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Charlton Heston

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1923-10-04

Deathday: 2008-04-05 (84 years old)

Biography

Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston 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

all 248

Movies 194

self 114

TV Shows 54

Narrator 11

Voice 4

Self (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

Biography

Filmography

all 248

Movies 194

self 114

TV Shows 54

Narrator 11

Voice 4

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction (2024)

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing (2023)

Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice (2022)

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent (2020)

Todos los nombres de Sara (2019)

Hail Satan? (2019)

Sword-and-Sandal (2019)

I Am Richard Pryor (2019)

Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (2019)

The Madding Crowd (2017)

Bienvenido Mr. Heston (2016)

The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille (2016)

Orson Welles: Shadows & Light (2015)

Spanish Western (2015)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013)

Talking Pictures (2013)

A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (2011)

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (2011)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses (2008)

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)

De Madrid a la Luna (2006)

Hollywood Burn (2006)

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)

Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)

Remembering Reagan at His Ranch (2004)

Christmas in Hollywood (2003)

My Father (2003)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den (2003)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah (2003)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (2003)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden (2003)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath (2003)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale (2003)

Ben Hur (2003)

Lasting Love (2003)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

Last Party 2000 (2001)

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Cats & Dogs (2001)

The Gun Deadlock (2001)

The Order (2001)

Town & Country (2001)

The Weber Show (2000)

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Camino de Santiago (1999)

Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999)

The Best of Film Noir (1999)

Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

Forever Hollywood (1999)

Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich (1998)

Private Screenings: Charlton Heston (1998)

Gideon (1998)

Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War (1998)

Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (1998)

Armageddon (1998)

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998)

JOHN WAYNE - AMERICAN LEGEND (1998)

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis (1997)

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)

Hercules (1997)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line (1997)