Behind the Planet of the Apes Timeline

This timeline pertains to events that take place outside the continuity of the films and TV programs. Subject matter on this page should include cast and crew birthdates, production timelines, movie release dates, Video and DVD release dates, etc.

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1891Edit

• March 6: Actor Victor Kilian is born in New Jersey. Kilian featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy" as an elderly human inhabitant of the ruined city of Oakland.

1893Edit

• December 12: Actor Edward G. Robinson is born. Robinson played the role of Dr. Zaius in a March 1966 Planet of the Apes screen-test.

1901Edit

• June 3rd: Actor Maurice Evans is born in Dorset, England. Maurice will go on to play the role of Doctor Zaius in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• July 16: Cinematographer Leon Shamroy is born. Shamroy was widely acclaimed for his filming of Planet of the Apes.

• July 26: Actor Paul Bradley is born. Bradley is credited with appearing in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• December 15: Actress Gail Bonney is born. Bonney appeared in the TV episode "The Trap" as an 'old woman'.

1903Edit

• January 8: Actor Eugene O. Roth is born. Roth was filmed for the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure" as an 'elderly man', but the scene was cut from the broadcast episode.

1904Edit

• August 26: Actress Georgia Schmidt is born. Schmidt was filmed for the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure" as an 'elderly woman', but the scene was cut from the broadcast episode.

1905Edit

• July 10: Actor Thomas Gomez is born. Gomez played the role of The Minister in the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• October 5: Actor John Hoyt is born. Hoyt played the role of Barlow in the 1974 Planet of the Apes television episodes "The Gladiators" and "The Horse Race".

1906Edit

• May 7: Actor Jon Lormer is born. Lormer featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy" as the holographic image of a human scientist from the past.

• August 5: Actor and director John Huston is born in Missouri. Huston played the role of The Lawgiver in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1907Edit

• January 12: Makeup artist Ben Nye is born. Nye created the first Planet of the Apes makeup, for a ten-minute screen-test in March 1966.

• December 25: Actor Andy Albin is born in Russia. Albin played the role of an un-named man on the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Gladiators".

1908Edit

• June 13: Special Effects cinematographer L.B. Abbott is born. Abbott was responsible for the Special Photographic Effects on Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• December 28: Actor Lew Ayres is born in Minneapolis. Ayres played the role of pacifist orangutan Mandemus in the 1973 movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

1909Edit

• March 12: Screenwriter David P. Lewis is born in Illinois. Lewis co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Horse Race".

• June 5: Actor Henry Levin is born. Levin played the role of a Prefect in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Horse Race".

• September 11: Actress Anne Seymour is born. Seymour featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Interrogation", as Ann.

1911Edit

• February 13: Stuntman and actor Paul Stader is born. Stader was stunt coordinator on Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Battle for the Planet of the Apes and the Planet of the Apes television series.

• December 23: Actor James Gregory is born. Gregory played the role of General Ursus in the 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

1912Edit

• February 20th: Novelist Pierre Boulle is born in Avignon, France. He will go on to write the novel, La Planète des singes, which later be adapted into the feature film Planet of the Apes.

• May 5: Boxer, stuntman and actor Joe Gray is born in New York. Gray appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Bodyguard.

• November 5th: Writer Paul Dehn is born in Manchester, England. He will go on to write the scripts for the 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1914Edit

• January 30: Actor John Ireland is born in Canada. Ireland featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Liberator", as Brun.

• April 21: Screenwriter Howard Dimsdale is born in Iowa. Dimsdale was Executive Story Consultant for the Planet of the Apes television series, and wrote the episode "The Liberator".

• May 12: Journalist James Bacon is born. Bacon is the only person who made an appearance in all five of the original Planet of the Apes films, including playing General Faulkner in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• June 3: Actor Roy E. Glenn Sr is born in Los Angeles. Glenn appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of the Lawyer.

• June 19: Actor Harry Lauter is born in New York. Lauter appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of General Winthrop.

• July 1st: Writer Michael Wilson is born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He will later write the screenplay for the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes.

• August 1: Director J. Lee Thompson is born in London. Thompson was at one point scheduled to direct the original Planet of the Apes, but dropped out. He went on to direct sequels Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• August 10: Actor Jeff Corey is born. Corey played the role of Caspay in the 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• September 18: Actor Harry Townes is born. Townes featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Interrogation" as Dr. Malthus.

• November 10: Beneath the Planet of the Apes actor Tod Andrews is born.

• December 31: Actor Robert Gunner is born. Gunner played the role of Landon in the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes.

1915Edit

• January 2nd: Actor Alvin Hammer is born in New York City, New York. Hammer played the role of an unnamed human in "Escape from Tomorrow".

• January 5th: Actor Jerome Thor is born in Brooklyn, New York. Thor played the role of Proto in "Escape from Tomorrow".

• June 1st: Actor John Randolph is born in New York. Randolph appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, playing the role of the Chairman of the President's Committee of Inquiry.

1916Edit

• March 26: Producer Mort Abrahams is born in New York. As executive vice-president of APJAC Productions, Abrahams was instrumental in getting Planet of the Apes made, and co-wrote Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• April 26: Comic illustrator George Tuska is born. Tuska illustrated an adaptation of Planet of the Apes published in Planet of the Apes Magazine.

• June 22: Actor Richard Eastham is born in Louisiana. Eastham played the role of the Mutant Captain in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1917Edit

• May 29: Actor Baynes Barron is born. Barron featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Deception", as Perdix.

• June 8: Actor George D. Wallace is born. Wallace featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure", as Talbert.

• July 16: Actor William Woodson is born. Woodson appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Naval Officer.

• July 19: Artist Mentor Huebner is born. Huebner created the production sketches for the original Planet of the Apes movie.

• July 25: Actor Steve Roberts is born. Roberts is credited with playing the role of General Brody in the 1971 film Escape from the Planet of the Apes, though the character does not appear in the movie.

1918Edit

• January 18: Soundtrack composer Richard LaSalle is born in Louisville, Colorado. LaSalle composed the score for the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Trap".

• January 24: Actor John McLiam is born. McLiam featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide", as Gahto.

• March 8: Actor Edwin Mills is born. Mills featured in the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated television series, voicing the character of Cornelius.

• March 31st: Ted Post is born in Brooklyn, New York. Ted will go on to direct the 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• June 13: Actor Percy Rodrigues is born in Canada. Rodrigues featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant", as Aboro.

• July 23: Producer Stan Hough is born. Hough is credited with inspiring Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and produced the Planet of the Apes television series in 1974.

• October 23rd: Actor James Daly is born. James will go on to play the role of Doctor Honorius in Planet of the Apes.

• November 26: Alexander 'Xan' Fielding is born. The British writer made the first English translation of French author Pierre Boulle's La Planète des singes - as 'Planet of the Apes' in the US and 'Monkey Planet' in the UK.

• December 10: Actor Hal Baylor is born. Baylor featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Deception" as Jasko.

1919Edit

• January 13: According to some sources, including IMDb, journalist Army Archerd is born. Archerd made on-screen appearances in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes playing gorilla soldiers, and in Escape from the Planet of the Apes as the Boxing Referee.

• May 1: Director and screenwriter John Meredyth Lucas is born in Los Angeles. Lucas directed the Planet of the Apes television episode "Up Above the World So High".

• July 9: Soundtrack composer Earle Hagen is born in Chicago, Illinois. Hagen composed the score for the Planet of the Apes television episodes "The Legacy" and "Tomorrow's Tide".

• October 10: Ape actor Janos Prohaska is born in Hungary. Prohaska portrayed the unnamed Gorilla in Zoo and Heloise the female chimp in the 1971 film Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

1920Edit

• January 6: Actor Henry Corden is born in Canada. Corden featured in the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated television series, voicing the character of General Urko.

• January 24: Actor Jerry Maren is born. Maren played a Child Ape in Planet of the Apes.

• February 28: Actor and director Alf Kjellin is born in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. Kjellin directed the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Interrogation".

• May 30th: Franklin J. Schaffner is born in Tokyo, Japan. Frank will go on to direct the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes.

• June 22: Actor Paul Frees is born. Frees voiced the 'Ending Voiceover' of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• June 29: Escape from the Planet of the Apes actor Peter Forster is born.

• October 1st: Actor Lonny Chapman is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lonny will go on to play the role of Polar in the Planet of the Apes television series.

• October 23: Actor Rayford Barnes is born in Texas. Barnes played the role of Riot Control Commander in the 1972 film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

• November 25: Actor Ricardo Montalban is born. Montalban played Armando the amiable circus owner from Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

• December 13: Director Don Taylor is born in Freeport, Pennsylvania. Taylor directed the 1971 movie Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

1921Edit

• January 17: Actor Paul Stevens is born in Los Angeles. Stevens played the role of Mendez in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• Costumer Wally Harton is born. Harton served as chief costumer on Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• October 1st: Actor James Whitmore is born in White Plains, New York. Whitmore will go on to play the role of the President of the Assembly in Planet of the Apes.

1922Edit

• January 2: Actor Jason Evers is born in New York. Evers appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, playing the role of E-1.

• January 13: According to the Social Security Death Index, journalist Army Archerd is born. Archerd made on-screen appearances in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes playing gorilla soldiers, and in Escape from the Planet of the Apes as the Boxing Referee.

• February 3: Director Arnold Laven is born in Chicago. Laven directed the Planet of the Apes TV series episodes "The Trap", "The Surgeon" and "The Liberator".

• March 7th: Movie producer Arthur P. Jacobs is born. He will go on to produce the original five Planet of the Apes movies.

• May 2: Comic book artist and cartoonist Doug Wildey is born. Wildey was the director and associate producer of the 1975 cartoon series Return to the Planet of the Apes.

• May 13: Director Don Weis is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Weis directed two episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series - "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Good Seeds".

• July 26: Director/writer/producer Blake Edwards is born. Blake was involved in very early efforts to create a movie based on the novel Planet of the Apes.

• August 1: Actor Paul Lambert is born. Lambert played the role of the Minister in the 1968 Planet of the Apes film.

• August 13th: Actor Buck Kartalian is born in Detroit, Michigan. Buck will go on to play the role of Julius in the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes, and Frank in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

• October 5th: Actor Woodrow Parfrey is born in New York City. Woodrow will go on to play the characters of Doctor Maximus and Veska.

• November 12th: Actress Kim Hunter is born in Detroit, Michigan. Kim will go on to play the character of Zira in Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• November 16: Actor Royal Dano is born. Dano featured in the Planet of the Apes television series, playing the role of Farrow in the pilot episode "Escape from Tomorrow".

1923Edit

• January 11th: Actor Wright King is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He will go on to play the role of Doctor Galen in the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes.

• March 8: Actor Booth Colman is born. Colman starred as Council Chairman Zaius in the Planet of the Apes TV series in 1974.

• March 31: Actor Donald Elson is born in Chicago. Elson appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of the Curator.

• April 13: Makeup artist Frank Westmore is born. Westmore worked as a makeup artist on the Planet of the Apes TV series.

• May 1: Director Ralph Senensky is born in Mason City, Iowa. Senensky directed the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Tyrant".

• July 26: Actor Biff Elliot is born. Elliot featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "Escape from Tomorrow", as Ullman, and "The Cure", as an orangutan.

• September 12: Makeup artist and designer John Chambers is born in Chicago, Illinois. Chambers created the revolutionary makeup appliances used in Planet of the Apes and its sequels, for which he won an honorary Academy Award.

• September 26: Screenwriter Arthur Rowe is born in Sandborn, Indiana. Rowe wrote an unfilmed story for the Planet of the Apes TV series, titled "Freedom Road".

• September 28: Actor William Windom is born in New York. Windom played the President of the United States in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• November 14: Comic book artist Alberto Giolitti is born in Rome. In December 1970 Gold Key Comics published the first Planet of the Apes comic: Giolitti's adaptation of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• November 20: Screenwriter Arthur Browne Jr. is born in Washington D.C. Browne co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "Up Above the World So High".

• December 5th: Actor Norman Burton is born in New York City. Norman will go on to play the role of the gorilla Hunt Leader in in the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes, and of Yalu in the Planet of the Apes TV series.

1924Edit

• January 31: Actor William Bryant is born in Detroit. Bryant appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Man at Auction.

• April 14: Actor Joseph Ruskin is born. Ruskin featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant", as Daku.

• May 14: Director Bernard McEveety is born in New Rochelle, New York. McEveety directed the Planet of the Apes TV series episodes "The Legacy" and "The Cure".

• May 24: Actor David Chow is born. Chow appeared as a chimpanzee in the first Planet of the Apes movie and featured in a 'Vintage Planet of the Apes Featurette'. He also appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes as (the chimp version of) Aldo.

• June 26: Costume designer Morton Haack is born. Haack created the iconic Ape costumes in Planet of the Apes (1968), and also the costumes of their enemies the mutants in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970).

• July 20: Actor Robert Nichols is born. Nichols appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Reporter.

• August 17: Actor Michael Strong is born. Strong featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Surgeon", as Travin.

• September 7: Soundtrack composer Leonard Rosenman is born in Brooklyn. Rosenman scored Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• September 13: Actor Norm Alden is born. Alden featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Trap", as Zako.

• September 26: Screenwriter Shimon Bar-David Wincelberg is born in Kiel, Germany. Wincelberg co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Up Above the World So High".

• October 4th: Actor Charlton Heston is born in Evanston, Illinois. Heston will go on to play the role of Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and Zaius, father of General Thade, in the 2001 re-imagined Planet of the Apes.

• October 15th: Actor Mark Lenard is born in Chicago, Illinois. Mark will go on to play the role of gorilla commander, General Urko in the 1974 Planet of the Apes television series.

• November 23rd: Actor Paul Richards is born in Hollywood, California. Richards will go on to play the role of Mendez XXVI in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• December 17: Actor Dennis Cross is born. Cross featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Good Seeds" as a 'gorilla officer'.

• December 25th: Writer Rod Serling is born in Syracuse, New York. Rod will later co-write the script for the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes, as well as a two-part script for episodes one and two of a Planet of the Apes TV series.

1925Edit

• February 6: Actor Walker Edmiston is born in Missouri. Edmiston voiced Caesar|Baby Milo in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• April 10: Actor Robert Phillips is born. Phillips featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy" as a gorilla captain.

• May 2: Actor Roscoe Lee Browne is born. Browne featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide", as Hurton.

• May 3: Actor John Dennis is born in New York. Dennis appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, playing the role of a Policeman.

• Actor Jeff Burton is born. Burton played the role of Dodge in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.

• September 2: Screenwriter Paul Savage is born in California. Savage wrote an unfilmed story for the Planet of the Apes TV series, titled "The Mine".

• September 16: Actor Morgan Woodward is born. Woodward played the role of Martin in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Horse Race".

• October 16: Actor Michael Conrad is born. Conrad featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant", as Janor.

• November 30: Actor Martin Brooks is born. Brookes appeared in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "The Surgeon" (as Leander) and "Up Above the World So High" (as Konag).

1926Edit

• January 14: Actor Frank Aletter is born. Aletter featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Up Above the World So High", as Leuric.

• May 25: Actor Claude Akins is born in Georgia. Akins played General Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• June 11: Screenwriter Robert W. Lenski is born in Michigan. Lenski wrote two episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series - "The Good Seeds" and "Tomorrow's Tide".

• Stuntman Orwin Harvey is born. Harvey appeared in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes - in which he doubled for Claude Akins as Aldo.

• October 17: Actress Beverly Garland is born. Garland played the role of Wanda in the 1974 Planet of the Apes TV series episode "The Interrogation".

1927Edit

• February 12: Actor H.M. Wynant is born in Detroit. Wynant appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of Inspector Hoskyns.

• March 6: Actor Eddie Fontaine is born. Fontaine played a gorilla sergeant in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Gladiators".

• October 10: Actor Noah Keen is born in Ohio. Keen played the role of Abe the Teacher in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1928Edit

• January 13: Actor David Sheiner is born. Sheiner featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure", as Zoran.

• March 11: Actor Albert Salmi is born in New York. Salmi appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of E-1.

• May 12: Screenwriter Anthony Lawrence is born in Hollywood, California. Lawrence wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Deception", and also wrote a script titled "A Fallen God" for an aborted 1973 Apes TV series.

• July 7: Screenwriter Robert Hamner is born. Hamner wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Legacy".

• July 15: Actor Tom Troupe is born. Troupe featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant", as Augustus.

• September 17th: Actor Roddy McDowall is born in London, England. Roddy will go on to play several roles in the Planet of the Apes mythos, including Cornelius, Cornelius' son, Caesar, and refugee chimpanzee Galen.

1929Edit

• February 10: Composer Jerry Goldsmith is born. Goldsmith wrote the music score for both Planet of the Apes and Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• July 31: Actor Don Murray is born in California. Murray appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of Governor Breck.

• August 15: Actor Tom Williams is born in Chicago, Illinois. Williams featured in the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated television series, voicing the character of Bill Hudson initially.

• September 7: Actor John Milford is born. Milford featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "The Trap", as Miller, and "The Deception", as Sestus.

• September 18: Screenwriter Charles Eastman is born. Eastman wrote an unused original screenplay for a Planet of the Apes movie in late 1966.

• November 9th: Actor Severn Darden is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He will go on to play the role of Kolp in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1930Edit

• January 15: Actor William Beckley is born in London. Beckley appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and in the Planet of the Apes TV series episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "Up Above the World So High".

• April 14: Actor Bradford Dillman is born in San Francisco. Dillman portrayed the part of Doctor Lewis Dixon in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• April 14: Actor Jay Robinson is born. Robinson featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide", as Bandor.

• October 8: Makeup artist Dan Striepeke is born. Striepeke enjoyed a long association with the Planet of the Apes, contributing to all five of the original movies and the spin-off weekly TV show that followed.

• Actor William Beckley is born in the UK. Beckley featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "Escape from Tomorrow", as Grundig, and "Up Above the World So High", as a council orang.

1931Edit

• December 11: Actor Richard Devon is born. Devon played the role of Zandar in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Horse Race".

• December 17: Cinematographer Gerald Perry Finnerman is born. Finnerman was Director of Photography on all fourteen episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series in 1974.

1932Edit

• February 11: Actor Paul Comi is born. Comi appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Policeman.

• March 28: Actor Ron Soble is born. Soble featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure", as Kava.

• April 1: Actor Gordon Jump is born in Ohio. Jump appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of the Auctioneer.

• April 10: Actor Hari Rhodes is born in Ohio. Rhodes appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of MacDonald.

• June 21: Composer Lalo Schifrin is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Schifrin composed the music for almost all the episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series and a promotional single called 'Ape Shuffle'.

• September 20: Screenwriter Edward J. Lakso is born. Lakso wrote two episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series - "The Trap" and "The Cure".

• October 28: John William Corrington is born. John co-wrote the screenplays for The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, (1971) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973).

• December 28: Actress Joyce Haber is born in New York. Haber appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of Zelda.

1933Edit

• June 6: Actor John Alderman is born in New York. Alderman is credited in some sources as having appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing a Marine Corporal named Bill.

• September 1: Actor Glenn Wilder is born. Wilder featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Up Above the World So High", as a human driver. He also served as a stunt double for Ron Harper on the series.

• Actor Pat Renella is born. Renella played the roles of Jason, in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Gladiators", and of Zon, in the episode "The Deception".

1934Edit

• January 31st: Actor James Franciscus is born in Clayton, Missouri. He will go on to play the role of John Brent in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• March 5: Actor James B. Sikking is born in Los Angeles. Sikking appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Control Room Officer.

• March 20: Frank Capra Jr. is born. Capra associate produced Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• March 24: Actor William Smith is born. Smith played the role of Tolar in the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Gladiators".

• May 1: Actor Russ Marin is born. Marin played the role of Damon in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Horse Race".

• August 8: Actor Mark Bailey is born. Bailey featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Liberator", as a villager.

• November 15: Actress Joanna Barnes is born. Barnes featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Up Above the World So High", as Carsia.

• December 13: Producer Richard D. Zanuck is born. As Head-of-Production at Twentieth Century Fox, Zanuck agreed to make the original Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He later produced Tim Burton's 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1935Edit

• March 13: Pilot James W. Gavin is born. Gavin appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Helicopter Pilot.

• March 22: Actor M. Emmet Walsh is born in New York. Walsh appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of General Winthrop's Aide.

• May 31: 'Twentieth Century Fox' is formed as the result of the merger of 'Fox Film Corporation' (founded by Hungarian immigrant William Fox in 1915) and 'Twentieth Century Pictures' (founded in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and William Goetz). In 1966 Fox greenlit the production of the first Planet of the Apes movie.

• Actress Jacqueline Scott is born. Scott featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "The Good Seeds", as Zantes, and "The Surgeon", as ape physician Dr. Kira.

1936Edit

• January 12th: Actor Ron Harper is born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. Ron will go on to play the role of Alan Virdon in the 1974 Planet of the Apes television series.

• June 22: Musician and actor Kris Kristofferson is born. Kristofferson played the role of Karubi in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• August 5: Screenwriter Joyce Hooper Corrington is born. Hooper Corrington co-wrote the screenplays for The Omega Man (starring Charlton Heston) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• September 22: Actress Asa Maynor is born. Maynor appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of Mrs Riley.

• November 2: Actor and director Jack Starrett is born in Refugio, Texas. Starrett directed the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Horse Race".

1937Edit

• January 11: Actor Felix Silla is born in Italy. Silla played a Gorilla Child in the 1968 Planet of the Apes film, and is also credited with stuntwork on the 1973 movie Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• Actor and stuntman Joe Canutt is born. Canutt worked as stunt coordinator on Planet of the Apes, was stunt double for Charlton Heston, and played a primitive human who fought with George Taylor.

1938Edit

• February 3rd: Actor Victor Buono is born in San Diego, California. He will go on to play one of the primary mutant characters, Adiposo, in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• August 30th: Actor Don Pedro Colley is born in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Don Pedro will go on to play the mutant character Ongaro in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

1939Edit

• January 10: Actor Sal Mineo is born in New York. Mineo appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of Doctor Milo.

• June 12: Actor Klair Bybee is born. Bybee featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant", as Sam.

• July 28: Actor Larry Ellis is born. Ellis featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide", as a drayman.

• July 31: Actress France Nuyen is born in France. Nuyen played the role of Alma in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1940Edit

• January 28: Actor Daniel Keough is born in Chicago. Keough appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Jailguard.

• Actor David Watson is born. Watson played the role of Cornelius in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• June 18: Actor Michael Stearns is born in Nebraska. Stearns played the role of Jake in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• July 18: Actor James Brolin is born in Los Angeles. In March 1966, Brolin appeared in a ten-minute screen test for Planet of the Apes, playing Cornelius.

• August 5th: Actress Natalie Trundy is born in Boston, Massachusetts. She will go on to play several characters in the POTA mythos, including Albina, Stephanie Branton and Lisa.

• September 19: Songwriter and actor Paul Williams is born in Nebraska. Williams appeared in Battle for the Planet of the Apes playing the intellectual orangutan Virgil.

• November 22nd: Roy Thomas is born. Roy will go on to become Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics from 1972 to 1974.

• December 3: Actor Tony Mordente is born. Mordente (possibly) featured in the Planet of the Apes TV series episode "Tomorrow's Tide".

1941Edit

• January 25: Actor Gregory Sierra is born. Sierra played the role of The Verger in the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• April 3: Actor Eric Braeden is born in Bredenbek, Germany. Braeden played the scientist, Dr Otto Hasslein, in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• May 21: Actor and screenwriter Booker Bradshaw is born. Bradshaw co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Horse Race".

• July 29: Actor David Warner is born. Warner played the role of Senator Sandar in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• September 15: Makeup artist Verne Langdon is born. Langdon worked on all of the original Planet of the Apes movies and on the spin-off TV series.

• Actor Tom Lowell is born in Philadelphia. Lowell appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of the Orderly.

1942Edit

• February 26: Actor Frank Orsatti is born. Orsatti featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide" as a fisherman.

• May 16: Actor Ben Andrews is born. Andrews featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Liberator", as Miro.

• Makeup artist Ken Chase is born in Los Angeles. Chase worked on Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1943Edit

• January 17th: Actor Geoffrey Deuel is born in Rochester, New York. He will go on to play the role of Anto in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Good Seeds".

• May 3: Actor Jimmy Gambina is born in Hollywood. Gambina played the role of an orangutan in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (and possibly Conquest of the Planet of the Apes).

• August 12: Actor Jim Storm is born. Storm featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide", as Romar.

• October 7: Actor Austin Stoker is born in Trinidad. Stoker played the role of MacDonald in Battle for the Planet of the Apes, and also voiced the character of Jeff Allen on the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated television series.

1944Edit

• October 8: Screenwriter William Broyles Jr. is born. Broyles wrote the original script for the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1945Edit

• January 11: Actress Eileen Dietz Elber is born. Dietz Elber featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Good Seeds", as Jillia.

• February 17: Actress Zina Bethune is born. Bethune featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy", as Arn.

• July 24th: Actress Linda Harrison is born in Berlin, Maryland. She will go on to play the role of Nova in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She also appeared in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie as 'Woman in Cart'.

• October 19: Actor John Lithgow is born. Lithgow played the role of Charles Rodman in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• December 6th: Actor James Naughton is born in Middletown, Connecticut. James will go on to play the role of Peter Burke in the 1974 Planet of the Apes television series.

1946Edit

• April 7: Visual effects artist Stan Winston is born. Between about 1995 and 2000, Winston developed animatronic Apes for a projected Planet of the Apes movie, which were ultimately unused.

• June 1: Actor Brian Cox is born. Cox played the role of John Landon in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• September 15: Director and producer Oliver Stone is born. From late 1993 to early 1995, Stone was earmarked to executive produce a proposed new Planet of the Apes movie.

• October 2: Stuntman and actor Robert Prohaska is born. Prohaska appeared in Battle for the Planet of the Apes, doubling for Roddy McDowall as Caesar in his climactic tree-top fight.

1947Edit

• May 12: Stuntwoman and actress Paula Crist is born. Crist appeared as a human girl in Battle for the Planet of the Apes, and toured with the 'Zira and Cornelius' live performances in the 1970s.

• May 28: Actress Sondra Locke is born. Locke featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure", as Amy.

• July 30: Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is born. From March 1994 to December 1998 Schwarzenegger was earmarked for the lead role in a proposed new Planet of the Apes movie.

1948Edit

• January 29: Actor Marc Singer is born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Singer played the role of Dalton in the 1974 Planet of the Apes television episode "The Gladiators".

• May 19: Musician Tom Scott is born in Los Angeles, California. Scott composed the soundtrack for the 1972 movie Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

• August 14th: Actor Lou Wagner is born in San Jose, California. Lou will go on to play the role of Lucius in the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes.

1949Edit

• April 6: Actress Jane Actman is born. Actman featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Deception", as Fauna.

1950Edit

• April 29: Director Phillip Noyce is born in Australia. During 1995, Noyce was scheduled to direct an unfilmed Planet of the Apes movie titled Return of the Apes.

• June 27: Actor James Daughton is born. Daughton featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant", as Mikal.

• August 3: Director and actor John Landis is born in Chicago. Landis played the role of Jake's friend in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• September 27: Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is born in Japan. Tagawa played the role of Krull in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• December 8: Makeup effects artist Rick Baker is born. Baker worked on makeup for abandoned Apes movie projects in 1988 and 1995, before creating the makeup for Tim Burton's 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1951Edit

• February 13: Actor David Naughton is born. Naughton featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Surgeon", as Dr. Stole.

• May 2: Actor Pat Cardi is born in New York. Cardi played the role of a Young Chimp in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• May 29: Producer Peter Chernin is born. Chernin was a producer of the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• October 8: Screenwriter and producer Terry Hayes is born in England. Hayes wrote a screenplay for an unfilmed Planet of the Apes movie titled Return of the Apes, under the auspices of producer Oliver Stone, submitting his final draft in spring 1995.

• December 1: Actress Heather Lowe is born. Lowe played the role of the Doctor in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1952Edit

• April 13: Actor Erick Avari is born in India. Avari played the role of Tival in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• April 15: Actor Glenn Shadix is born. Shadix played the role of Senator Nado in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1953Edit

• April 6: Composer Patrick Doyle is born. Doyle composed the soundtrack music for the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• May 29: Composer Danny Elfman is born. Elfman composed the soundtrack music for the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie. He had previously been asked to compose for Adam Rifkin's failed Return to the Planet of the Apes movie project in 1988.

• June 7: Actress Colleen Camp is born in San Francisco. Camp played the role of a human in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1954Edit

• August 16: Director and producer James Cameron is born. From early 1996 to December 1998 Cameron was earmarked to executive produce a proposed new Planet of the Apes movie.

1955Edit

• November 19: Screenwriter Sam Hamm is born. Hamm completed a Planet of the Apes screenplay in 1995 for director Chris Columbus, but it was rejected by Twentieth Century Fox.

1956Edit

• April 14: Actor Chris Ellis is born. Ellis played the role of Commander Karl Vasich in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1957Edit

• Actor Deep Roy is born in Kenya. Roy played the child-ape roles of a Gorilla Kid and Thade's Niece in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• December 10: Actor Michael Clarke Duncan is born. Duncan played the role of Colonel Attar in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1958Edit

• July 7: Actress Cindy Eilbacher is born. Eilbacher featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Trap", as Lisa Miller.

• August 25th: Director Tim Burton is born in Burbank, California. Tim will go on to direct the 2001 Planet of the Apes remake.

• September 10: Director Chris Columbus is born. During 1995, Columbus was earmarked to direct a proposed new Planet of the Apes movie.

• September 19: Actor Richard Ridings is born. Ridings played the role of Buck in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

1960Edit

• March 10: Screenwriter and director Scott Frank is born. During 2009 Frank was earmarked to direct and co-write the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• September 11: Actress Anne Ramsay is born. Ramsay played the role of Lt. Col. Grace Alexander in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1961Edit

• May 14: Actor Tim Roth is born. Roth played the role of General Thade in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• July 14: Actor Jackie Earle Haley is born. Haley featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy", as Kraik.

• October 31: Director/producer/screenwriter Peter Jackson is born in New Zealand. In 1992 Jackson put together a three- or four-page script treatment for a new Planet of the Apes movie which was never developed.

1963Edit

• January 8: Printing is completed by publisher 'René Julliard' in Paris, France on the first edition of Pierre Boulle's satirical novel La Planète des singes.

• May 15: Actor Jamie Harris is born. Harris played the role of Roy in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• June: The first English-language version of Boulle's book is published by 'Vanguard Press' of New York, USA, from a translation by Xan Fielding.

• King Brothers Productions begins development of a movie based on the book, employing Rod Serling to write a script treatment. Serling leaves the project because of the budget suggested by King Brothers.

• Producer Arthur P. Jacobs and British director J. Lee Thompson enter partnership to pitch the concept to movie studios.

• December 24: 20th Century Fox head of production Richard D. Zanuck decides against funding the picture, calculating it would be too expensive. J. Lee Thompson sells his share in the film back to Arthur P. Jacobs.

1964Edit

• January: Xan Fielding's translation of Pierre Boulle's La Planète des singes is published by 'Secker & Warburg' of London, UK, under the title Monkey Planet.

• Director Blake Edwards joins producer Arthur P. Jacobs in efforts to produce a movie adaptation of the novel.

• Blake Edwards asks Rod Serling to resume work on a script treatment, disregarding budgetary constraints.

• February: Warner Bros. agrees to begin production on the movie in late January of 1965.

• April: Serling is reporting jointly to Blake Edwards and Arthur P. Jacobs. Script revisions are submitted regularly until March 1965, featuring astronauts John Thomas, William Dodge and Paul LaFever in place of the French originals.

• April 20: Actor Andy Serkis is born. Serkis played the role of Caesar in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• May 22: Serling submits a script which includes the discovery of a reel of film bearing the legend: "Filmed with the Co-operation of the United States Air Force" - setting the movie on a future Earth, rather than the alien world originally envisioned. By December, Serling replaces the reel of film idea with the iconic Statue of Liberty ending, and also adds a fourth male astronaut named Blake, who dies en route.

1965Edit

• January 25: Warner Bros. estimates the budget could surpass $10 million and declines the movie option. Blake Edwards leaves the movie project. A February script changes the fourth astronaut's name from Blake to Stewart.

• March 1: Rod Serling submits his final screenplay draft before turning his attention to other projects.

• June 5: Charlton Heston agrees to star in a Planet of the Apes film within an hour of hearing the pitch from producer Arthur P. Jacobs.

• July 13: Actor Michael Jace is born. Jace played the role of Major Frank Santos in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• Arthur P. Jacobs' APJAC Productions unsuccessfully approaches J. Arthur Rank in England and Samuel Bronston in Spain; the concept is rejected by successive movie studios.

1966Edit

• APJAC Productions brings the budget estimate down to $5.8 million and, at the suggestion of Charlton Heston, Franklin J. Schaffner is recruited as potential director.

• March 8th: A ten-minute Planet of the Apes makeup test - starring Charlton Heston as John Thomas, Edward G. Robinson as Dr. Zaius, James Brolin as Cornelius and Linda Harrison as Zira - is filmed at the request of Richard D. Zanuck, head of production at 20th Century Fox, to consider the practicalities of a movie adaptation. Ape appliances are by Fox's head of makeup, Ben Nye. Zanuck asks APJAC to bring the estimate down to $5 million while he negotiates with the Fox board, and suggests Linda Harrison should play the role of Nova in the movie.

• Arthur P. Jacobs tells actor Roddy McDowall about the Apes movie and suggests McDowall should have a role in the film.

• May 26th: Actress Helena Bonham Carter is born in London, England. Helena will go on to play the role of Ari in the 2001 Planet of the Apes remake.

• September 26: Richard D. Zanuck, head of production at Twentieth Century Fox, gives the go-ahead to make a Planet of the Apes film with APJAC Productions, scheduled to begin filming in England in Spring 1967. Charles Eastman is hired to rewrite Rod Serling's screenplay for the movie.

• December: Eastman's script adaptation is abandoned and Michael Wilson replaces him. John Chambers is employed to design convincing ape makeup appliances and Jerry Goldsmith is asked to score the soundtrack.

1967Edit

• April 17: Charlton Heston notes that both Edward G. Robinson (as Zaius) and Julie Harris (as Zira) are likely to be replaced because of their difficulties with the heavy makeup. It has also been suggested that Robinson was actually fired from the production after a disagreement with make-up designer John Chambers. They will be replaced by Maurice Evans and Kim Hunter respectively.

• May 5th: Michael Wilson's script for Planet of the Apes is finished, though further revisions are made during May and June (including some rewrites by an uncredited John T. Kelly). It is only in these final revisions that John Thomas is renamed 'George Taylor'.

• May 21st: The first day of filming Planet of the Apes in Page, Arizona.

• June 6: Actor Paul Giamatti is born. Giamatti played the role of Limbo in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• June 7: Fox's director of publicity James Denton publishes a 'Preliminary Production Information Guide' on the forthcoming motion picture.

• June: Filming moves to the 20th Century Fox ranch in Malibu Creek, Los Angeles, for outdoor scenes.

• July: Indoor shooting at Fox Studios, Los Angeles.

• July 27th: The final revisions to the shooting script of Planet of the Apes are completed.

• August 10th: Filming of Planet of the Apes is completed at Westward Beach, Zuma Beach and Point Dume, Malibu, Los Angeles.

• October 31st: Charlton Heston and others view the movie for the first time, though still missing the music score and other visual/audio effects.

1968Edit

• January 2: Actor Evan Dexter Parke is born. Parke played the role of Gunnar in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• January 29: A 'Production Information Guide' is published to promote the upcoming Planet of the Apes movie.

• February 8th (Thursday): Planet of the Apes receives its World Premier at the Capitol Theatre in New York City.

• April 3rd: Planet of the Apes is nationally released in American movie theaters. Discussing the phenomenal success, Fox executive Stan Hough tells APJAC vice-president Mort Abrahams that he should think about making a sequel. Abrahams soon contacts Rod Serling about ideas for a second film.

• April 18: Actor David Hewlett is born. Hewlett played the role of Hunsiker in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• April: Serling's first script treatment is rejected by Abrahams. Serling completes two further treatments over the next month, but both are rejected because they lack a twist comparable to that of the first movie. Pierre Boulle is asked to write a write a screenplay.

• May 5 or June 8: Producer Arthur P. Jacobs marries actress Natalie Trundy in London.

• May: The Planet of the Apes soundtrack is released on vinyl record by the 'Project 3' label.

• July 22: The English-language translation of Pierre Boulle's screenplay for a second movie, titled Planet of the Men, is submitted. It is dismissed as not "cinematic".

• A treatment by an unknown author, titled The Dark Side of the Earth, is also rejected. Working in England producing The Chairman, Mort Abrahams meets screenwriter Paul Dehn and asks him to write a treatment based on some of Abrahams' ideas. They are joined in London by Arthur Jacobs.

• September 13: Paul Dehn submits his story treatment, titled Planet of the Apes Revisited. Don Medford is chosen as director but soon quits, possibly because of the $3 million budget alloted to the film. He is replaced by Ted Post. Charlton Heston initially refuses to reprise his role, unhappy with the story, but is reminded by Richard D. Zanuck that he owes him for agreeing to make the first picture.

• September 30: Fox agrees to Charlton Heston's proposal to appear briefly at the film's start before making way for a new leading man.

• December 5: Actress Lisa Marie is born. Lisa Marie played the role of Nova in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• December 20: Dehn's first draft screenplay for Planet of the Apes Revisited is completed, with Taylor dying and replaced by a new astronaut character, Brent. This is soon amended so that Taylor disappears early on, then returns at the film's end to provide an optimistic conclusion.

1969Edit

• Maurice Evans, Linda Harrison and Kim Hunter agree to return for a second movie. Roddy McDowall is directing in London and is replaced by David Watson. James Gregory is cast as the villain Ursus and James Franciscus as the new lead after Burt Reynolds turns down the role.

• February 3: A version of the Planet of the Apes Revisited first draft screenplay with revisions is issued.

• Director Ted Post and stars James Franciscus and Charlton Heston all complain about the script, which Post called "horribly cliched". Franciscus and writer John Ryan, assisted by Post, spend a weekend rewriting much of the script, and present it to an angry Mort Abrahams, who nevertheless adds many of their ideas to the next script revision. Michael Wilson is approached about making script changes but cannot commit. Arch Oboler is said to have contributed an uncredited revision to the screenplay.

• Charlton Heston, still very reluctant about appearing, asks Richard D. Zanuck for a change to the ending of the movie so that everyone gets killed, including the heroes. Zanuck agrees and gives the order to writer Paul Dehn and director Ted Post. Post hates the new ending, calling it "cynical and pessimistic", and both he and James Franciscus plead for someone to survive the apocalypse.

• April 10: The final screenplay for Beneath the Planet of the Apes is completed.

• April 14th: John Chambers wins an honorary Academy Award for his work on Planet of the Apes - only the second person to be so honoured for makeup. Also nominated were Jerry Goldsmith ('Original Score') and Morton Haack ('Costume Design'), who lost respectively to John Barry (The Lion In Winter) and Danilo Donati (Romeo And Juliet).

• April 14 - May 2: Charlton Heston films his scenes for the new Apes picture.

• TOPPS issues a 66-card set of Planet of the Apes bubblegum cards. Sold at five cents a package, this is the first Apes merchandise to be released.

• Linda Harrison begins filming TV series Bracken's World the day after filming on Beneath the Planet of the Apes ends.

• October 26: Linda Harrison and Richard D. Zanuck marry.

1970Edit

See also: 1970

• May 26th: Beneath the Planet of the Apes is released in the United States.

• Paul Dehn receives a telegram from 20th Century Fox saying "Apes exist, sequel required". Dehn writes a screnplay under the working title The Secret of the Planet of the Apes.

• July: The soundtrack to Beneath the Planet of the Apes is released on vinyl record by the Amos label.

• October 21: Dehn submits his first draft screenplay.

• October 28: Dehn completes the final screenplay for the renamed Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• A novelization of Beneath the Planet of the Apes written by Michael Avallone is published by Bantam Books.

• November 30: Filming begins on Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• December: Gold Key Comics publishes Alberto Giolitti's Movie Comics: Beneath the Planet of the Apes - the first 'Planet of the Apes' comic.

• December: Darryl Zanuck forces his son Richard D. Zanuck to resign from the company at a 20th Century Fox board of directors meeting.

1971Edit

See also: 1971

• January 19: Filming for Escape from the Planet of the Apes is completed.

• March 12: Actor Roy E. Glenn Sr passes away shortly after his performance in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of the Lawyer.

• March 15: Boxer, stuntman and actor Joe Gray passes away shortly after his performance in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Bodyguard.

• May 21st: Escape from the Planet of the Apes is released in the United States.

• Paul Dehn is asked to script a further sequel.

• June 5: Actor Mark Wahlberg is born. Wahlberg played the role of Captain Leo Davidson in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• June 18: Actor Thomas Gomez passes away. Gomez played the role of The Minister in the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes - one of his last appearances.

1972Edit

See also: 1972

• January 18th: The final shooting script for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is submitted. Writer Paul Dehn "fitted it together so that it fitted in with the beginning of 'Apes 1', so that the wheel had come full circle and one could stop there quite happily." Dehn says in interview that he would probably not be involved in a rumored Apes TV series.

• January 31: Filming of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes begins at the Century City Plaza, Los Angeles. Director is J. Lee Thompson.

• February: Rumors on-set suggest there would be one more feature film, after which the property would be sold as a weekly series to television. Speculation was that the fifth movie would 'sew up' the saga by closing with Charlton Heston's arrival on the ape-dominated Earth.

• March 13: Filming of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is completed.

• June 29th: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is released in the United States.

• KMPC radio personality Gary Owens hosts the 'Most Beautiful Ape Contest' in Century City, the complex used for much of the location filming. Dominique Green is the winner of the title and gains a contract for a supporting role in the next Apes movie.

• July 5: Paul Dehn completes a first draft story outline for a follow-up picture titled The Battle for the Planet of the Apes. The story outline is rejected and John William Corrington & Joyce Hooper Corrington are asked to write a new treatment.

• September 1 - 4: After initially offering promotional work similar to the 'Miss Ape' contest, 20th Century Fox agrees to loan actress Paula Crist ape makeup appliances which, with a costume she made herself, she uses to put on an exhibit at the 'World Science Fiction Convention' (WorldCon) in Anaheim, California. Impressed, producer Arthur P. Jacobs offers her a part in the next sequel.

• September 4: John William Corrington & Joyce Hooper Corrington complete their first draft story outline for a follow-up picture titled Epic of the Planet of the Apes.

• October 26: Director Rupert Wyatt is born. Wyatt directed the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• November 7: Beneath the Planet of the Apes actor Tod Andrews passes away.

• December 20: The revised screenplay of the Corrington's story outline is completed, re-titled Battle for the Planet of the Apes and with Paul Dehn given prominent writing credit. The role attributed to Governor Breck in the outline is changed to that of Kolp due to actor Don Murray declining to return. Revisions are added over the following two weeks.

• Near the end of December: Reporter Sam Maronie contacts APJAC Productions about the new movie due to start shooting "in the next few days" and is offered a part in the film.

• December 31: Actor Austin Stoker meets producer Arthur P. Jacobs and director J. Lee Thompson and is offered the starring role of MacDonald as a last-minute replacement for Hari Rhodes, with his first days filming just two days later.

1973Edit

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• January 2: Filming of Battle for the Planet of the Apes begins at the Hyperion Water Treatment Plant on the outskirts of LA.

• January 5: The script is revised, reflecting the character of MacDonald from the previous film being replaced by his brother.

• January 26: Actor Edward G. Robinson passes away. Robinson played the role of Dr. Zaius in a March 1966 Planet of the Apes screen-test.

• February 14: Filming of Battle for the Planet of the Apes is completed.

• February: Spanish horror movie La Noche del Terror Ciego (Tombs of the Blind Dead) receives a US release, sometimes re-named Revenge From Planet Ape to exploit the success of the Planet of the Apes films.

• 1973?: An undated concept outline for a TV series is prepared, outlining two human astronaut characters - Alan Virdon and Stan Kovak - who crash-land on the Planet of Apes. Their adversaries are Ursus and Zaius, and Galen the chimpanzee is their only ape friend.

• 1973?: Rod Serling writes an undated script for a two-part pilot episode for an Apes TV series, based on the series concept outline.

• March 2: Cover date of the Apes TV series script "A Fallen God" by Anthony Lawrence. The production codes on the scripts seem to suggest this was written after Serling's treatment. There are no further TV series scripts written until April 1974.

• Casting agent Marvin Paige is involved in a presentation for a Planet of the Apes TV series to CBS. The network opts to make 'The New Adventures of Perry Mason' for the Fall season instead.

• June 15th: Battle for the Planet of the Apes is released in the United States.

• June 19: Actress Chelah Horsdal is born. Horsdal played the role of Irena in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• June 27th: Producer Arthur P. Jacobs suffers a heart attack and passes away in Los Angeles, California. Jacobs produced the five original Planet of the Apes movies between 1968 and 1973. He is survived by his wife, actress Natalie Trundy.

• A novelization of Escape from the Planet of the Apes written by Jerry Pournelle is published by Award Books.

• A novelization of Battle for the Planet of the Apes written by David Gerrold is published by Award Books.

• From September: The first three Planet of the Apes movies are aired in a row on CBS prime time to kickoff the 1973-4 season 'Friday Night Movie'. It registers a 33.6 Nielsen rating and a 57 per cent share of the audience to capture the number one spot in the ratings race for that week and the highest ratings in history for a sci-fi series up to that time. This starts the "Apemania" hype which ultimately spawns a magazine, TV series and a vast merchandising spree. The first toy company to exploit this new-found market is Addar, who produce model kits based on the central characters.

1974Edit

See also: 1974

• Literally hundreds of Planet of the Apes-related items are licensed and flood the market in anticipation of the debut of the TV series in September.

• A novelization of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes written by John Jakes is published by Award Books.

• Power Records adapts four of the five original Planet of the Apes films as 'Book & Record' sets comprising a full color comic with a record providing narration and sound effects. The four adaptations are later collected for a compilation LP.

• March 13: A plane carrying a TV production crew crashes near Bishop, California, killing Planet of the Apes actors/costume designers Janos Prohaska and Robert Prohaska.

• April 5: TV series script "Hostage" is completed by Stephen Kandel. Further scripts are written leading up to the start of production in June, most of which will be filmed for the series.

• May: Auditions are held for the role of Ursus. The next day auditions are held for Zaius, and the following day three couples are tested together: one Ursus and one Zaius. Mark Lenard and Booth Colman are selected.

• May 31: Ron Harper tests for the role of Alan Virdon in Los Angeles.

JuneEdit

• June 1: Ron Harper marries Sally Stark in New York. In the second week of their honeymoon, Harper is asked to return from Killarney, Ireland, to test with Roddy McDowall and candidates for the role of Stan Kovak, including James Naughton.

• June 20: A script for episode "The Gladiators" changes the name of Ursus to 'Urkus'.

• June 25th: The first draft of "Escape from Tomorrow" is written. It changes the names of Urkus to 'Urko', and Stan Kovak to 'Ed Rowak'.

JulyEdit

• July 1: Production begins on the Planet of the Apes TV series.

• July 3rd: The final shooting script for "Escape from Tomorrow" is completed. It notes that on all future scripts Urso/Ursus should be called Urko, and Rowak/Kovak called Pete Burke.

• July 7: Cinematographer Leon Shamroy passes away. Shamroy was widely acclaimed for his filming of Planet of the Apes (1968).

AugustEdit

• Marvel Comics start publishing a bi-monthly Planet of the Apes Magazine (August cover date).

• August 9th-10th: Mego International stages a special promotion at the Hempstead Times Square Store in Long Island, New York to promote their new line of eight-inch Planet of the Apes action figures.

SeptemberEdit

• September 13th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-503, "Escape from Tomorrow" airs on CBS.

• September 20th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-502, "The Gladiators" airs on CBS.

• September 27th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-505, "The Trap" airs on CBS.

OctoberEdit

• October 1: Composer Lalo Schifrin records the single Ape Shuffle (Theme From "Planet Of The Apes") / Escape From Tomorrow at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California to publicize the new Planet of the Apes TV series.

• October 4th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-501, "The Good Seeds" airs on CBS.

• October 6: Japanese TV series Saru no Gundan (Army of the Apes), borrowing heavily from the Planet of the Apes concept, begins its 26-episode run on TBS TV.

• October 11th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-504, "The Legacy" airs on CBS.

• October 13: Planet of the Apes episode "Escape from Tomorrow" first airs in the UK.

• October 18th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-508, "Tomorrow's Tide" airs on CBS.

• October 20: Planet of the Apes episode "The Gladiators" first airs in the UK.

• October 25th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-509, "The Surgeon" airs on CBS.

• October 26th: Marvel Comics' weekly Planet Of The Apes comic debuts in the UK.

• October 27: Planet of the Apes episode "The Trap" first airs in the UK.

NovemberEdit

• November 1st: Planet of the Apes television episode B-510, "The Deception" airs on CBS.

• November 3: Planet of the Apes television episode "The Good Seeds" first airs in the UK.

• November 8th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-511, "The Horse Race" airs on CBS.

• November 10: Planet of the Apes television episode "The Legacy" first airs in the UK.

• November 15th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-512, "The Interrogation" airs on CBS.

• November 17: Planet of the Apes television episode "Tomorrow's Tide" first airs in the UK.

• November 22nd: Planet of the Apes television episode B-513, "The Tyrant" airs on CBS.

• November 24: Planet of the Apes television episode "The Surgeon" first airs in the UK.

• November 28th: The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade includes a Mego Corporation Planet of the Apes display, which features, in costume, Mego staff and the members of the band 'Electric Cowboy', who had just recorded the Planet of the Apes - A Musical Trip LP (on TPI Records).

• November 29th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-506, "The Cure" airs on CBS.

DecemberEdit

• December 1: Planet of the Apes TV episode "The Deception" first airs in the UK.

• December 6th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-507, "The Liberator" is scheduled to air on CBS, but does not.

• December 8: Planet of the Apes episode "The Horse Race" first airs in the UK.

• December 10th: Actor Paul Richards passes away. Richards played the role of Mendez XXVI in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• December 13th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-507, "The Liberator" airs on CBS in some areas.

• December 15: Planet of the Apes TV episode "The Interrogation" first airs in the UK.

• December 20th: Planet of the Apes television episode B-514, "Up Above the World So High" airs on CBS - the last episode, as the show has been cancelled.

• December 22: Planet of the Apes TV episode "The Tyrant" first airs in the UK.

• Award Books publishes novelizations of the TV series written by George Alec Effinger under the titles Man The Fugitive, Escape To Tomorrow, Journey Into Terror and Lord Of The Apes.

• Power Records releases a series of three 'Little LP' records featuring completely new audio adventures for the Planet of the Apes TV series characters. These are collected into a compiliation LP, along with a fourth original story.

1975Edit

See also: 1975

• A Planet of the Apes 1975 Annual appears in the UK, published by Brown Watson.

• January 5: Planet of the Apes television episode "The Cure" first airs in the UK.

• January 12: Planet of the Apes television episode "The Liberator" first airs in the UK.

• January 19: The final Planet of the Apes television episode, "Up Above the World So High", first airs in the UK.

• March 30: Japanese TV series Saru no Gundan (Army of the Apes), borrowing heavily from the Planet of the Apes concept, completes its 26-episode run on TBS TV.

• June 28th: Screenwriter and television producer Rod Serling passes away in Rochester, New York. Serling wrote the original screenplay for the 1968 Planet of the Apes movie, as well as a script for episodes one and two of a Planet of the Apes TV series.

• August: Marvel Comics' Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #1 (October cover date) is published, reprinting comics from the Marvel Magazines in colour.

• September 6th: Return to the Planet of the Apes cartoon TV series debut episode "Flames of Doom" first airs on NBC TV.

• September 13: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Escape from Ape City" first airs on NBC.

• September 20: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "The Unearthly Prophecy" first airs on NBC.

• September 27: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Tunnel of Fear" first airs on NBC.

• September: Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #2 (November cover date) is published.

• October 4: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Lagoon of Peril" first airs on NBC

• October 11: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Terror on Ice Mountain" first airs on NBC.

• October 18: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "River of Flames" first airs on NBC.

• October 25: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Screaming Wings" first airs on NBC.

• November: Due to low sales Marvel Comics drops the price and size of it's Planet of the Apes Magazine to 75 cents as a monthly publication.

• November 1: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Trail to the Unknown" first airs on NBC.

• November 8: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Attack from the Clouds" first airs on NBC.

• November 15: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Mission of Mercy" first airs on NBC.

• November 22: Return to the Planet of the Apes episode "Invasion of the Underdwellers" first airs on NBC.

• November 29: Return to the Planet of the Apes last episode "Battle of the Titans" first airs on NBC as the cartoon series is cancelled.

1976Edit

See also: 1976

• A Planet of the Apes 1976 Annual appears in the UK, published by Brown Watson.

• Ballantine Books publishes novelizations of the Return to the Planet of the Apes TV series written by 'William Arrow' under the titles Visions From Nowhere, Escape From Terror Lagoon and Man, The Hunted Animal.

• February 12: Actor Sal Mineo is murdered. Mineo appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of Doctor Milo.

• March 15: Comedy sketch show Planeta dos Homens, loosely based on the Planet of the Apes concept, begins its six-year run on Brazil's TV Globo.

• April 1: Actor David Oyelowo is born. Oyelowo played the role of Steve Jacobs in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• June: Marvel UK merge their weekly Planet Of The Apes comic series into Planet of the Apes and Dracula Lives, beginning with issue #88.

• July 19: Actor Eugene O. Roth passes away. Roth was filmed for the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure" as an 'elderly man', but the scene was cut from the broadcast episode.

• September 30th: Screenwriter Paul Dehn passes away. Dehn wrote the scripts for the films Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• November 20th: Marvel UK releases Planet of the Apes and Dracula Lives issue #109. The first story reprints Planet of the Apes Magazine #23.

• December: Adventures on the Planet of the Apes #11 is published by Marvel Comics with this cover date, following which the line is cancelled.

1977Edit

See also: 1977

• A Planet of the Apes 1977 Annual appears in the UK, published by Brown Watson.

• February: Marvel Comics publishes Planet of the Apes Magazine #29 with this cover date, after which it cancels the title.

• February: Marvel UK publishes Planet of the Apes and Dracula Lives issue #123, after which this title is cancelled.

• March: Marvel UK includes its Planet of the Apes stories in The Mighty World Of Marvel (featuring Planet of the Apes) weekly comic, beginning with issue #231.

• June: The Mighty World Of Marvel comic features the last appearance of Planet of the Apes content in the UK with issue #246.

• Argentinian publishing company Editorial Mo.Pa.Sa releases a series of seven Planet of the Apes comics in Spanish and under the title El Planeta De Los Simios, with all-new comic strips featuring characters from the Planet of the Apes TV series.

1978Edit

See also: 1978

• April 9th: Screenwriter Michael Wilson passes away in Los Angeles, California. Wilson wrote the final script of the 1968 movie, Planet of the Apes.

• April 19: Actor James Franco is born. Franco played the role of Will Rodman in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• April 29: Actor Tyler Labine is born. Labine played the role of Robert Franklin in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• July 3rd: Actor James Daly passes away in Nyack, New York. Daly played the role of Doctor Honorius in Planet of the Apes.

• November 9: Actor (and Lawgiver) Joe Wong passes away.

• December 23: Actress Estella Warren is born. Warren played the role of Daena in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

1979Edit

See also: 1979

• January 18: Actor Christopher Gordon is born. Gordon played the role of Koba in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• March 11: Actor Victor Kilian is murdered by burglars at his Hollywood apartment. Kilian featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy" as an elderly human inhabitant of the ruined city of Oakland.

• September 13: Actress Elizabeth Weinstein is born. Weinstein played the role of 'Mother' in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

1980Edit

See also: 1980

• August 24: Actor Sonja Bennett is born. Bennett played the role of 'Woman on Street' in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

1981Edit

• May 13: Actor Ben Andrews passes away. Andrews featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Liberator", as Miro.

• May 23: Actor Edwin Mills passes away. Mills featured in the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated television series, voicing the character of Cornelius.

• Ten episodes of the TV series are combined into five Planet of the Apes TV movies, with new introductions filmed by Roddy McDowall.

1982Edit

• January 1st: Actor Victor Buono passes away. Buono featured in the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes, playing the leading mutant, Adiposo.

• January 3: Comedy sketch show Planeta dos Homens, loosely based on the Planet of the Apes concept, ends its six-year run on Brazil's TV Globo.

• July 21: Actor Baynes Barron passes away. Barron featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Deception", as Perdix.

• September 1: Actor Robert Gunner passes away. Gunner played the role of Landon in the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes.

• November 16: Escape from the Planet of the Apes actor Peter Forster passes away.

1983Edit

• November 22: Actor Michael Conrad passes away. Conrad featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant", as Janor.

• December: '20th Century Fox Videogames' closes down, canceling the release of its advertised Planet Of The Apes Atari VCS Game.

1984Edit

• July 29th: Actor Woodrow Parfrey passes away in Los Angeles, California. Woodrow played the characters of Doctor Maximus and Veska.

• October 18: Actress Freida Pinto is born. Pinto played the role of Caroline Aranha in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• December 7: Actress Gail Bonney dies. Bonney appeared in the TV episode "The Trap" as an 'old woman'.

1985Edit

• May 14: Makeup artist Frank Westmore passes away. Westmore worked as a makeup artist on the Planet of the Apes TV series.

• September 28: Special Effects cinematographer L.B. Abbott passes away. Abbott was responsible for the Special Photographic Effects on Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

1986Edit

• February 9: Makeup artist Ben Nye passes away. Nye created the first Planet of the Apes makeup, for a ten-minute screen-test in March 1966.

• March 19: Actor Jon Lormer passes away. Lormer featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy" as the holographic image of a human scientist from the past.

• March 29: Actor Luke Eberl is born. Eberl played the role of Birn in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• June 4: Actor Paul Stevens passes away. Stevens played the role of Mendez in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• November 2: Beneath the Planet of the Apes actor Paul Frees passes away.

1987Edit

• January 12: Actor John Alderman passes away. Alderman is credited in some sources as having appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing a Marine Corporal named Bill.

• March 22: Costume designer Morton Haack passes away. Haack created the iconic Ape costumes in Planet of the Apes (1968), and also the costumes of their enemies the mutants in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970).

• August 28: Actor and director John Huston passes away. Huston played the role of The Lawgiver in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• September 22: Actor Tom Felton is born. Felton played the role of Dodge Landon in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• Japanese TV series Saru no Gundan (Army of the Apes), borrowing heavily from the Planet of the Apes concept, receives a US release as an edited movie re-named Time of the Apes.

1988Edit

• January 18th: Actor Jeff Burton passes away. Burton played the role of Dodge in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.

• April 5: Actor and director Alf Kjellin passes away in Los Angeles. Kjellin directed the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Interrogation".

• Twentieth Century Fox commissions Adam Rifkin to write an "alternate sequel to the first film." Rick Baker is hired to design prosthetic makeup and Danny Elfman to compose a film score. Tom Cruise and Charlie Sheen are considered for the lead role.

• November 24: Battle for the Planet of the Apes co-writer John William Corrington passes away.

• December 8: Actress Anne Seymour passes away. Seymour appeared in the TV episode "The Interrogation" as Ann, mother of Galen.

• December 21: The first revision of Rifkin's Return to the Planet of the Apes screenplay is submitted. Creative differences between Rifkin and Fox lead to the project being abandoned.

1989Edit

• March 12th: Actor Maurice Evans passes away in England. Evans played the iconic role of Dr. Zaius in both Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• March 27: Actor and director Jack Starrett passes away. Starrett directed the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Horse Race".

• July 2nd: Director Franklin J. Schaffner passes away in Santa Monica, California. Schaffner directed the original 1968 Planet of the Apes movie.

1990Edit

See also: 1990

• February 23: Producer Stan Hough passes away. Hough is credited with inspiring Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and produced the Planet of the Apes TV series in 1974.

• April 22: Actor Albert Salmi dies in mysterious circumstances. Salmi appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of E-1.

• April: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #1 by Malibu Graphics' 'Adventure Comics' imprint is released - starting a long line of 'Planet Of The Apes'-related comic books and graphic novels.

• June: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #2 by Malibu Graphics is released.

• July: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #3 is released.

• August: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #4 is released.

• August: Ape City #1 by Malibu Graphics debuts their first Apes spin-off comic.

• September: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #5 is released.

• September: Ape City #2 is released.

• October: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #6 is released.

• October: Ape City #3 is released.

• October 30: Actor Harry Lauter passes away. Lauter appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of General Winthrop.

• November: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #7 is released.

• November: Ape City #4 is released.

• December: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #8 is released.

• Malibu Graphics release a Planet of the Apes graphic novel collecting Marvel Comics' film adaptation.

1991Edit

See also: 1991

• January: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #9 is released.

• January: Planet of the Apes: Urchak's Folly by Malibu Graphics debuts.

• February: Planet of the Apes: Urchak's Folly #2 by Malibu Graphics is released.

• February: Ape Nation by Malibu Graphics debuts, combining the concepts of 'Planet of the Apes' and 'Alien Nation'.

• February 14: Actor Jesse Reid is born. Reid played the role of Donnie in the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• March: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #10 is released.

• March: Planet of the Apes: Urchak's Folly #3 by Malibu Graphics is released.

• April: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #11 is released.

• April: Planet of the Apes: Urchak's Folly #4 by Malibu Graphics is released.

• April: Ape Nation #2 by Malibu Graphics is released.

• April 6: Actor Dennis Cross passes away. Cross featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Good Seeds" as a 'gorilla officer'.

• April 10: Stuntman and actor Paul Stader passes away. Stader was stunt coordinator on Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Battle for the Planet of the Apes and the Planet of the Apes TV series.

• May: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #12 is released.

• May: Ape Nation #3 by Malibu Graphics is released.

• June: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #13 is released.

• June: Ape Nation #4 by Malibu Graphics is released.

• June: Terror on the Planet of the Apes by Malibu Graphics debuts, reprinting the stories from Marvel Comics' Planet of the Apes Magazine.

• July: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #14 is released.

• July 8th: Actor James Franciscus passes away in North Hollywood, California. Franciscus played the role of John Brent in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• August: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #15 is released.

• August: Terror on the Planet of the Apes #3 is released.

• August 19: Xan Fielding passes away. The British writer made the first English translation of French author Pierre Boulle's La Planète des singes - as 'Planet of the Apes' in the US and 'Monkey Planet' in the UK.

• August 27: Screenwriter Howard Dimsdale passes away in Los Angeles. Dimsdale was Executive Story Consultant for the Planet of the Apes television series, and wrote the episode "The Liberator".

• September: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #16 is released.

• September: Planet of the Apes Annual #1 is published by Malibu Graphics.

• September 15: Actor John Hoyt passes away. Hoyt played the role of Barlow in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "The Gladiators" and "The Horse Race".

• October: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #17 is released.

• November: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #18 is released.

• November: Planet of the Apes: Blood of the Apes by Malibu Graphics debuts.

• December: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #19 is released.

• December: Terror on the Planet of the Apes #4 is released.

• December: Planet of the Apes: Blood of the Apes #2 is released.

• Malibu Graphics release a Beneath the Planet of the Apes graphic novel collecting Marvel Comics' film adaptation.

• Malibu Graphics release a Escape from the Planet of the Apes graphic novel collecting Marvel Comics' film adaptation.

• Malibu Graphics release a Planet of the Apes: The Monkey Planet graphic novel collecting Adventure's Comics' Planet Of The Apes comics issues #1-4.

1992Edit

See also: 1992

• January: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #20 is released.

• January: Planet of the Apes: Blood of the Apes #3 is released.

• January 15: Actor Hari Rhodes passes away. Rhodes appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of MacDonald.

• February: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #21 is released.

• February: Planet of the Apes: Blood of the Apes #4 is released.

• March: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #22 is released.

• March: Planet of the Apes: Sins of the Father is published by Malibu Graphics.

• March 21: Actor John Ireland passes away. Ireland featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Liberator", as Brun.

• April 13: Actor Eddie Fontaine passes away. Fontaine played a gorilla sergeant in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Gladiators".

• May: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #23 is released.

• July: Planet of the Apes (Volume 1) #24 is released.

• Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh pitch a three or four-page treatment which “continued the ape’s saga from where it left off in the fifth movie.” Roddy McDowall agrees to play a role they have written for him. Executive changes at 20th Century Fox lead to the withdrawal of support for the project.

• October 25: Screenwriter David P. Lewis passes away. Lewis co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Horse Race".

• December: Planet of the Apes: Forbidden Zone by Malibu Graphics debuts.

1993Edit

See also: 1993

• January: Planet of the Apes: Forbidden Zone #2 is released.

• February: Planet of the Apes: Forbidden Zone #3 is released.

• March: Planet of the Apes: Forbidden Zone #4 is released, ending the Malibu Graphics series of Planet of the Apes comics.

• April 15: Comic book artist Alberto Giolitti passes away in Rome. In December 1970 Gold Key Comics published the first Planet of the Apes comic: Giolitti's adaptation of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• July 29: Actress Joyce Haber passes away. Haber appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of Zelda.

• August 12th: Actor Jerome Thor passes away in Westwood, California.

• October 31st: Actor Alvin Hammer passes away in Hollywood, California.

• Producers Don Murphy and Jane Hamsher successfully pitch the idea of a Planet of the Apes revival to 20th Century Fox. Director Oliver Stone (Platoon, The Doors) signs on as executive producer/co-writer.

• December: Oliver Stone announces his plans to create a new Planet of the Apes movie about apes from an ancient civilization with connections to mystical numeric codes and the Bible.

1994Edit

See also: 1994

• January 27: Actor Claude Akins passes away. Akins played General Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• January 30th: Novelist Pierre Boulle, author of La Planète des singes, passes away.

• Terry Hayes is recruited to write the screenplay for the new Planet of the Apes movie.

• March: Arnold Schwarzenegger agrees to star in the movie.

• Rick Baker's Cinovation Studios design an orangutan prosthetic test makeup for the movie project. The producers opt instead for Stan Winston's animatronic approach.

• Filming is scheduled for Fall, with a release in Summer 1995.

• 20th Century Fox announces plans for an animated Apes series to be based on Oliver Stone's new film.

• April 16: Actor John McLiam passes away. McLiam featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide", as Gahto.

• May 15: Actor Royal Dano passes away. Dano featured in the Planet of the Apes television series, playing the role of Farrow in the pilot episode "Escape from Tomorrow".

• June 7: Stuntman Orwin Harvey passes away. Harvey appeared in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes - in which he doubled for Claude Akins as Aldo.

• October 5: Comic book artist and cartoonist Doug Wildey passes away. Wildey was the director and associate producer of the 1975 cartoon series Return to the Planet of the Apes.

• December 27: Actor Andy Albin passes away. Albin played the role of an un-named man on the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Gladiators".

1995Edit

See also: 1995

• January: Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger) is selected to direct the new Apes picture, and pre-production is planned with a $100 million budget.

• Terry Hayes submits his screenplay, titled Return of the Apes. Dissatisfied with the script, 20th Century Fox fire him from the project.

• February: Phillip Noyce abandons the movie because of Fox's dismissal of Hayes. Producers Don Murphy and Jane Hamsher are bought off the project by Fox, while Oliver Stone switches his attention to other film projects.

• May 27th: Actor Severn Darden passes away in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Darden played the role of Governor Kolp in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• Director Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Mrs Doubtfire) takes over the movie project, hiring scriptwriter Sam Hamm. Arnold Schwarzenegger remains attached to star.

• Stan Winston Studios make a demo reel of their Apes makeup, possibly including tests of apes skiing.

• Sam Hamm completes his Planet of the Apes screenplay, but it fails to meet 20th Century Fox's approval and director Chris Columbus drops out in late 1995.

1996Edit

See also: 1996

• April 25: Screenwriter Robert Hamner passes away. Hamner wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Legacy".

• Wesleyan University Press publishes Planet of the Apes As American Myth: Race, Politics, and Popular Culture by Eric Greene.

• Director James Cameron agrees to executive produce and write the new Planet of the Apes movie. Peter Jackson re-pitches his idea to 20th Century Fox, but turns down making his film with Arnold Schwarzenegger as star and Cameron as producer.

• November 22nd: Actor Mark Lenard passes away in New York City. Lenard played the role of Chief of Security Urko on the 1974 Planet of the Apes TV series.

• December 30: Actor Lew Ayres passes away. Ayres played the role of pacifist orangutan Mandemus in the 1973 movie Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

1997Edit

See also: 1997

• April 18: Actress Georgia Schmidt passes away. Schmidt was filmed for the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure" as an 'elderly woman', but the scene was cut from the broadcast episode.

• April 27: Actor Paul Lambert passes away. Lambert played the role of the Minister in the 1968 Planet of the Apes film.

• December: It's reported that James Cameron's development company, Lightstorm Entertainment and 20th Century Fox wish to get the movie on fastrack in the new year.

1998Edit

See also: 1998

• January 5: Actor Hal Baylor passes away. Baylor featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Deception", as Jasko.

• April: Michael Bay (The Rock, Armaggedon) is named as the director attached to the prospective 'Planet of the Apes' remake.

• James Cameron's film treatment plans are reported to fit in with the continuity of the original Apes movie arc.

• August 8: Screenwriter Arthur Rowe passes away. Rowe wrote an unfilmed story for the Planet of the Apes TV series, titled "Freedom Road".

• September 6th: The documentary Behind the Planet of the Apes, hosted by Roddy McDowall, is released in the United States.

• October 3rd: Actor Roddy McDowall passes away at the age of seventy. McDowall played several pivotal roles in the Planet of the Apes mythos, including those of Cornelius, Caesar and Galen.

• October 8: A&E airs the documentary special, Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend.

• October: Lightstorm Entertainment says there is still no script, but that James Cameron still intends to produce and write the project. Peter Hyams (Capricorn One, 2010) is named as the director.

• November 20: Behind the Planet of the Apes documentary released to DVD.

• December: Fox rejects Hyams as director, and James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger end their association with the movie.

• December 29: Director Don Taylor passes away. Taylor directed the 1971 movie Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

1999Edit

See also: 1999

• March: William Broyles Jr. (China Beach, Apollo 13) agrees to write a Planet of the Apes script.

• 20th Century Fox project a release date of July 2001 and Stan Winston Studios continue to develop animatronic makeup masks.

• June 18: Actor Paul Bradley passes away. Bradley is credited with appearing in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• October 26: Actor Steve Roberts passes away. Roberts is credited with playing the role of General Brody in the 1971 film Escape from the Planet of the Apes, though the character does not appear in the movie.

2000Edit

See also: 2000

• January: William Broyles Jr. submits a story outline set on the fictional planet "Aschlar", entitled 'The Visitor' and billed as "episode one in the Chronicles of Aschlar".

• February: Tim Burton is chosen as director.

• March: 20th Century Fox invite Richard D. Zanuck to join as producer.

• May: Stan Winston is replaced by makeup wizard Rick Baker.

• June: Mark Wahlberg is signed as the lead for a two-movie deal.

• July 26: Director Don Weis passes away in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Weis directed two episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series - "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Good Seeds".

• July: Tim Roth agrees to play the part of Thade. Also joining the cast are Estella Warren, Nils Allen Stewart, Paul Giamatti and Michael Clarke Duncan.

• August: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Charlton Heston and Helena Bonham Carter join the cast.

• August 14: Actor John Milford passes away. Milford featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "The Trap", as Miller, and "The Deception", as Sestus.

• August: William Broyles Jr. quits the project over budget-related script changes.

• October: Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal begin rewriting William Broyles' script. The title of the production changes from The Visitor back to Planet of the Apes. Camera tests get under way in Sun Valley, California. Scenery painter Paul Trachtenberg falls to his death working on the production.

• November: Linda Harrison announces she will have a small cameo role. Glenn Shadix, Lisa Marie, Helena Bonham Carter and David Warner attend 'Ape School' movement training classes organized by Charlie Croughwell, Terry Notary and John Alexander.

• November 6: Filming for Planet of the Apes begins at Independence Bay, Lake Powell, near the small desert town of Page, Arizona, where parts of the original film were shot.

• November 11: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes actor Rayford Barnes passes away.

2001Edit

See also: 2001

• February: 20th Century Fox's merchandising campaign for the forthcoming movie begins.

• March 19: Artist Mentor Huebner passes away. Huebner created the production sketches for the original Planet of the Apes movie.

• March: The soundtracks to Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes are released jointly on CD by Film Score Monthly.

• April: Filming of Planet of the Apes is completed at the black lava plains below Mount Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii.

• May 23: Actor Harry Townes passes away. Townes featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Interrogation" as Dr. Malthus.

• June: Issue #1 of Dark Horse Comics' original comic series The Human War is published, set some years after the new movie.

• June 26: Actor William Bryant passes away. Bryant appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Man at Auction.

• July 27th: Tim Burton's 're-imagined' Planet of the Apes (The Chronicles of Ashlar) is released in American movie theaters.

• July/August: The soundtrack to Planet of the Apes (The Chronicles of Ashlar) is released on CD by Sony Classical.

• HarperCollins publishes a Planet of the Apes novelization written by William T. Quick.

• HarperEntertainment publishes a Planet of the Apes 'Young Adult' novelization written by John Whitman.

• July: Dark Horse Comics presents a comic adaptation of the movie as a graphic novel and in two-part comic format for the UK market in July and August.

• July: Issue #2 of Dark Horse Comics' original comic series The Human War is published.

• July: Dark Horse Comics presents The Human War in graphic novel format collecting issues #1-3.

• August: Issue #3 of Dark Horse Comics' original comic series The Human War is published.

• August 21st: 20th Century Fox releases Planet of the Apes: The Evolution (collecting all five original movies, plus the "Behind the Planet of the Apes" documentary) to DVD in the United States and Canada.

• August 25: Makeup artist and designer John Chambers passes away. Chambers created the revolutionary makeup appliances used in Planet of the Apes and its sequels, for which he won an honorary Academy Award.

• Plexus Publishing issues The Planet of the Apes Chronicles by Paul A. Woods.

• September: Issue #1 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series is published.

• September 19: Planet Of The Apes Game for Microsoft Windows is launched.

• October: Issue #2 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series is published.

• November: Issue #3 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series is published.

• November 20th: The Making of the Planet of the Apes documentary premieres on DVD.

• November 21: Planet of the Apes GameBoy Color is launched.

• December: Issue #4 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series is published.

• December 6: Planet Of The Apes GameBoy Advance is launched.

2002Edit

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• January: Issue #5 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series is published.

• February: Issue #6 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series is published.

• February: Issues #1-3 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series are collected in graphic novel format as Planet of the Apes: Old Gods.

• May: Issues #4-6 of Dark Horse Comics' original Planet of the Apes comic series are collected in graphic novel format as Planet of the Apes: Blood Lines.

• HarperCollins publishes novels Planet of the Apes: The Fall and Planet of the Apes: Colony by William T. Quick, tying-in with the previous year's Planet of the Apes (The Chronicles of Ashlar) movie.

• HarperEntertainment publishes novels Planet of the Apes: Force and Planet of the Apes: Resistance by John Whitman, tying-in with the previous year's Planet of the Apes (The Chronicles of Ashlar) movie.

• May 2: Actor Ron Soble passes away. Soble featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure", as Kava.

• June 19: Screenwriter Robert W. Lenski passes away in Los Angeles. Lenski wrote two episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series - "The Good Seeds" and "Tomorrow's Tide".

• June 28: Planet Of The Apes for PlayStation 1 is launched.

• August: Actor Charlton Heston publicly announces that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

• August 16: Actor Jeff Corey passes away. Corey played the role of Caspay in the 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• August 30: Director J. Lee Thompson passes away. Thompson was at one point scheduled to direct the original Planet of the Apes, but dropped out. He went on to direct sequels Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• September 11th: Actress Kim Hunter passes away in New York City. Hunter played the role of Zira in the original Arthur P. Jacobs films.

• September 16: Actor James Gregory passes away. Gregory played the role of General Ursus in the 1970 film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• October 19: Director and screenwriter John Meredyth Lucas passes away in Orange County. Lucas directed the Planet of the Apes television episode "Up Above the World So High".

2003Edit

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• April 1: Actor and screenwriter Booker Bradshaw passes away in Los Angeles, California. Bradshaw co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "The Horse Race".

• September 22: Actor Gordon Jump passes away. Jump appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes playing the role of the Auctioneer.

• November 29th: Actor Norman Burton passes away in California. Burton had roles in Planet of the Apes (the first ape seen on-screen), Escape from the Planet of the Apes and the Planet of the Apes TV series.

2004Edit

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• February 2: Director Bernard McEveety passes away in Encino, California. McEveety directed the Planet of the Apes TV series episodes "The Legacy" and "The Cure".

• February 3rd: The Planet of the Apes: 35th Anniversary Edition (full-screen and wide-screen) DVD is released in the United States and Canada.

• February 24: Actor John Randolph passes away. Randolph appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, playing the role of the Chairman of the President's Committee of Inquiry.

• March 19: Actor John Dennis passes away. Dennis appeared in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, playing the role of a Policeman.

• March: The soundtrack to the Planet of the Apes TV series is released on CD by Film Score Monthly.

• July 21: Composer Jerry Goldsmith passes away. Goldsmith wrote the music score for both Planet of the Apes and Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• September 29: Screenwriter Shimon Bar-David Wincelberg passes away in Los Angeles. Wincelberg co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Up Above the World So High".

• December 23: Actor Frank Orsatti passes away. Orsatti featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide" as a fisherman.

2005Edit

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• March 6: Actor Russ Marin passes away. Marin played the role of Damon in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Horse Race".

• March 13: Actor Jason Evers passes away. Evers appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, playing the role of E-1.

• May 19: Actor Henry Corden passes away. Corden featured in the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated television series, voicing the character of General Urko.

• July 10: Actor Richard Eastham passes away. Eastham played the role of the Mutant Captain in Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• July 22: Actor George D. Wallace passes away. Wallace featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Cure", as Talbert.

• August 13: Pilot James W. Gavin passes away. Gavin appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes playing the role of a Helicopter Pilot.

• December: MR Comics publishes comic Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #1.

2006Edit

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• January 3: Screenwriter Arthur Browne Jr. passes away. Browne co-wrote the Planet of the Apes television episode "Up Above the World So High".

• January: MR Comics publishes comic Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #2.

• March: MR Comics publishes comic Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #3.

• March 28th: The Planet of the Apes: Legacy box-set is released on DVD.

• May: MR Comics publishes comic Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #4.

• July: MR Comics publishes comic Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #5.

• August: MR Comics publishes comic Revolution on the Planet of the Apes #6.

• October 26th: The Sacred Scrolls - the Planet of the Apes Wiki site - goes online. Millions around the world are grateful.

2007Edit

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• February 15: Actor Walker Edmiston passes away. Edmiston voiced Baby Milo in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• October 12th: Actor Lonny Chapman passes away in Sherman Oak, California from a heart attack. Chapman played the role of Polar in the Planet of the Apes television series.

• December 19: Frank Capra Jr. passes away. Capra associate produced Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

2008Edit

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• March 4: Soundtrack composer Leonard Rosenman passes away. Rosenman scored Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes.

• March 7th-9th: Actor Marc Singer appears at MegaCon in Orlando, Florida. Singer played the role of Dalton in the 1974 Planet of the Apes episode "The Gladiators".

• April 5th: Actor Charlton Heston passes away in Beverly Hills, California.

• May 26: Soundtrack composer Earle Hagen passes away in Rancho Mirage. Hagen composed the score for the Planet of the Apes television episodes "The Legacy" and "Tomorrow's Tide".

• June 15: Visual effects artist Stan Winston passes away. Between about 1995 and 2000, Winston developed animatronic Apes for a projected Planet of the Apes movie, which were ultimately unused.

• December 5: Actress Beverly Garland passes away. Garland featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Interrogation", as Wanda.

• December: Hasslein Books publishes Rich Handley's Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology.

2009Edit

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• January 14: Actor Ricardo Montalban passes away. Montalban played Armando the amiable circus owner from Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

• February 6: Actor James Whitmore passes away. Whitmore played the role of the President of the Assembly in the original Planet of the Apes film.

• May 13: Actor Frank Aletter passes away. Aletter featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Up Above the World So High", as Leuric.

• May 23: Screenwriter Edward J. Lakso passes away in Beverly Hills, California. Lakso wrote two episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series - "The Trap" and "The Cure".

• May 28: Producer Mort Abrahams passes away. As executive vice-president of APJAC Productions, Abrahams was instrumental in getting Planet of the Apes made, and co-wrote Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• July 3: Screenwriter Charles Eastman passes away. Eastman wrote an unused original screenplay for a Planet of the Apes movie in late 1966.

• September 8: Journalist Army Archerd passes away. Archerd made on-screen appearances in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes playing gorilla soldiers, and in Escape from the Planet of the Apes as the Boxing Referee.

• September 13: Director Arnold Laven passes away. Laven directed the Planet of the Apes TV series episodes "The Trap", "The Surgeon" and "The Liberator".

• October 16: Comic illustrator George Tuska passes away. Tuska illustrated an adaptation of Planet of the Apes published in Planet of the Apes Magazine.

• October: The complete soundtrack to Escape from the Planet of the Apes is released on CD by the Varese Sarabande label.

2010Edit

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• February 26: Actor Richard Devon passes away. Devon played the role of Zandar in the 1974 Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Horse Race".

• September 7: Actor Glenn Shadix passes away. Shadix played the role of Senator Nado in the 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• September 18: Journalist James Bacon passes away. Bacon is the only person who made an appearance in all five of the original Planet of the Apes films, including playing General Faulkner in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• December 15: Director/writer/producer Blake Edwards passes away. Blake was involved in very early efforts to create a movie based on the novel Planet of the Apes.

2011Edit

See also: 2011

• April 6: Cinematographer Gerald Perry Finnerman passes away. Finnerman was Director of Photography on all fourteen episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series in 1974.

• April: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #1 by Boom! Studios is released.

• May: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #2 by Boom! Studios is released.

• June: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #3 by Boom! Studios is released.

• July: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #4 by Boom! Studios is released.

• July: The soundtrack to Rise of the Planet of the Apes is released on CD by Varèse Sarabande.

• July/August: Rise of the Planet of the Apes online prequel webcomic by Boom! Studios is released in weekly installments.

• August 5: Release date for the 20th Century Fox movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• August: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #5 by Boom! Studios is released.

• September: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #6 by Boom! Studios is released.

• October: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #7 by Boom! Studios is released.

• November: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #8 by Boom! Studios is released.

• November: Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #1 by Boom! Studios is released.

• December: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #9 by Boom! Studios is released.

• December: Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #2 by Boom! Studios is released.

2012Edit

See also: 2012

• January: Planet of the Apes (BOOM! Studios) #10 by Boom! Studios is released.

• January: Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #3 by Boom! Studios is released.

• February: Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #4 by Boom! Studios is released.

• February: Terror on the Planet of the Apes (reprint) #1 by Boom! Studios is released.

• February 12: Actress Zina Bethune passes away following a car accident. Bethune featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Legacy", as Arn.

• February 23: Bruce Surtees passes away. Surtees was Director of Photography for the 1972 movie Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

• March: Exile on the Planet of the Apes #1 by Boom! Studios is released.

• July 13: Producer Richard D. Zanuck passes away. As Head-of-Production at Twentieth Century Fox, Zanuck agreed to make the original Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He later produced Tim Burton's 2001 Planet of the Apes movie.

• July 27: Actor Norm Alden passes away. Alden featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Trap", as Zako.

• August 15: Actor Biff Elliot passes away. Elliot featured in the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "Escape from Tomorrow", as Ullman, and "The Cure", as an orangutan.

• August 16: Actor William Windom passes away. Windom played the President of the United States in Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

• September 3: Actor Michael Clarke Duncan passes away at the age of 54 from an unrecovered heart attack. Duncan potrayed the gorilla warrior Attar in Tim Burton's 2001 remake Planet of the Apes.

• November 9: Actor Pat Renella passes away in Los Angeles after a lengthy illness. Renella played gorillas Jason and Zon in the 1974 Planet of the Apes television series.

2013Edit

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• February: Judy Greer is announced to be cast in the role of Caesar's wife, Cornelia in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
• March: Filming begins for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

• July 21: Matt Reeves, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell and Andy Serkis attend Comic Con San Diego 2013 and reveal the first still from Dawn of lead ape Caesar, a promo for the symptoms of the Simian Flu as well as an exclusive teaser trailer from the film revolving around the humans with a shot of Caesar leading his ape army into battle.

• August 9: IMDb reports that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has gone into post-production.

• August 20: Director Ted Post passes away. Post directed the 1970 movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

• September 27: Actor Jay Robinson passes away. Robinson played the role of Bandor in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "Tomorrow's Tide".

• November 13: Casting director Marvin Paige passes away. Paige was responsible for casting the Planet of the Apes television series.

• December 18: The trailer shown at Comic Con is released as the first official trailer.

• December 11: The first set of posters for Dawn are released giving fans a first look at aged Maurice, Rocket and Koba as well as a glimpse at Caesar all painted up in war paint.

• December 28: Actor Joseph Ruskin passes away. Ruskin played the role of Daku in the Planet of the Apes television series episode "The Tyrant".

2014Edit

See also: 2014

• May 27: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm, the official prequel novel to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, was published.

• June 17: The book Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: The Art of the Films was published.

• July 10: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is released in Australia and New Zealand.

• July 11: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is released in the United States.

• July 22: The official Novelization for the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is released

• October 5: Actor David Watson, who played Cornelius in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, passes away.

• December 15: Actor Booth Colman passes away. Booth played Zaius in the Planet of the Apes TV series.

2015Edit

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• April 5: Soundtrack composer Richard LaSalle passes away. LaSalle composed the score for the Planet of the Apes television series episodes "The Trap" and "The Deception".

• April 13: Comic book artist Herb Trimpe passes away. Trimpe was an artist for Marvel Comics' UK Planet of the Apes comic and Planet of the Apes Magazine.

• 27 April: Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie passes away. Lesnie filmed the 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

• 7 December: Actor Martin Brooks passes away. Brooks played the roles of Leander and Konag in the Planet of the Apes television series.

2016Edit

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• May 24: Actor Buck Kartalian passes away. Kartalian appeared in Planet of the Apes as Julius and in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes as Frank.

• November 5: Artist Arnold Mesches passes away. Mesches appeared as a courtroom artist in the 1971 movie Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

2017Edit

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• July 14: War for the Planet of the Apes is released in the United States.

2018Edit

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