Charlton Heston

Oct 04, 1923 - Apr 05, 2008 (84 years old) in Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) 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

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Friends

Charlton Heston

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The Philco Television Playhouse

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Robert Montgomery Presents

Cashel Bryon

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Studio One

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What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

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Dynasty

Jason Colby

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

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Climax!

Lt. Paul Peterson

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The Steve Allen Show

Self - Actor

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The Outer Limits

Chief Justice Haden Wainwright

Credits

Science Fiction Film Awards Future

Himself

★ NR
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.9
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction 2024

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.8
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ 8.5
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent 2020

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7.5
Todos los nombres de Sara 2019

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 4
Hail Satan? 2019

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic 2019

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7
I Am Richard Pryor 2019

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 6.8
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" 2019

(archive footage)

★ NR
The Madding Crowd 2017

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Bienvenido Mr. Heston 2016

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille 2016

Self

★ 5.2
Spanish Western 2015

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.2
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles 2014

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 6.7
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire 2014

Self - Actor (archive footage)

★ 7.3
And the Oscar Goes To... 2014

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Talking Pictures 2013

Self (archive footage)

★ 5
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey 2011

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.6
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift 2010

(archive footage)

★ 6.4
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2010

Self – Interviewee

★ 6.7
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses 2008

Self - Host / Moses

★ NR
Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride... Starring You! 2008

Himself

★ NR
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition 2007

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7
De Madrid a la Luna 2006

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema 2005

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.6
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.3
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch 2004

Host

★ NR
Christmas in Hollywood 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Making of The Ten Commandments 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
My Father 2003

Josef Mengele

★ 6
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den 2003

Self - Host

★ 6
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale 2003

Self - Host

★ NR
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath 2003

Self - Host

★ NR
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah 2003

Self - Host

★ NR
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden 2003

Self - Host

★ 5
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho 2003

Self - Host

★ NR
Ben Hur 2003

Ben Hur (voice)

★ 5.7
Lasting Love 2003

★ NR
Edith Head: The Paramount Years 2002

(archive footage)

★ 7.5
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich 2002

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Bowling for Columbine 2002

Self - NRA President

★ 7.5
Last Party 2000 2001

Self

★ 6.1
The Making of Midway 2001

Self

★ NR
Cats & Dogs 2001

The Mastiff (voice)

★ 5.4
The Gun Deadlock 2001

Self

★ NR
The Order 2001

Professor Finley

★ 5.1
Town & Country 2001

Mr. Clayborne

★ 4.5
The Weber Show 2000

Charlton Heston

★ 7.8
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints 2000

Self

★ NR
Any Given Sunday 1999

AFFA Football Commissioner

★ 6.8
Camino de Santiago 1999

Professor Marcelo Rinaldi

★ 6
Yesterday's Tomorrows 1999

Self

★ 10
Television: The First Fifty Years 1999

Self

★ NR
Forever Hollywood 1999

Self

★ 8
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich 1998

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston 1998

Self

★ NR
Gideon 1998

Addison Sinclair

★ 6.2
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War 1998

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 6
Behind the Planet of the Apes 1998

Self - 'Taylor'

★ 7.2
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild 1998

Narrator (voice)

★ 6.9
Armageddon 1998

Narration (voice)

★ 6.8
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies 1998

Self

★ 8.3
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero 1998

Self

★ 7
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis 1997

Self - Host

★ 8
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 1997

Self

★ NR
Hercules 1997

Narrator (voice)

★ 7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line 1997

Self

★ 7
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible 1997

Self - Narrator

★ 10
Hamlet 1996

Player King

★ 7.3
Love in Hollywood 1996

Self

★ NR
Alaska 1996

Perry

★ 5.8
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels 1996

Self

★ 6.2
Andersonville Diaries 1996

Narrator

★ NR
The Mysterious Origins of Man 1996

Self - Host

★ 6
The Dark Mist 1996

Narrator (voice)

★ 3.5
MADtv 1995

Self

★ 6.9
Texas 1995

Narrator

★ 5
Eco-Challenge 1995

★ NR
The Outer Limits 1995

Chief Justice Haden Wainwright

★ 7.7
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons 1995

Self

★ 5
In the Mouth of Madness 1995

Jackson Harglow

★ 7.2
The Avenging Angel 1995

Brigham Young

★ 5.4
Friends 1994

Charlton Heston

★ 8.4
True Lies 1994

Spencer Trilby

★ 7.1
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular 1994

Self (archive footage)

★ 9.5
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects 1994

Self

★ NR
The Legacy of Malthus 1994

Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

★ NR
The Bible According to Hollywood 1994

Self

★ 6
A Century of Cinema 1994

Self

★ 8
Tombstone 1993

Henry Hooker

★ 7.6
Wayne's World 2 1993

Good Actor

★ 6.1
The Mystery of the Sphinx 1993

Narrator

★ 8
seaQuest DSV 1993

Abalon

★ 7
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth 1993

Self - Host

★ NR
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses 1993

Self - Host

★ NR
Noël 1992

Narrator

★ 4.2
Solar Crisis 1992

Adm. "Skeet" Kelso

★ 4.4
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 1992

Captain Al Haynes

★ 5.8
Noel's House Party 1991

Star guest

★ 7.2
The Crucifer of Blood 1991

Sherlock Holmes

★ 6.5
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents 1991

Host and Narrator

★ NR
Almost an Angel 1990

God

★ 5.7
The Little Kidnappers 1990

James MacKenzie

★ 5.1
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film 1990

Self

★ NR
Treasure Island 1990

Long John Silver

★ 6.6
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary 1989

Self

★ 7.5
Original Sin 1989

Louis Mancini

★ 3.5
Call from Space 1989

Alien (voice)

★ 10
A Man for All Seasons 1988

Sir Thomas More

★ 6.8
Korea: The Unknown War 1988

General Douglas MacArthur (voice)

★ NR
Proud Men 1987

Charley MacLeod Sr.

★ 7
The Dame Edna Experience 1987

Self

★ 5
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures 1987

Self - Host

★ NR
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987

Self

★ 7.5
Eclipse of Reason 1987

Narrator

★ NR
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal 1986

Self

★ 7.5
Directed by William Wyler 1986

Self

★ NR
The Colbys 1985

Jason Colby

★ 5.8
Nairobi Affair 1984

Lee Cahill

★ 4.8
Chiefs 1983

Hugh Holmes

★ 7.9
Barry Norman in Celebrity City 1982

Self

★ NR
Mother Lode 1982

Silas McGee / Ian McGee

★ 5.6
Let Poland Be Poland 1982

Self - Co-Host

★ NR
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special 1981

Self

★ NR
Dynasty 1981

Jason Colby

★ 6.5
The Awakening 1980

Matthew Corbeck

★ 5.5
The Mountain Men 1980

Bill Tyler

★ 5.9
The Kennedy Center Honors 1978

Self

★ 7.4
Gray Lady Down 1978

Captain Paul Blanchard

★ 6.4
Energy: A National Issue 1977

Narrator (voice)

★ 5
The Prince and the Pauper 1977

Henry VIII

★ 6.1
Two-Minute Warning 1976

Capt. Peter Holly

★ 6.2
America at the Movies 1976

Narrator

★ 5
Midway 1976

Capt. Matthew Garth

★ 6.7
The Last Hard Men 1976

Sam Burgade

★ 6.2
Earthquake 1974

Stewart Graff

★ 6.1
The Four Musketeers 1974

Cardinal Richelieu

★ 6.4
Dinah! 1974

Self

★ 6.7
Airport 1975 1974

Alan Murdock

★ 5.7
The Three Musketeers 1973

Cardinal Richelieu

★ 6.8
Soylent Green 1973

Detective Robert Thorn

★ 6.9
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 1973

Self

★ 6.3
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' 1973

Self

★ NR
The Call of the Wild 1972

John Thornton

★ 6
Skyjacked 1972

Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara

★ 6.2
Antony and Cleopatra 1972

Marc Antony

★ 5.6
The Special London Bridge Special 1972

Tennis Player

★ NR
Vietnam! Vietnam! 1971

Narrator (voice)

★ 5.3
The Omega Man 1971

Robert Neville

★ 6.2
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man 1971

Self - Narrator

★ NR
The Hawaiians 1970

Whip Hoxworth

★ 5.4
Julius Caesar 1970

Marc Antony

★ 5.7
Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970

Taylor

★ 6.1
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.3
Number One 1969

Ron "Cat" Catlan

★ 5.1
Planet of the Apes 1968

George Taylor

★ 7.6
Elizabeth the Queen 1968

Lord Essex

★ NR
Rowan & Martin at the Movies 1968

Self

★ NR
Counterpoint 1967

Lionel Evans

★ 6.2
Will Penny 1967

Will Penny

★ 6.6
While I Run This Race 1967

Narrator

★ 5
Khartoum 1966

Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

★ 6.3
Planet of the Apes Test Reel 1966

Thomas

★ NR
The War Lord 1965

Chrysagon

★ 6.3
The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965

Michelangelo

★ 7.1
Uncertain Verification 1965

(archive footage)

★ 6.6
The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965

John the Baptist

★ 6.4
Major Dundee 1965

Major Amos Charles Dundee

★ 6.7
F.D.R. 1965

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

★ NR
The Patriots 1963

Thomas Jefferson

★ NR
The Five Cities of June 1963

Narrator

★ 6.3
55 Days at Peking 1963

Maj. Matt Lewis

★ 7
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time 1963

Self

★ NR
Diamond Head 1962

Richard 'King' Howland

★ 5.4
The Pigeon That Took Rome 1962

Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

★ 5.3
El Cid 1961

El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar

★ 6.8
Kraft Mystery Theatre 1961

Paul Malone (archive footage)

★ 6
Ben-Hur 1959

Judah Ben-Hur

★ 7.9
The Wreck of the Mary Deare 1959

John Sands

★ 6.3
The Buccaneer 1958

Gen. Andrew Jackson

★ 6.4
The Big Country 1958

Steve Leech

★ 7.6
Touch of Evil 1958

Ramon Miguel Vargas

★ 7.7
Shirley Temple's Storybook 1958

Beast

★ 6.2
Fun in the Big Country 1958

Self

★ NR
Three Violent People 1956

Capt. Colt Saunders

★ 6.1
The Ten Commandments 1956

Moses

★ 7.8
Forbidden Area 1956

Col. Jesse Price

★ 7.5
Playhouse 90 1956

Col. Jesse Price

★ 7.6
The Steve Allen Show 1956

Self - Actor

★ 5.6
Stars of Cabaret 1956

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Lucy Gallant 1955

Casey Cole

★ 7
The Private War of Major Benson 1955

Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson

★ 6.7
The Far Horizons 1955

Lt. William Clark

★ 6.2
The $64,000 Question 1955

Substitute Host

★ NR
Climax! 1954

Lt. Paul Peterson

★ 3.3
Secret of the Incas 1954

Harry Steel

★ 5.8
The Naked Jungle 1954

Christopher Leiningen

★ 6.4
Bad for Each Other 1953

Dr. Tom Owen

★ 5.7
Three Lives 1953

Self

★ NR
Arrowhead 1953

Ed Bannon

★ 5.9
Pony Express 1953

Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

★ 5.6
The President's Lady 1953

Andrew Jackson

★ 6.9
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 6.9
General Electric Theater 1953

Tim

★ 6.3
Ruby Gentry 1952

Boake Tackman

★ 6.5
The Savage 1952

James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet

★ 6.1
The Greatest Show on Earth 1952

Brad Braden

★ 6.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Thomas Jefferson

★ 8.6
A Bolt of Lightning 1951

James Otis

★ NR
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.3
Dark City 1950

Danny Haley

★ 6.5
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

Self

★ 6.8
Your Show of Shows 1950

Self - Guest Performer

★ 6.3
What's My Line? 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

★ 6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

Cashel Bryon

★ 5.6
Jane Eyre 1949

Edward Rochester

★ NR
Suspense 1949

★ 4.9
Studio One 1948

★ 5
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948

★ 6.3
BAMBI Awards 1948

Self

★ 9
Peer Gynt 1941

Peer Gynt

★ 7

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