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Charlton Heston
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Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter in Illinois, he discovered his passion for acting in school, studied drama at Northwestern University, and began his career on stage and in live television before transitioning to film. He first gained major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films,…
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Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter in Illinois, he discovered his passion for acting in school, studied drama at Northwestern University, and began his career on stage and in live television before transitioning to film. He first gained major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
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BODY OF WORK
Charlton Heston's Filmography
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Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
as Self
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Children of the Civil Rights
as Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
Hollywood sul Tevere
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
as Host
Christmas from Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
My Father
as Josef Mengele
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
as Self - Host
Ben Hur
as Ben Hur (voice)
Lasting Love
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
as Narrator (voice)
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
Last Party 2000
as Self
The Making of Midway
as Self
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
No Poster
The Gun Deadlock
as Self
The Order
as Professor Finley
Town & Country
as Mr. Clayborne
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
Any Given Sunday
as AFFA Football Commissioner
Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self
Forever Hollywood
as Self
No Poster
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
Gideon
as Addison Sinclair
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - 'Taylor'
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Armageddon
as Narration (voice)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
as Self - Host
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
Hercules
as Narrator (voice)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
as Self - Narrator
Hamlet
as Player King
Love in Hollywood
as Self
Alaska
as Perry
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self
No Poster
Andersonville Diaries
as Narrator
The Mysterious Origins of Man
as Self - Host
The Lord Protector
as Narrator (voice)
Texas
as Narrator
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
The Avenging Angel
as Brigham Young
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
A Century of Cinema
as Self
The Bible According to Hollywood
as Self
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Tombstone
as Henry Hooker
Wayne's World 2
as Good Actor
The Mystery of the Sphinx
as Narrator
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
as Self - Host
Noël
as Narrator
Solar Crisis
as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Captain Al Haynes
Symphony for the Spire
The Crucifer of Blood
as Sherlock Holmes
No Poster
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
as Narrator
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
as Host and Narrator
Almost an Angel
as God
A Night on Mount Edna
as Self
The Little Kidnappers
as James MacKenzie
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
No Poster
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
Original Sin
as Louis Mancini
Call from Space
as Alien (voice)
A Man for All Seasons
as Sir Thomas More
No Poster
All-Time Movie Greats
as Self (archive footage)
Proud Men
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
No Poster
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
as Self - Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Eclipse of Reason
as Narrator
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
No Poster
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan
as Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer
Nairobi Affair
as Lee Cahill
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
as Self
Mother Lode
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
The Orson Welles Story
as Self
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
No Poster
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
as Self
The Awakening
as Matthew Corbeck
The Mountain Men
as Bill Tyler
Gray Lady Down
as Captain Paul Blanchard
Energy: A National Issue
as Narrator (voice)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Henry VIII
Two-Minute Warning
as Capt. Peter Holly
America at the Movies
as Narrator
Midway
as Capt. Matthew Garth
The Last Hard Men
as Sam Burgade
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
The Four Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Airport 1975
as Alan Murdock
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
as Self
The Call of the Wild
as John Thornton
Skyjacked
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Antony and Cleopatra
as Marc Antony
The Special London Bridge Special
as Tennis Player
Vietnam! Vietnam!
as Narrator (voice)
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
as Self - Narrator
The Hawaiians
as Whip Hoxworth
Julius Caesar
as Marc Antony
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Number One
as Ron "Cat" Catlan
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
Elizabeth the Queen
as Lord Essex
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
Counterpoint
as Lionel Evans
Will Penny
as Will Penny
While I Run This Race
as Narrator
Khartoum
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Thomas
The War Lord
as Chrysagon
No Poster
Night of the Dragon
as Narrator
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Michelangelo
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as John the Baptist
Major Dundee
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
No Poster
The Patriots
as Thomas Jefferson
The Five Cities of June
as Narrator
55 Days at Peking
as Maj. Matt Lewis
No Poster
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
as Self
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
as Self
Diamond Head
as Richard 'King' Howland
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
El Cid
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as John Sands
The Buccaneer
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country
as Steve Leech
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
Fun in the Big Country
as Self
Three Violent People
as Colt Saunders
The Ten Commandments
as Moses
No Poster
Forbidden Area
as Col. Jesse Price
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy Gallant
as Casey Cole
The Private War of Major Benson
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
The Far Horizons
as Lt. William Clark
Secret of the Incas
as Harry Steel
The Naked Jungle
as Christopher Leiningen
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Tom Owen
No Poster
Three Lives
as Self
Arrowhead
as Ed Bannon
Pony Express
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The President's Lady
as Andrew Jackson
Ruby Gentry
as Boake Tackman
The Savage
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Brad Braden
A Bolt of Lightning
as James Otis
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
Dark City
as Danny Haley
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony
Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester
Peer Gynt
as Peer Gynt
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
as self