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Judy the chimpanzee
Daktari
American TV series (1966–1969)
For the Shelly Manne album, see Daktari (album).
Daktari (Swahili for "doctor") is an American family drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969.
The series is an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television starring Marshall Thompson as Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Center for Animal Behavior in East Africa.
Concept
[edit]The show follows the work of Tracy, his daughter Paula (Cheryl Miller), and his staff, who frequently protect animals from poachers and local officials.
Tracy's pets, a cross-eyed lion named Clarence and a chimpanzee named Judy, were also popular characters.[1]
Daktari was based upon the 1965 film Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion, which also stars Thompson as Tracy and Miller as his daughter.
The concept was developed by producer Ivan Tors, inspired by the work of Dr. Antonie Marinus Harthoorn and his wife Sue at their animal orphanage in Nairobi.[2] Dr. Harthoorn helped invent the capture gun, and was a tireless campaigner for animal