"Planet of the Apes"
Television Series Episode Guide
Airdate: 13 Sep 1974
Hurled eons into the future by a time warp, two astronauts become fugitives from a race of intelligent apes that have come to control Earth.
Cast Galen: Roddy McDowall (continuing his movie role) Virdon: Ron Harper Burke: James Naughton Zaius: Booth Colman Urko: Mark Lenard Guest Cast Farrow.........................Royal Deno Aron.........................Bobby Porter Veska.....................Woodrow Parfrey Ullman........................Biff Elliot Proto.........................Jerome Thor Grundig...................William BeckleyEpisode #2: The Gladiators
Airdate: 20 Sept 1974
The astronauts are captured in a village of humans ruled by an ape. Believing that men are violent-natured, the simian encourages them to participate in grisly sports similar to those of Ancient Rome.
Guest Cast Barlow...........................John Hoyt Dalton.........................Marc Singer (later the star of "V") Tolar........................William Smith Jason..........................Pat Renella Urko...........................Mark Lenard Gorilla Sergeant............Eddie FontaineEpisode #3: The Trap
Airdate: 27 Sep 1974
Burke and his arch enemy, the gorilla soldier Urko, must work together to survive when an earthquake traps them in the ancient ruins of a subway station.
Guest Cast Zako..........................Norman Alden Miller........................John Milford Olam...........................Eldon Burke Mema.............................Ron Stein Lisa Miller................Cindy Eilbacher Mary Miller...................Wallace Earl Jick Miller.................Mickey LeclairEpisode #4: The Good Seeds
Airdate: Oct 1974
Galen and the astronauts seek shelter at the farm of a peasant ape whose son believes that the humans have put a curse on their one precious possession--a cow.
Guest Cast Anto........................Geoffry Deuel Polar.......................Lonny Chapman Remus........................Bobby Porter Zantes...................Jacqueline ScottEpisode #5: The Legacy
Airedate: 11 Oct 1974
In a ruined city, the astronauts find a filmed message from scientists of their own era. If they can elude gorilla pursuers long enough to repair the ancient projector, the film will tell them why their world was destroyed.
Guest Cast Arn.........................Zina Bethune Kraik.................Jackie Earle Haley Gorilla Captain..........Robert Phillips Gorilla Sergeant............Wayne FosterEpside #6: Tomorrow's Tide
Airdate: 18 Oct 1974
When the astronauts are captured in a fishing village employing human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the gods of the sea.
Guest Cast Hurton.................Roscoe Lee Browne Bandor......................Jay Robinson Soma....................Kathleen Bracken Romar..........................Jim Storm Gahto........................John McLaimEpisode #7: The Surgeon
Airdate: 25 Oct 1974
After Virdon is seriously injured in an escape from gorilla soldiers, Galen enlists the reluctant aid of a chimpanzee surgeon who was once his sweetheart.
Guest Cast Kira.....................Jacqueline Scott Leander.....................Martin Brooks Girl..................Jamie Smith Jackson Travin.....................Michael StrongEpisode #8: The Deception
Airdate: 01 Nov 1974
While hunting a band of murderous ape dragoons, Burke inadvertently wins the heart of a blind female chimpanzee, who is unaware that he is human. (Webmaster's Note: This is the best episode of the series).
Guest Cast Fauna........................Jane Actman Sestus......................John Milford Perdix.....................Baynes Barron Zon..........................Pat Renella Chilot.......................Eldon Burke Macor......................Tom McDonoughEpisode #9: The Horse Race
Airdate: 08 Oct 1974
In exchange for a condemned human's freedom, Virdon agrees to ride a chimpanzee prefect's horse in a match race, only to learn his opponent is Urko.
Guest Cast Barlow..........................John Hoyt Greger........................Meegan King Martin....................Morgan WoodwardEpisode #10: The Interrogation
Airdate: 15 Nov 1974
Captured by simian pursuers, Burke faces two equally menacing possibilities: The gorilla Urko wants to kill him, and the orangutan ruler Zaius wants to use him in a brain washing experiment.
Guest Cast Ann..........................Anne Seymour Wanda.....................Beverly Garland Yalu.......................Normann Burton Dr.Malthus...................Harry Townes Peasant.......................Eldon Burke Nora.........................Lynn DeneschEpisode #11: The Tyrant
Airdate: 22 Nov 1974
The fugitives are trying to foil the plans of a tyrannical ape, who is using bribery to gain total control over a district of human farmers.
Guest Cast Aboro....................Percy Rodrigues Daku.......................Joseph Ruskin Janor.....................Michael Conrad Augustus......................Tom Troupe Mikal.....................James Daughton Gorilla Driver................Gary Combs Gola.......................Arlen Stewart Gorilla Gaurd..................Ron SteinEpisode #12: The Cure
Airdate: 29 Nov 1974
When an outbreak of malaria sweeps through a village of humans, the astronauts must convince a suspicious chimpanzee doctor to accept their superior methods of fighting the disease.
Guest Cast Zoran.......................David Sheiner Amy..........................Sondra Locke Inta..........................Eldon Burke Kava............................Ron Soble Talbert....................George Wallace Mason.........................Albert Cole Nessa...........................Ron SteinEpisode #13: The Liberator
Airdate: U.S. Airdate Unknown, if any (this episode probably only aired in the U.K., thanks to Steve for the info).
The astronauts get captured by a group of humans who turn over fellow humans to the gorillas as slaves. Written by Howard Dimsdale, directed by Arnold Laven.
Guest Cast Brun....................... John Ireland Miro..........................Ben Andrews Clim.....................Peter G. Skinner Talia.....................Jennifer Ashley Gorilla Soldier.................Ron SteinEpisode #14: Up Above the World So High
Airdate: 06 Dec 1974
Galen's flight on a hang glider highlights this story about the fugitives' attempts to help a human who is determined to learn the secret of flying.
Guest Cast Carsia......................Joanna Barnes Leuric......................Frank Aletter Konag.......................Martin Brooks Council Orang..............Willam Beckley Human Driver....................Glen Wide
Planet of the Apes TV Movies
The following "movies" were edited from the TV series. You can find then on TBS once in a while. They generally get around a star... sometimes two. Thanks to Chainsaw and JSmiley for additional info.
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Episode 1: Escape from Tomorrow
Episode 3: The Trap
Forgotton City of the Planet of the Apes
Episode 2: The Gladiators
Episode 5: The Legacy
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Episode 9: The Horse Race
Episode 11: The Tyrant
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Episode 7: The Surgeon
Episode 10: The Interrogation
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Episode 6: Tomorrow's Tide
Episode 14: Up Above the World So High
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