Charlton Heston
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.
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Friends
Charlton Heston
Bambi
Self
The Outer Limits
Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
Dynasty
Jason Colby
Studio One
Studio One
Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle
Studio One
Philip Carey
Studio One
Petruchio
Studio One
Heathcliff
Studio One
Edward Rochester
Studio One
Mitch Henderson
Studio One
James Otis
Studio One
Macbeth
Studio One
Merton Densher
Studio One
Commander Schneider
The Colbys
Jason Colby
Climax!
Lt. Paul Peterson
Climax!
Chipman
Robert Montgomery Presents
Cashel Bryon
Robert Montgomery Presents
Peter Handley
Robert Montgomery Presents
Melody Jones
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Hercules
Narrator (voice)
seaQuest DSV
Abalon
The Philco Television Playhouse
Armageddon
Narration (voice)
The Oscars
Self
Tombstone
Henry Hooker
Planet of the Apes
George Taylor
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Host
Dinah!
Self
Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Actor
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
Bowling for Columbine
Self - NRA President
Soylent Green
Detective Robert Thorn
The Ten Commandments
Moses
While I Run This Race
Narrator
Proud Men
Charley MacLeod Sr.
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
The War Lord
Chrysagon
True Lies
Spencer Trilby
Almost an Angel
God
The Crucifer of Blood
Sherlock Holmes
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Performer
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Host
The Three Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
Planet of the Apes
Zaius (uncredited)
Playhouse 90
Col. Jesse Price
Alaska
Perry
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Suspense
The Patriots
Thomas Jefferson
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
The Awakening
Matthew Corbeck
In the Mouth of Madness
Jackson Harglow
Hamlet
Player King
Three Violent People
Colt Saunders
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Self
The Lord Protector
Narrator (voice)
The Big Country
Steve Leech
The Making of Midway
Self
Midway
Capt. Matthew Garth
Let Poland Be Poland
Self - Co-Host
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
Call from Space
Alien (voice)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Beast
Noel's House Party
Star guest
The Avenging Angel
Brigham Young
The Little Kidnappers
James MacKenzie
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
John the Baptist
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Self
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
Mother Lode
Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Touch of Evil
Ramon Miguel Vargas
Skyjacked
Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Taylor
Any Given Sunday
AFFA Football Commissioner
Film '72
Self
Secret of the Incas
Harry Steel
The Prince and the Pauper
Henry VIII
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
(archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
Three Lives
Self
Cats & Dogs
The Mastiff (voice)
The Savage
James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Thomas Jefferson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
America at the Movies
Narrator
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Paul Malone (archive footage)
The Order
Professor Finley
Antony and Cleopatra
Marc Antony
Airport 1975
Alan Murdock
The Omega Man
Robert Neville
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
Self - Host
Wayne's World 2
Good Actor
The Far Horizons
Lt. William Clark
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Narrator (voice)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
Narrator (voice)
55 Days at Peking
Maj. Matt Lewis
A Man for All Seasons
Sir Thomas More
Lasting Love
El Cid
El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Vietnam! Vietnam!
Narrator (voice)
The Last Hard Men
Sam Burgade
Christmas in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
Self - Narrator (voice)
Earthquake
Stewart Graff
Major Dundee
Major Amos Charles Dundee
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
Texas
Narrator
Khartoum
Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
The Weber Show
Charlton Heston
Gray Lady Down
Captain Paul Blanchard
Airports
Lucy Gallant
Casey Cole
The Call of the Wild
John Thornton
The Four Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
The Greatest Show on Earth
Brad Braden
Julius Caesar
Marc Antony
Chiefs
Hugh Holmes
The Special London Bridge Special
Tennis Player
Forever Hollywood
Self
Gideon
Addison Sinclair
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
Self - Host
The Mystery of the Sphinx
Narrator
Diamond Head
Richard 'King' Howland
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Michelangelo
Eclipse of Reason
Narrator
MADtv
Self
Will Penny
Will Penny
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
The $64,000 Question
Substitute Host
Dark City
Danny Haley
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
John Sands
Counterpoint
Lionel Evans
Pony Express
Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Arrowhead
Ed Bannon
The President's Lady
Andrew Jackson
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
Self - Host
The Mysterious Origins of Man
Self - Host
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
The Mountain Men
Bill Tyler
Bad for Each Other
Dr. Tom Owen
General Electric Theater
Tim
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
Self - Narrator
Hail Satan?
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Buccaneer
Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Naked Jungle
Christopher Leiningen
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Elizabeth the Queen
Lord Essex
Fun in the Big Country
Self
Eco-Challenge
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Solar Crisis
Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Ruby Gentry
Boake Tackman
Two-Minute Warning
Capt. Peter Holly
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Self - 'Taylor'
Town & Country
Mr. Clayborne
Forbidden Area
Col. Jesse Price
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Self
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
Self - Host
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
Self - Host / Moses
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
Self (archive footage)
Ben Hur
Ben Hur (voice)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Science Fiction Film Awards
Himself
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Thomas
Camino de Santiago
Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
Stars of Cabaret
Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
F.D.R.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A Bolt of Lightning
James Otis
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
Self - Narrator (voice)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self (archive footage)
A Night on Mount Edna
Self
Korea: The Unknown War
General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
Noël
Narrator
The Private War of Major Benson
Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
Number One
Ron "Cat" Catlan
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Captain Al Haynes
The Hawaiians
Whip Hoxworth
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
Symphony for the Spire
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
The Five Cities of June
Narrator
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Self (archive footage)
A Century of Cinema
Self
Last Party 2000
Self
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Self
The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
My Father
Josef Mengele
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Self - Performer
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Self - Host
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
Self
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Self
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Self (archive footage)
Original Sin
Louis Mancini
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Self
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Self
Nairobi Affair
Lee Cahill
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
The Orson Welles Story
Self
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Self - Host
Love in Hollywood
Self
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
Narrator
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Self (archive footage)
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Self
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
(archive footage)
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
Self - Host
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
Self - Narrator
De Madrid a la Luna
Self (archive footage)
Energy: A National Issue
Narrator (voice)
The Gun Deadlock
Self
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Host and Narrator
Todos los nombres de Sara
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
Self - Host
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
Hollywood sul Tevere
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Night of the Dragon
Narrator
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Host
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Self
"Studio One" Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Andersonville Diaries
Narrator
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Wogan
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
Self
Omnibus
Self - Presenter
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Pebble Mill
Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self