollywood Palace TV Series1964Themselves, Trained Animal Act

The Jerry Lewis Show Poster

The Jerry Lewis Show TV Series1963Themselves - Animal Act

The Lucy Show Poster

The Lucy Show TV Series1962Themselves

The Hathaways Poster

The Hathaways TV Series1961Themselves

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Themselves

Stop! Look! and Laugh! Poster

Stop! Look! and Laugh! Feature Film1960Themselves - Trained Chimps

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus Poster

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus Feature Film1960The Marquis Family

The Jack Benny Hour TV Special1959Themselves - The Marquis Chimps

The Jack Benny Hour TV Special1959Themselves - The Marquis Chimps

The Ken Dodd Show TV Series1959Themselves

The Garry Moore Show Poster

The Garry Moore Show TV Series1958Themselves

The Eddie Fisher Show Poster

The Eddie Fisher Show TV Series1957Themselves

A Christmas Cracker TV Movie1956Themselves

Billy Cotton Band Show Poster

Billy Cotton Band Show TV Series1956Themselves

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV Series1956Themselves

The NBC Comedy Hour TV Series1956Themselves, Trained Animal Act

The Colgate Comedy Hour Poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour TV Series1950Themselves

The Jack Benny Program Poster

The Jack Benny Program TV Series1950Themselves

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall Poster

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall TV Series1948Themselves

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948Themselves

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