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Channing Thomson on Twitter: "I recently learned that Edward G. Robinson was the first actor chosen to play Dr. Zaius In Planet of the Apes, 1968. He was replaced by Maurice Evans
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Steve Kimball does Dr. Zaius. The outfit was tailor made by his wife. | Planet of the apes, Performance art, Textile medium
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