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
Credits
- 2024 · Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · 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)
- 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 · 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 · Ben Hur as Ben Hur (voice)
- 1999 · Camino de Santiago as Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · Gideon as Addison Sinclair
- 1998 · Alaska: Spirit of the Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero as Self
- 1997 · Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
- 1997 · Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self
- 1996 · Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
- 1996 · The Dark Mist as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Noël as Narrator
- 1992 · Solar Crisis as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
- 1992 · Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Captain Al Haynes
- 1991 · The Crucifer of Blood as Sherlock Holmes
- 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
- 1989 · Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
- 1989 · Call from Space as Alien (voice)
- 1988 · A Man for All Seasons as Sir Thomas More
- 1987 · Proud Men as Charley MacLeod Sr.
- 1987 · Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures as Self - Host
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Directed by William Wyler as Self
- 1982 · Mother Lode as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
- 1980 · The Mountain Men as Bill Tyler
- 1976 · The Last Hard Men as Sam Burgade
- 1972 · The Call of the Wild as John Thornton
- 1972 · Skyjacked as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
- 1970 · The Hawaiians as Whip Hoxworth
- 1970 · Julius Caesar as Marc Antony
- 1969 · Number One as Ron "Cat" Catlan
- 1967 · Counterpoint as Lionel Evans
- 1967 · Will Penny as Will Penny
- 1965 · F.D.R. as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1962 · Diamond Head as Richard 'King' Howland
- 1962 · The Pigeon That Took Rome as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
- 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 · Arrowhead as Ed Bannon
- 1953 · The President's Lady as Andrew Jackson
- 1952 · Ruby Gentry as Boake Tackman
- 1952 · The Savage as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
- 1949 · Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
- Future · Science Fiction Film Awards as Himself
- 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)
- 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 · Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire 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)
- 2010 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (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 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 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: Samson and Delilah as Self - Host
- 2003 · Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath 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 · Last Party 2000 as Self
- 2001 · The Making of Midway 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
- 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 · Yesterday's Tomorrows as Self
- 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
- 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 · Love in Hollywood as Self
- 1996 · Alaska as Perry
- 1996 · Andersonville Diaries as Narrator
- 1996 · The Mysterious Origins of Man as Self - Host
- 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: Jesus of Nazareth as Self - Host
- 1993 · Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses as Self - Host
- 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 · Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- 1989 · Original Sin as Louis Mancini
- 1988 · Korea: The Unknown War as General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
- 1987 · The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- 1987 · Eclipse of Reason as Narrator
- 1986 · The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
- 1985 · The Colbys as Jason Colby
- 1984 · Nairobi Affair as Lee Cahill
- 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
- 1980 · The Awakening as Matthew Corbeck
- 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
- 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
- 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 · Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Taylor
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · 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 · Uncertain Verification as (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Greatest Story Ever Told as John the Baptist
- 1965 · Major Dundee as Major Amos Charles Dundee
- 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
- 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 · Bad for Each Other as Dr. Tom Owen
- 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 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 · Dark City as Danny Haley
- 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 Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle
- 1948 · Studio One as Philip Carey
- 1948 · Studio One as Petruchio
- 1948 · Studio One as Heathcliff
- 1948 · Studio One as Edward Rochester
- 1948 · Studio One as Mitch Henderson
- 1948 · Studio One as James Otis
- 1948 · Studio One as Macbeth
- 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