Credits

• 2025 · Airports as
• 2019 · I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2017 · The Madding Crowd as Self (archive footage)
• 2016 · Bienvenido Mr. Heston as Self (archive footage)
• 2015 · Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)
• 2014 · Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2013 · Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
• 2010 · Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self – Interviewee
• 2008 · Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses as Self - Host / Moses
• 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah as Self - Host
• 2003 · Lasting Love as
• 2002 · Edith Head: The Paramount Years as (archive footage)
• 2001 · The Making of Midway as Self
• 2001 · Town & Country as Mr. Clayborne
• 2000 · The Weber Show as Charlton Heston
• 1998 · Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 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 · Charlton Heston Presents the Bible as Self - Narrator
• 1996 · Andersonville Diaries as Narrator
• 1995 · MADtv as Self
• 1995 · Texas as Narrator
• 1995 · Eco-Challenge as
• 1993 · Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses as Self - Host
• 1992 · Noël as Narrator
• 1992 · Solar Crisis as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
• 1992 · Symphony for the Spire as
• 1991 · Noel's House Party as Star guest
• 1991 · The Crucifer of Blood as Sherlock Holmes
• 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
• 1983 · Chiefs as Hugh Holmes
• 1982 · The Orson Welles Story as Self
• 1981 · This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special as Self
• 1976 · Two-Minute Warning as Capt. Peter Holly
• 1976 · America at the Movies as Narrator
• 1974 · Earthquake as Stewart Graff
• 1974 · Airport 1975 as Alan Murdock
• 1972 · Antony and Cleopatra as Marc Antony
• 1971 · Film '72 as Self
• 1968 · Elizabeth the Queen as Lord Essex
• 1967 · Counterpoint as Lionel Evans
• 1967 · Will Penny as Will Penny
• 1967 · While I Run This Race as Narrator
• 1966 · Planet of the Apes Test Reel as Thomas
• 1965 · The Agony and the Ecstasy as Michelangelo
• 1965 · Uncertain Verification as (archive footage)
• 1965 · Major Dundee as Major Amos Charles Dundee
• 1963 · The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time as Self
• 1961 · Kraft Mystery Theatre as Paul Malone (archive footage)
• 1959 · The Wreck of the Mary Deare as John Sands
• 1958 · The Buccaneer as Gen. Andrew Jackson
• 1958 · Fun in the Big Country as Self
• 1956 · Forbidden Area as Col. Jesse Price
• 1956 · Stars of Cabaret as Self (archive footage)
• 1955 · The $64,000 Question as Substitute Host
• 1954 · The Naked Jungle as Christopher Leiningen
• 1953 · Arrowhead as Ed Bannon
• 1953 · Pony Express as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
• 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
• 1950 · Dark City as Danny Haley
• 1949 · Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
• Future · Science Fiction Film Awards as Himself
• 2024 · Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction 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 · Todos los nombres de Sara as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2019 · Hail Satan? as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2019 · Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2019 · Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" as (archive footage)
• 2016 · The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille as Self
• 2014 · Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2013 · Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia as Self (archive footage)
• 2011 · Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey as Self (archive footage)
• 2010 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
• 2007 · AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self (archive footage)
• 2006 · De Madrid a la Luna 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)
• 2004 · Remembering Reagan at His Ranch as Host
• 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: The Garden of Eden 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: Jonah and the Whale as Self - Host
• 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: David and Goliath as Self - Host
• 2003 · Ben Hur as Ben Hur (voice)
• 2002 · The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich as Narrator (voice)
• 2002 · Bowling for Columbine as Self - NRA President
• 2002 · The Making of 'Tombstone' as Self
• 2001 · Last Party 2000 as Self
• 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
• 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 · Yesterday's Tomorrows as Self
• 1999 · Television: The First Fifty Years as Self
• 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
• 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 · 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 · Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self
• 1996 · Hamlet as Player King
• 1996 · Love in Hollywood as Self
• 1996 · Alaska as Perry
• 1996 · Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
• 1996 · The Mysterious Origins of Man as Self - Host
• 1996 · The Lord Protector as Narrator (voice)
• 1995 · The Outer Limits as Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
• 1995 · Charlton Heston: For All Seasons as Self
• 1995 · In the Mouth of Madness as Jackson Harglow
• 1995 · The Avenging Angel as Brigham Young
• 1994 · Friends as Charlton Heston
• 1994 · True Lies as Spencer Trilby
• 1994 · Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
• 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Self
• 1994 · A Century of Cinema as Self
• 1994 · The Legacy of Malthus as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
• 1994 · The Bible According to Hollywood as Self
• 1993 · Tombstone as Henry Hooker
• 1993 · Wayne's World 2 as Good Actor
• 1993 · The Mystery of the Sphinx as Narrator
• 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Abalon
• 1993 · Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth as Self - Host
• 1992 · Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Captain Al Haynes
• 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
• 1991 · Cults: Saying No Under Pressure as Narrator
• 1991 · Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents as Host and Narrator
• 1990 · Almost an Angel as God
• 1990 · A Night on Mount Edna as Self
• 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 · Original Sin as Louis Mancini
• 1989 · Call from Space as Alien (voice)
• 1988 · A Man for All Seasons as Sir Thomas More
• 1988 · Korea: The Unknown War as General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
• 1987 · Proud Men as Charley MacLeod Sr.
• 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
• 1986 · Directed by William Wyler as Self
• 1985 · The Colbys as Jason Colby
• 1984 · The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team as Self - Performer
• 1984 · Nairobi Affair as Lee Cahill
• 1982 · Barry Norman in Celebrity City as Self
• 1982 · Mother Lode as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
• 1982 · Wogan as Self
• 1982 · Let Poland Be Poland as Self - Co-Host
• 1981 · Dynasty as Jason Colby
• 1980 · The Awakening as Matthew Corbeck
• 1980 · The Mountain Men as Bill Tyler
• 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 · 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 · The Four Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu
• 1974 · Dinah! as Self
• 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 · 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
• 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 · The Hawaiians as Whip Hoxworth
• 1970 · Julius Caesar as Marc Antony
• 1970 · Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Taylor
• 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
• 1969 · Number One as Ron "Cat" Catlan
• 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
• 1968 · Planet of the Apes as George Taylor
• 1968 · Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
• 1966 · Khartoum as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
• 1965 · The War Lord as Chrysagon
• 1965 · The Greatest Story Ever Told as John the Baptist
• 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 · Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting as Self
• 1962 · Diamond Head as Richard 'King' Howland
• 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
• 1959 · Ben-Hur as Judah Ben-Hur
• 1958 · The Big Country as Steve Leech
• 1958 · Touch of Evil as Ramon Miguel Vargas
• 1958 · Shirley Temple's Storybook as Beast
• 1956 · Three Violent People as Colt Saunders
• 1956 · The Ten Commandments as Moses
• 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Col. Jesse Price
• 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Actor
• 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
• 1955 · Lucy Gallant as Casey Cole
• 1955 · The Private War of Major Benson as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
• 1955 · The Far Horizons as Lt. William Clark
• 1954 · Climax! as Lt. Paul Peterson
• 1954 · Climax! as Chipman
• 1954 · Secret of the Incas as Harry Steel
• 1953 · Bad for Each Other as Dr. Tom Owen
• 1953 · Three Lives as Self
• 1953 · The President's Lady as Andrew Jackson
• 1953 · The Oscars as Self
• 1953 · General Electric Theater as Tim
• 1952 · Ruby Gentry as Boake Tackman
• 1952 · Omnibus as Self - Presenter
• 1952 · The Savage as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
• 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 · 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 Heathcliff
• 1948 · Studio One as Mitch Henderson
• 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 as Self
• 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
• 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
• 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
• 1941 · Peer Gynt as Peer Gynt
• Future · "Studio One" Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff