Return To The Planet of The Apes - Cast and Characters

Cast and Characters

• Bill Hudson (Richard Blackburn and Tom Williams) - One of the two male astronauts; blond, blue-eyed, depicted as wearing a blue tee-shirt and white pants.
• Cornelius (Henry Corden and Edwin Mills) - A male chimpanzee scientist/archeologist.
• Zira (Philippa Harris) - A female chimpanzee scientist who is very outspoken against the gorilla regime.
• General Urko (Henry Corden) - A sadistic gorilla general who plans to drive the humans and Underdwellers off the planet.
• Judy Franklin (Claudette Nevins) - The lone female astronaut and an expert airplane pilot; she is kidnapped and held by the Underdwellers for a time before being rescued.
• Jeff Allen (Austin Stoker) - The other male astronaut; an African-American, depicted as wearing a red turtleneck shirt.
• Dr. Zaius (Richard Blackburn) - The orangutan leader of the ape scientific community, depicted as a grandfatherly politician who questions the tactics of General Urko.
• Nova (Claudette Nevins) - A human female who joins Bill and Jeff on their adventures.
• Ronald Brent - A U.S. astronaut who launched in the 21st century but arrived in the time of ape rule a number of years prior to the Hudson/Allen/Franklin expedition.
• Krador - The leader of the Underdwellers.
• The Underdwellers - A group of underground persons based on the mutants in the film Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

Austin Stoker, the voice of Jeff, had previously played Mr. MacDonald in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. He was the only cast member of the animated series to have played a part in the live action movies or series.