Charlton Heston
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes and Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston was also known for his political activism. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.
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- Born:
- Oct 4, 1923 In Wilmette, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 102
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Dark City 1950-10-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie Todos los nombres de Sara 2019-12-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sword-and-Sandal | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-14 |
| Movie | Todos los nombres de Sara | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-12-15 |
| Movie | I Am Not Your Negro | Self (archive footage) | 2017-02-03 |
| Movie | The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille | Self | 2016-02-11 |
| Movie | Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) | 2015-05-04 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2014-09-20 |
| Movie | Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey | Self (archive footage) | 2011-07-14 |
| Movie | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee | 2010-05-05 |
| Movie | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self (archive footage) | 2007-06-20 |
| Movie | De Madrid a la Luna | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-24 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2005-09-13 |
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
| Movie | Ben Hur | Ben Hur (voice) | 2003-02-15 |
| Movie | Christmas in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-13 |
| Movie | My Father | Josef Mengele | 2003-09-01 |
| Movie | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
| Movie | Planet of the Apes | Zaius | 2001-07-25 |
| Movie | Town & Country | Mr. Clayborne | 2001-04-27 |
| Movie | Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Any Given Sunday | Commissioner | 1999-12-22 |
| Movie | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self - 'Taylor' (also archive footage) | 1998-09-05 |
| Movie | Gideon | Addison Sinclair | 1998-10-26 |
| Movie | Hercules | Narrator (voice) | 1997-06-20 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Player King | 1996-12-25 |
| Movie | Alaska | Perry | 1996-08-14 |
| Movie | The Avenging Angel | Brigham Young | 1995-01-22 |
| Movie | Texas | Narrator | 1995-04-16 |
| Movie | In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular | Self (archive footage) | 1994-06-30 |
| Movie | True Lies | Spencer Trilby | 1994-07-15 |
| Movie | Wayne's World 2 | Good Actor | 1993-12-10 |
| Movie | Tombstone | Henry Hooker | 1993-12-25 |
| Movie | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Captain Al Haynes | 1992-02-24 |
| Movie | The Crucifer of Blood | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-11-04 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Long John Silver | 1990-01-22 |
| Movie | Almost an Angel | God | 1990-12-21 |
| Movie | The Little Kidnappers | James MacKenzie | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Call from Space | Alien (voice) | 1989-01-01 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More | 1988-12-21 |
| Movie | Proud Men | Charley MacLeod Sr. | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | Self | 1985-01-01 |
| Series | The Colbys | 1985-11-20 | |
| Movie | Nairobi Affair | Lee Cahill | 1984-01-01 |
| Series | Chiefs | Hugh Holmes | 1983-11-13 |
| Movie | Mother Lode | Silas McGee / Ian McGee | 1982-08-06 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | Self | 1981-04-18 |
| Movie | The Mountain Men | Bill Tyler | 1980-06-01 |
| Movie | Gray Lady Down | Captain Paul Blanchard | 1978-03-10 |
| Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | Henry VIII | 1977-06-03 |
| Movie | The Last Hard Men | Sam Burgade | 1976-04-22 |
| Movie | Midway | Capt. Matthew Garth | 1976-06-18 |
| Movie | Two-Minute Warning | Capt. Peter Holly | 1976-11-12 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles | Himself | 1975-06-10 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Alan Murdock | 1974-10-18 |
| Movie | Earthquake | Stewart Graff | 1974-11-15 |
| Movie | The Four Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1974-10-31 |
| Movie | Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn | 1973-04-18 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1973-12-11 |
| Movie | The Special London Bridge Special | Tennis Player | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Marc Antony | 1972-03-18 |
| Movie | Skyjacked | Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara | 1972-05-24 |
| Movie | The Call of the Wild | John Thornton | 1972-11-30 |
| Movie | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | George Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1971-05-20 |
| Movie | The Omega Man | Robert Neville | 1971-08-01 |
| Movie | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
| Movie | The Hawaiians | Whip Hoxworth | 1970-06-17 |
| Movie | Number One | Ron "Cat" Catlan | 1969-08-21 |
| Movie | Rowan & Martin At the Movies | Self | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | 1968-02-07 |
| Movie | Counterpoint | Lionel Evans | 1967-12-22 |
| Movie | Khartoum | Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon | 1966-06-09 |
| Movie | Uncertain Verification | (archive footage) | 1965-04-30 |
| Movie | Major Dundee | Major Amos Charles Dundee | 1965-04-07 |
| Movie | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Michelangelo | 1965-09-16 |
| Movie | The War Lord | Chrysagon | 1965-11-17 |
| Movie | 55 Days at Peking | Maj. Matt Lewis | 1963-05-06 |
| Movie | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator | 1962-06-19 |
| Movie | Diamond Head | Richard 'King' Howland | 1962-12-27 |
| Movie | El Cid | El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar | 1961-10-24 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur | 1959-11-18 |
| Movie | The Wreck of the Mary Deare | John Sands | 1959-11-17 |
| Movie | The Big Country | Steve Leech | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | The Buccaneer | Gen. Andrew Jackson | 1958-12-11 |
| Movie | The Ten Commandments | Moses | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Forbidden Area | Col. Jesse Price | 1956-10-04 |
| Movie | Three Violent People | Capt. Colt Saunders | 1956-12-01 |
| Movie | The Private War of Major Benson | Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson | 1955-08-02 |
| Movie | The Far Horizons | Lt. William Clark | 1955-07-04 |
| Movie | Lucy Gallant | Casey Cole | 1955-10-20 |
| Movie | Secret of the Incas | Harry Steel | 1954-06-06 |
| Movie | Pony Express | Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | 1953-06-15 |
| Movie | The President's Lady | Andrew Jackson | 1953-05-21 |
| Movie | Arrowhead | Ed Bannon | 1953-08-03 |
| Movie | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Tom Owen | 1953-12-24 |
| Movie | The Greatest Show on Earth | Brad Braden | 1952-02-16 |
| Movie | The Savage | James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet | 1952-09-01 |
| Movie | Ruby Gentry | Boake Tackman | 1952-12-25 |
| Movie | Dark City | Danny Haley | 1950-10-17 |