maurice evans played dr. zaius in the 1968 film planet of the apes.
maurice evans played dr. zaius in the 1968 film planet of the apes.
who played dr. zaius in the 1968 film planet of the apes?
maurice evans
taylor and nova, at last free, follow the shoreline and discover the remains of the statue of liberty, revealing that this "alien" planet is actually earth long after a nuclear war. realizing what zaius meant earlier, taylor falls to his knees in despair and anger while condemning humanity for destroying the world.









































section::::cast.









































bullet::::- charlton heston as george taylor









































bullet::::- roddy mcdowall as cornelius









































bullet::::- kim hunter as zira









































bullet::::- maurice evans as dr. zaius









































bullet::::- james whitmore as president of the assembly









































bullet::::- james daly as honorious









































bullet::::- linda harrison as nova









































bullet::::- robert gunner as landon
planet of the apes (1968 film)
to convince the fox studio that a "planet of the apes" film could be made, the producers shot a brief test scene from a rod serling draft of the script, using early versions of the ape makeup, on march 8, 1966. charlton heston appeared as an early version of taylor (named thomas, as he was in the serling-penned drafts), edward g. robinson appeared as zaius, while two then-unknown fox contract actors, james brolin and linda harrison, played cornelius and zira. this test footage is included on several dvd releases of the film, as well as the documentary "behind the planet of the apes". linda harrison, at the time the girlfriend of studio chief richard d. zanuck, went on to play nova in the 1968 film and its first sequel, and had a cameo in tim burton's "planet of the apes" more than 30 years later, which was also produced by zanuck. although harrison often opined that the producers had always had her in mind for the role of nova, they had, in fact, considered first ursula andress, then raquel welch, and angelique pettyjohn. when these three women proved unavailable or uninterested, zanuck gave the part to harrison. dr. zaius was originally to have been played by robinson, but he backed out due to the heavy makeup and long sessions required to apply it. robinson later made his final film, "soylent green" (1973), opposite his one-time "ten commandments" (1956) co-star heston.
planet of the apes (1968 film)