Urko
From The Sacred Scrolls
| Chief of Security Urko | |
| |
| Actor | Mark Lenard |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Gorilla |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Unknown |
| Continuity | Television series |
| Appearances | |
| First Appearance: Escape from Tomorrow
Last Appearance: Up Above the World So High | |
Chief of Security Urko was the main antagonist of the Planet of the Apes television series, a violent gorilla character in the tradition of Generals Ursus and Aldo. He had encountered astronauts before, we are told, and killed them immediately. He insisted on doing the same this time but Zaius wanted to question them first and demanded they be captured alive. Urko was foiled repeatedly by the cunning trio of outlaws, Galen, Virdon and Burke, despite the best efforts of his loyal soldiers. He had a wife named Belta.
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- In the earliest script treatments, he was called "Ursus". He was then going to be called "Urso", but the actor reportedly had difficult saying this word through the makeup. Or maybe it just sounded too much like "***hole".[1]
- Urko's horse was a beautiful white mare, 15 hands high, and about seven years old. Her real name was 'Silver'.
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