Charlton Heston
October 4, 1923 (101 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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- 2024 · Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Yul Brynner, the Magnificent as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2019 · Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2019 · I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2016 · The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille as Self
- 2015 · Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2010 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self – Interviewee
- 2007 · AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Making of The Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · My Father as Josef Mengele
- 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den as Self - Host
- 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden as Self - Host
- 2003 · Ben Hur as Ben Hur (voice)
- 2001 · Last Party 2000 as Self
- 2001 · The Making of Midway as Self
- 1999 · Yesterday's Tomorrows as Self
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · Gideon as Addison Sinclair
- 1998 · Alaska: Spirit of the Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self
- 1996 · Love in Hollywood as Self
- 1996 · Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
- 1995 · Texas as Narrator
- 1995 · Charlton Heston: For All Seasons as Self
- 1995 · The Avenging Angel as Brigham Young
- 1994 · Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
- 1994 · A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1993 · The Mystery of the Sphinx as Narrator
- 1992 · Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Captain Al Haynes
- 1991 · The Crucifer of Blood as Sherlock Holmes
- 1989 · Original Sin as Louis Mancini
- 1988 · A Man for All Seasons as Sir Thomas More
- 1987 · Proud Men as Charley MacLeod Sr.
- 1986 · Directed by William Wyler as Self
- 1984 · The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team as
- 1984 · Nairobi Affair as Lee Cahill
- 1982 · Mother Lode as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
- 1980 · The Awakening as Matthew Corbeck
- 1980 · The Mountain Men as Bill Tyler
- 1972 · The Call of the Wild as John Thornton
- 1972 · Skyjacked as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
- 1972 · The Special London Bridge Special as Tennis Player
- 1970 · The Hawaiians as Whip Hoxworth
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · Number One as Ron "Cat" Catlan
- 1967 · Counterpoint as Lionel Evans
- 1965 · Uncertain Verification as (archive footage)
- 1962 · Diamond Head as Richard 'King' Howland
- 1959 · The Wreck of the Mary Deare as John Sands
- 1956 · Three Violent People as Capt. Colt Saunders
- 1955 · Lucy Gallant as Casey Cole
- 1955 · The Private War of Major Benson as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
- 1953 · Bad for Each Other as Dr. Tom Owen
- 1953 · Arrowhead as Ed Bannon
- 1953 · The President's Lady as Andrew Jackson
- 1952 · Ruby Gentry as Boake Tackman
- 1950 · Dark City as Danny Haley
- Future · Science Fiction Film Awards as Himself
- 2024 · Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Todos los nombres de Sara as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2019 · Hail Satan? as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2019 · Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" as (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Madding Crowd as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Bienvenido Mr. Heston as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses as Self - Host / Moses
- 2008 · Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride... Starring You! as Himself
- 2006 · De Madrid a la Luna as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Remembering Reagan at His Ranch as Host
- 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah as Self - Host
- 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho as Self - Host
- 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath as Self - Host
- 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale as Self - Host
- 2003 · Lasting Love as
- 2002 · Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Bowling for Columbine as Self - NRA President
- 2001 · Planet of the Apes as Zaius (uncredited)
- 2001 · Cats & Dogs as The Mastiff (voice)
- 2001 · The Gun Deadlock as Self
- 2001 · The Order as Professor Finley
- 2001 · Town & Country as Mr. Clayborne
- 2000 · The Weber Show as Charlton Heston
- 2000 · Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
- 1999 · Any Given Sunday as AFFA Football Commissioner
- 1999 · Camino de Santiago as Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
- 1999 · Television: The First Fifty Years as Self
- 1998 · Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Private Screenings: Charlton Heston as Self
- 1998 · Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Behind the Planet of the Apes as Self - 'Taylor'
- 1998 · Armageddon as Narration (voice)
- 1998 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Self
- 1998 · Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero as Self
- 1997 · Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis as Self - Host
- 1997 · Hercules as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Charlton Heston Presents the Bible as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Hamlet as Player King
- 1996 · Alaska as Perry
- 1996 · Andersonville Diaries as Narrator
- 1996 · The Mysterious Origins of Man as Self - Host
- 1996 · The Dark Mist as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Eco-Challenge as
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
- 1995 · In the Mouth of Madness as Jackson Harglow
- 1994 · Friends as Charlton Heston
- 1994 · True Lies as Spencer Trilby
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Self
- 1994 · The Bible According to Hollywood as Self
- 1994 · The Legacy of Malthus as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
- 1993 · Tombstone as Henry Hooker
- 1993 · Wayne's World 2 as Good Actor
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Abalon
- 1993 · Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses as Self - Host
- 1993 · Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth as Self - Host
- 1992 · Noël as Narrator
- 1992 · Solar Crisis as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
- 1991 · Noel's House Party as Star guest
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents as Host and Narrator
- 1990 · Almost an Angel as God
- 1990 · The Little Kidnappers as James MacKenzie
- 1990 · With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film as Self
- 1990 · Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- 1989 · Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
- 1989 · Call from Space as Alien (voice)
- 1988 · Korea: The Unknown War as General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
- 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- 1987 · Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures as Self - Host
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1987 · Eclipse of Reason as Narrator
- 1986 · The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
- 1985 · The Colbys as Jason Colby
- 1983 · Chiefs as Hugh Holmes
- 1982 · Barry Norman in Celebrity City as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · Let Poland Be Poland as Self - Co-Host
- 1981 · This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1981 · Dynasty as Jason Colby
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · Gray Lady Down as Captain Paul Blanchard
- 1977 · Energy: A National Issue as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 · The Prince and the Pauper as Henry VIII
- 1976 · Two-Minute Warning as Capt. Peter Holly
- 1976 · America at the Movies as Narrator
- 1976 · Midway as Capt. Matthew Garth
- 1976 · The Last Hard Men as Sam Burgade
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · Earthquake as Stewart Graff
- 1974 · The Four Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Airport 1975 as Alan Murdock
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1973 · The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu
- 1973 · Soylent Green as Detective Robert Thorn
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' as Self
- 1972 · Antony and Cleopatra as Marc Antony
- 1971 · Vietnam! Vietnam! as Narrator (voice)
- 1971 · The Omega Man as Robert Neville
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man as Self - Narrator
- 1970 · Julius Caesar as Marc Antony
- 1970 · Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Taylor
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Planet of the Apes as George Taylor
- 1968 · Elizabeth the Queen as Lord Essex
- 1968 · Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
- 1967 · Will Penny as Will Penny
- 1967 · While I Run This Race as Narrator
- 1966 · Khartoum as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
- 1966 · Planet of the Apes Test Reel as Thomas
- 1965 · The War Lord as Chrysagon
- 1965 · The Agony and the Ecstasy as Michelangelo
- 1965 · The Greatest Story Ever Told as John the Baptist
- 1965 · Major Dundee as Major Amos Charles Dundee
- 1965 · F.D.R. as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1963 · The Patriots as Thomas Jefferson
- 1963 · The Five Cities of June as Narrator
- 1963 · 55 Days at Peking as Maj. Matt Lewis
- 1963 · The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Pigeon That Took Rome as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · El Cid as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
- 1961 · Kraft Mystery Theatre as Paul Malone (archive footage)
- 1959 · Ben-Hur as Judah Ben-Hur
- 1958 · The Buccaneer as Gen. Andrew Jackson
- 1958 · The Big Country as Steve Leech
- 1958 · Touch of Evil as Ramon Miguel Vargas
- 1958 · Shirley Temple's Storybook as Beast
- 1958 · Fun in the Big Country as Self
- 1956 · The Ten Commandments as Moses
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Col. Jesse Price
- 1956 · Forbidden Area as Col. Jesse Price
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Actor
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1956 · Stars of Cabaret as Self (archive footage)
- 1955 · The Far Horizons as Lt. William Clark
- 1955 · The $64,000 Question as Substitute Host
- 1954 · Climax! as Lt. Paul Peterson
- 1954 · Climax! as Chipman
- 1954 · Secret of the Incas as Harry Steel
- 1954 · The Naked Jungle as Christopher Leiningen
- 1953 · Three Lives as Self
- 1953 · Pony Express as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Tim
- 1952 · Omnibus as Self - Presenter
- 1952 · The Savage as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
- 1952 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Brad Braden
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Thomas Jefferson
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
- 1951 · A Bolt of Lightning as James Otis
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self - Host
- 1950 · Julius Caesar as Mark Antony
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as Self - Guest Performer
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as Self - Guest Host
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Cashel Bryon
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Peter Handley
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Melody Jones
- 1949 · Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
- 1949 · Suspense as
- 1948 · Studio One as
- 1948 · Studio One as Philip Carey
- 1948 · Studio One as Edward Rochester
- 1948 · Studio One as Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle
- 1948 · Studio One as Petruchio
- 1948 · Studio One as Mitch Henderson
- 1948 · Studio One as Heathcliff
- 1948 · Studio One as Macbeth
- 1948 · Studio One as James Otis
- 1948 · Studio One as Merton Densher
- 1948 · Studio One as Commander Schneider
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · BAMBI Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- 1941 · Peer Gynt as Peer Gynt