Planet of the Apes is a TV show.
Charlton Heston . He also starred in Touch of Evil ( 1958 ) with Orson Welles , Ben-Hur ( 1959 ) , for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor , El Cid ( 1961 ) , and Planet of the Apes ( 1968 ) . Planet of the Apes (1968 film) . It was the first in a series of five films made between 1968 and 1973 , all produced by Arthur P. Jacobs and released by 20th Century Fox .