Biografía

12 de mayo de 1914 · Búfalo, Nueva York, Estados Unidos

18 de septiembre de 2010 · Northridge, California, Estados Unidos (una insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva)

James Richard Hughes Bacon

He is the only actor to appear in all five films in the original "Planet of the Apes" series. He played an ape in all of them except for Escape del planeta de los simios (1971), in which he played a human, General Faulkner. It was also the only one of the films in which he was credited.

Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 6, 2007, for his work as a Hollywood columnist.

Decorated U.S. Marine veteran of WWII.

Was a reporter and columnist specializing in the entertainment industry. He began as a writer for the Associated Press, then spent almost 20 years with the "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner".