Charlton Heston
Born: 1923-10-04
• 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.
Filmography
Airports
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Todos los nombres de Sara
Hail Satan?
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
I Am Richard Pryor
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
The Madding Crowd
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Spanish Western
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Hollywood sul Tevere
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
De Madrid a la Luna
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Christmas in Hollywood
The Making of The Ten Commandments
My Father
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Ben Hur
Lasting Love
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
Bowling for Columbine
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Last Party 2000
The Making of Midway
Planet of the Apes
Cats & Dogs
No Image
The Gun Deadlock
The Order
Town & Country
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Any Given Sunday
Yesterday's Tomorrows
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Television: The First Fifty Years
Forever Hollywood
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Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
Gideon
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Armageddon
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Hercules
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
Hamlet
Love in Hollywood
Alaska
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
No Image
Andersonville Diaries
The Mysterious Origins of Man
The Lord Protector
Texas
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
In the Mouth of Madness
The Avenging Angel
True Lies
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
The Legacy of Malthus
The Bible According to Hollywood
A Century of Cinema
Tombstone
Wayne's World 2
The Mystery of the Sphinx
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
Noël
Solar Crisis
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Symphony for the Spire
The Crucifer of Blood
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Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Almost an Angel
A Night on Mount Edna
The Little Kidnappers
No Image
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Treasure Island
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Original Sin
Call from Space