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Original Cha-Ka from TV's 'Land of the Lost' was a Paralegal

By ParalegalGateway.com

I've always loved the original series, 'Land of the Lost' and particularly the cute, furry character Cha-Ka.  All he had to do was appear on screen and I'd start to laugh.  For years I thought he closely resembled Clint Howard, actor and brother to famous sibling, Ron Howard.  In truth though, the actor who played the original Cha-Ka is Philip Paley and was only 10 when he was cast in the role. 

Now 45, he's a litigation support project manager at a Los Angeles law firm, helping attorneys gather and preserve evidence during the discovery phase of a trial. Before that, he was a paralegal for 10 years. He's also getting married in July. But he says he misses acting.

"Of course," he said. "It's a lot of fun, I think I'm pretty good at it. I have a problem with the whole pursuit of acting. It's so fraught with rejection, and the pursuit of it is not really for me, but I really enjoy the doing of it."

Attending the premiere and seeing the "Land of the Lost" movie "was very exciting," he said.

"For 35 years, the cast never really received any recognition for the work we did, and so it was pretty cool to finally get a little recognition for our work. We've always known it was a positive show -- people love the characters, people were really into it. It imprinted on people some really good things from their childhood.

"The allure of the show still is that it's great for kids," he continued. "It's filled with intrigue and it's a little bit scary and there's a lot of innocence in the characters, particularly between Cha-Ka and Holly and how they interact."

Paley is writing a book about his time on the show. He also has a Facebook page to interact with Cha-Ka fans.

Full post as published by ParalegalGateway Blawg on June 08, 2009 (boomark / email).