Going Ape! is a 1981 film directed by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg and produced by Paramount Pictures. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. This film starred Tony Danza as Foster, Jessica Walter as Fiona and three orangutans. Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza on April 21, 1951 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Actor best known for starring Jessica Walter (born January 31 1941) is an American Emmy Award -winning actress who is perhaps best known for her role as The orangutans are two Species of great apes known for their intelligence long arms and reddish-brown hair [1]