Roddy McDowall on Later with Bob Costas

When I was 13 years old, I was lucky enough to spend about 30 minutes watching the Planet of the Apes TV series film on a soundstage at 20th Century Fox. During a break, Roddy, in full ape make-up and costume, walked across the stage only to scrunch his nose and say, "hello" to me. I melted. This is who he was. A warm and friendly person who made a lot of kids melt. It wasn't the character as much as the actor. Those eyes, that voice and such an elegant man.

From 1990. Sorry for the poor quality. This is how my cable signal looked  in the 90's thanks to United Artists cable.