Toni Helfer(1940-2012)

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Manager
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Toni Helfer was born on 17 May 1940 in Stanislaus County, California, USA. She was a manager, known for Savage Harvest (1981), Pet Peeves (1987) and The Pet Set (1971). She was married to Christopher Law and Ralph Helfer. She died on 20 March 2012 in Kenya.

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Savage Harvest

5.7

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1981

Pet Peeves

6.0

TV Series

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The Pet Set

8.6

TV Series

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CHiPs
6.5
TV Series
- animal trainer: tiger (uncredited)
- 1982
Savage Harvest
5.7
- animal trainer: lions
- 1981
Greatest Heroes of the Bible
6.3
TV Series
- animal trainer: lioness
- animal trainer: lions (uncredited, uncredited)
- 1978–1979
The Waltons
7.6
TV Series
- animal handler: piglet
- animal wrangler: horses
- animal handler: livestock (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited) ...
- 1972–1978
Halloween with the New Addams Family
5.5
TV Movie
- animal trainer: lion (uncredited)
- 1977
Little House on the Prairie
7.5
TV Series
- animal trainer: wolves
- animal trainer: raccoon (uncredited, uncredited)
- 1974–1977
The Bionic Woman
6.7
TV Series
- animal trainer: wolf
- animal trainer: lion and cougar (uncredited, uncredited)
- 1976–1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau
5.9
- animal supervisor: Gentle Jungle [us] (uncredited)
- 1977
The Six Million Dollar Man
7.1
TV Series
- animal trainer
- animal trainer: wolves (uncredited, uncredited)
- 1975–1977
The Flight of the Grey Wolf
7.4
TV Movie
- animal trainer: wolf (uncredited)
- 1976
Happy Days
7.4
TV Series
- animal handler: pigeons (uncredited)
- 1976
Emergency!
7.9
TV Series
- animal trainer: goat
- animal trainer: tiger
- animal trainer: bear (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited) ...
- 1973–1975
The Magical World of Disney
8.4
TV Series
- animal trainer: cougar (uncredited)
- 1974
Return of the Big Cat
7.6
TV Movie
- animal trainer: cougar (uncredited)
- 1974
Here's Lucy
6.9
TV Series
- animal trainer: lion
- animal trainer: lion, parrot and chimpanzee (uncredited, uncredited)
- 1971–1974

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Alternative name
- Toni Ringo
Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
- May 17, 1940
- Stanislaus County, California, USA
Died
- March 20, 2012
- Kenya(natural causes)
Spouses
Children
- Tana Helfer
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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Trivia
The lion Zamba saved Toni's life when one of Ralph's employees broke into their house at Africa U.S.A. to accost her, when Zamba saw him attacking Toni he then went completely berserk and turned into a ferocious rage-filled African lion intent on killing him. Zamba crashed into the kitchen from his room and let out a blood-curdling Roar and was after the employee who made it out of the front door just in time.