Charlton Heston

Biography

Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theater, and television. He 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.

Known For

George Taylor

Planet of the Apes

Self - NRA President

Bowling for Columbine

Ramon Miguel Vargas

Touch of Evil

Adm. "Skeet" Kelso

Solar Crisis

Judah Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

Will Penny

Will Penny

Taylor

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Player King

Hamlet

John the Baptist

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Jackson Harglow

In the Mouth of Madness

Cardinal Richelieu

The Three Musketeers

Stewart Graff

Earthquake

Gen. Andrew Jackson

The Buccaneer

Robert Neville

The Omega Man

Capt. Matthew Garth

Midway

Mr. Clayborne

Town & Country

Moses

The Ten Commandments

Capt. Peter Holly

Two-Minute Warning

Captain Paul Blanchard

Gray Lady Down

Henry Hooker

Tombstone

Narrator (voice)

Hercules

Detective Robert Thorn

Soylent Green

Self - Actor (archive footage)

I Am Richard Pryor

Good Actor

Wayne's World 2

God

Almost an Angel

Long John Silver

Treasure Island

Self (archive footage)

Charlton Heston : la démesure d'un géant

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Les Mille et Une Vies de Yul Brynner

Steve Leech

The Big Country

Brad Braden

The Greatest Show on Earth

Maj. Matt Lewis

55 Days at Peking

Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

The Legacy of Malthus

Alan Murdock

Airport 1975

Narrator (voice)

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

Harry Steel

Secret of the Incas

Self - Host

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den

Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

Khartoum

Major Amos Charles Dundee

Major Dundee

Danny Haley

Dark City

Marc Antony

Julius Caesar

Michelangelo

The Agony and the Ecstasy

Chrysagon

The War Lord

John Thornton

The Call of the Wild

Spencer Trilby

True Lies

Narrator

Andersonville Diaries

Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Pony Express

Ed Bannon

Arrowhead

Professor Finley

The Order

Christopher Leiningen

The Naked Jungle

Sam Burgade

The Last Hard Men

El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar

El Cid

Matthew Corbeck

The Awakening

Self - 'Taylor'

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Self

Liebe in Hollywood

Self - Host

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale

Self - Host

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath

Self

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Boake Tackman

Ruby Gentry

Narrator (voice)

The Dark Mist

Dr. Tom Owen

Bad for Each Other

Self (archive footage)

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

Capt. Colt Saunders

Three Violent People

(archive footage)

Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

Bill Tyler

The Mountain Men

Whip Hoxworth

The Hawaiians

Lt. William Clark

The Far Horizons

Silas McGee / Ian McGee

Mother Lode

Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara

Skyjacked

Narrator

The Mystery of the Sphinx

Ron "Cat" Catlan

Number One

Self

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Andrew Jackson

The President's Lady

Marc Antony

Antony and Cleopatra

Self

Fun in the Big Country

Sherlock Holmes

The Crucifer of Blood

Self

Barry Norman in Celebrity City

James MacKenzie

The Little Kidnappers

Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson

The Private War of Major Benson

Captain Al Haynes

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

(archive footage)

La verifica incerta

Brigham Young

The Avenging Angel

James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet

The Savage

John Sands

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Casey Cole

Lucy Gallant

Host

Remembering Reagan at His Ranch

Richard 'King' Howland

Diamond Head

Sir Thomas More

A Man for All Seasons

Lionel Evans

Counterpoint

Self (archive footage)

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Self

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

Narrator

America at the Movies

Lee Cahill

Nairobi Affair

Addison Sinclair

Gideon

Mark Antony

Julius Caesar

Self - Host

Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures

Narrator

Noël

Narrator

The Five Cities of June

Narrator

While I Run This Race

Lasting Love

Col. Jesse Price

Forbidden Area

Self

The Gun Deadlock

Zaius (uncredited)

Planet of the Apes

Self - Host

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah

Charley MacLeod Sr.

Proud Men

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Hail Satan?

Self

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

(archive footage)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

AFFA Football Commissioner

Any Given Sunday

Tennis Player

The Special London Bridge Special

Self – Interviewee

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Edward Rochester

Jane Eyre

Josef Mengele

My Father, Rua Alguem 5555

Self

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Self

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self - Co-Host

Let Poland Be Poland

Self

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Self - Host

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden

Self (archive footage)

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

James Otis

A Bolt of Lightning

Self (archive footage)

Christmas in Hollywood

Self

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage)

« La Planète des singes » : une odyssée de l'espèce

Thomas

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

(archive footage)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Perry

Alaska

Cardinal Richelieu

The Four Musketeers

Self

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Self

The Making of Midway

The Mastiff (voice)

Cats & Dogs

Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

Alien (voice)

Call from Space

Self (archive footage)

De Madrid a la Luna

Self

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Self

The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

Self

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

Narrator

Eclipse of Reason

Henry VIII

The Prince and the Pauper

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

Louis Mancini

Original Sin

Narrator (voice)

Vietnam! Vietnam!

Self (archive footage)

Bienvenido Mr. Heston

Self - Host

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth

Ben Hur (voice)

Ben Hur

Narrator

Texas

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes

Self

Forever Hollywood

Self

The Bible According to Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Stars of Cabaret

Self - Host

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis

Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Self - Host / Moses

Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses

Self

Directed by William Wyler

Self

A Century of Cinema

Self - Narrator

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible

Self - Host

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Todos los nombres de Sara

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir

Narrator (voice)

Energy: A National Issue

Host and Narrator

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

Self (archive footage)

Spanish Western

Self (archive footage)

The Madding Crowd

Self - Host

Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses

Narration (voice)

Armageddon

Self

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

Self (archive footage)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self - Host

The Mysterious Origins of Man

Self

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

Thomas Jefferson

The Patriots

Self

Three Lives

Self

Private Screenings: Charlton Heston

Self

This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special

Self - Narrator

The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Self

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Self

Last Party 2000

Lord Essex

Elizabeth the Queen

Narrator (voice)

The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich

Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time

Self (archive footage)

The Making of The Ten Commandments

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

Self (archive footage)

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

185

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-10-04

Place of Birth

Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

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