Our final entry on this blog is a brief profile of the main cast of Planet Of The Apes.
CHARLTON HESTON
John Charles Carter
(Taylor)
4 October 1923 - 5 April 2008
Selected filmography:
Julius Caesar (1950)
The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Big Country (1958)
Ben-Hur (1959)
El Cid (1961)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
The Agony And The Ecstasy (1965)
Khartoum (1966)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)
The Omega Man (1971)
Soylent Green (1973)
Airport 1975 (1974)
Earthquake (1974)
Dynasty / The Colbys (1985 - 87)
RODDY McDOWALL
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
(Cornelius)
17 September 1928 - 3 October 1998
Selected filmography:
Just William (1940)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Lassie Come Home (1943)
My Friend Flicka (1943)
Kidnapped! (1948)
The Twilight Zone (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Batman (1966)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Tam-Lin (aka The Ballad Of Tam-Lin / The Devil's Widow / The Devil's Woman) (1970) (director)
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971)
Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972)
The Life And Times Of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Legend Of Hell House (1973)
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973)
Planet Of The Apes (TV Series) (1974)
Funny Lady (1975)
The Return Of The King (1980)
Class Of 1984 (1982)
Fright Night (1985)
A Bug's Life (1998)
KIM HUNTER
Janet Cole
(Doctor Zira)
12 November 1922 - 11 September 2002
Selected filmography:
A Matter Of Life And Death (aka Stairway To Heaven) (1946)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Rawhide (1959)
Naked City (1962)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
The Swimmer (1968)
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971)
Marcus Welby, MD (1974)
Ironside (1974)
The Rockford Files (1979)
Murder, She Wrote (1990)
LA Law (1994)
MAURICE EVANS
Maurice Herbert Evans
(Doctor Zaius)
3 June 1901 - 12 March 1989
Selected filmography:
Scrooge (1935)
Androcles And The Lion (1952)
Hamlet (1953)
The Taming Of The Shrew (1956)
Twelfth Night (1957)
Dial M For Murder (1958)
The Tempest (1960)
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
Batman (1966)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Mod Squad (1969)
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)
Bewitched (1964-71)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
Columbo (1975)
The Streets Of San Francisco (1975)
The Jerk (1979)
JAMES DALY
(Doctor Honorius)
23 October 1918 - 3 July 1978
JAMES WHITMORE
(President Of The Assembly)
1 October 1921 - 6 February 2009
LINDA HARRISON
(Nova)
26 July 1945 -
WOODROW PARFREY
(Doctor Maximus)
5 October 1922 - 29 July 1984
BUCK KARTALIAN
(Julius)
13 August 1922 - 24 May 2016
LOU WAGNER
(Lucius)
14 August 1948 -
ROBERT GUNNER (Landon) 1931 - 2001
JEFF BURTON (Dodge) 1925 - 1988
NORMAN BURTON (Hunt Leader) 1923 - 2003
WRIGHT KING (Doctor Galen) 1923 - 2018
PAUL LAMBERT (Minister) 1922 - 1997
Full credits can be found on IMDb.
And that's about it.
Before I go, though, I want to mention this amazing book which is essential reading for any Apes fan, or anyone with an interest in movie-making. Absolutely exhaustive in its detail, it also boasts literally hundreds of never-before-seen images from the making of Planet Of The Apes.
The Making Of Planet Of The Apes by J. W. Rinzler.
Buy it here if you're in the UK
or here if you're in the US.
(if you're anywhere else, you'll have to find a link yourself. Trust me - it's worth it.)
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