Charlton Heston
Biography
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.
Acting (176 movies)
Planet of the Apes
1968
Bowling for Columbine
2002
Touch of Evil
1958
Solar Crisis
1992
Ben-Hur
1959
Will Penny
1967
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
Hamlet
1996
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
The Three Musketeers
1973
Earthquake
1974
The Buccaneer
1958
The Omega Man
1971
Midway
1976
Town & Country
2001
The Ten Commandments
1956
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Gray Lady Down
1978
Tombstone
1993
Hercules
1997
Soylent Green
1973
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
Wayne's World 2
1993
Almost an Angel
1990
Treasure Island
1990
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
The Big Country
1958
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
55 Days at Peking
1963
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
Airport 1975
1974
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
1998
Secret of the Incas
1954
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003
Khartoum
1966
Major Dundee
1965
Dark City
1950
Julius Caesar
1970
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
The War Lord
1965
The Call of the Wild
1972
True Lies
1994
Pony Express
1953
Arrowhead
1953
The Order
2001
The Naked Jungle
1954
The Last Hard Men
1976
El Cid
1961
The Awakening
1980
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
Love in Hollywood
1996
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
2003
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Ruby Gentry
1952
The Dark Mist
1996
Bad for Each Other
1953
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
Three Violent People
1956
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
The Mountain Men
1980
The Hawaiians
1970
The Far Horizons
1955
Mother Lode
1982
Skyjacked
1972
The Mystery of the Sphinx
1993
Number One
1969
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
The President's Lady
1953
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
Fun in the Big Country
1958
The Crucifer of Blood
1991
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
The Little Kidnappers
1990
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
Uncertain Verification
1965
The Avenging Angel
1995
The Savage
1952
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
Lucy Gallant
1955
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004
Diamond Head
1962
A Man for All Seasons
1988
Counterpoint
1967
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
America at the Movies
1976
Nairobi Affair
1984
Gideon
1998
Julius Caesar
1950
Noël
1992
The Five Cities of June
1963
While I Run This Race
1967
Lasting Love
2003
Planet of the Apes
2001
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
2003
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Antony and Cleopatra | 1972 | Screenplay |