Cast
Charlton Heston
Acting
Cast
Charlton Heston
Known for
Acting
Born
1923-10-04
From
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Died
2008-04-05
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Biography
Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywoodâs most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923, 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. DeMilleâs The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah BenâHur in BenâHur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of bigâbudget 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 midâ20thâcentury 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 Alzheimerâs 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.
Hercules
as Narrator (voice)
Armageddon
as Narration (voice)
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur
The Ten Commandments
as Moses
Midway
as Capt. Matthew Garth
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
Tombstone
as Henry Hooker
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn
Any Given Sunday
as AFFA Football Commissioner
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor
The Order
as Professor Finley
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
El Cid
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Mother Lode
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Wayne's World 2
as Good Actor
Airport 1975
as Alan Murdock
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Brad Braden
The Last Hard Men
as Sam Burgade
Hamlet
as Player King
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as John the Baptist
Will Penny
as Will Penny
The Hawaiians
as Whip Hoxworth
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
55 Days at Peking
as Maj. Matt Lewis
Julius Caesar
as Marc Antony
The Big Country
as Steve Leech
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville
The Savage
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
Khartoum
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Town & Country
as Mr. Clayborne
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
Gideon
as Addison Sinclair
Alaska
as Perry
The Four Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Ruby Gentry
as Boake Tackman
The Prince and the Pauper
as Henry VIII
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
Almost an Angel
as God
The Buccaneer
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
Nairobi Affair
as Lee Cahill
Pony Express
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Michelangelo
Major Dundee
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self
Arrowhead
as Ed Bannon
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Counterpoint
as Lionel Evans
The Naked Jungle
as Christopher Leiningen
Antony and Cleopatra
as Marc Antony
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Last Party 2000
as Self
Two-Minute Warning
as Capt. Peter Holly
Dark City
as Danny Haley
The Avenging Angel
as Brigham Young
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
The Patriots
as Thomas Jefferson
The Mountain Men
as Bill Tyler
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self â Interviewee
Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self
The Call of the Wild
as John Thornton
Three Lives
as Self
Hail Satan?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Noël
as Narrator
Skyjacked
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Solar Crisis
as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as John Sands
Lucy Gallant
as Casey Cole
Three Violent People
as Colt Saunders
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
The Private War of Major Benson
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
Forever Hollywood
as Self
Gray Lady Down
as Captain Paul Blanchard
The Awakening
as Matthew Corbeck
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - 'Taylor'
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
Number One
as Ron "Cat" Catlan
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Far Horizons
as Lt. William Clark
Diamond Head
as Richard 'King' Howland
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Texas
as Narrator
The War Lord
as Chrysagon
The Lord Protector
as Narrator (voice)
A Man for All Seasons
as Sir Thomas More
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Captain Al Haynes
The Mystery of the Sphinx
as Narrator
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self
Secret of the Incas
as Harry Steel
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
as Self
The Crucifer of Blood
as Sherlock Holmes
Peer Gynt
as Peer Gynt
Proud Men
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
A Century of Cinema
as Self
Ben Hur
as Ben Hur (voice)
The Special London Bridge Special
as Tennis Player
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
as Self - Host
Forbidden Area
as Col. Jesse Price
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
as Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
Airports
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self
My Father
as Josef Mengele
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
as Host
Love in Hollywood
as Self
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The President's Lady
as Andrew Jackson
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
as Self (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
as Self - Host
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
as Self
The Making of Midway
as Self
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trumpâs "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
The Little Kidnappers
as James MacKenzie
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Tom Owen
Elizabeth the Queen
as Lord Essex
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
Call from Space
as Alien (voice)
The Bible According to Hollywood
as Self
Fun in the Big Country
as Self
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host / Moses
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Mysterious Origins of Man
as Self - Host
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
as Self - Narrator
Original Sin
as Louis Mancini
Todos los nombres de Sara
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
as Narrator
Hollywood sul Tevere
Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
as Self
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
as Self (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
as Self - Host
Symphony for the Spire
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Self - Host
A Night on Mount Edna
as Self
Lasting Love
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
Eclipse of Reason
as Narrator
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
as Self
Energy: A National Issue
as Narrator (voice)
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
as Host and Narrator
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Thomas
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
as Self (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
as Self - Host
Vietnam! Vietnam!
as Narrator (voice)
The Orson Welles Story
as Self
The Five Cities of June
as Narrator
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
as Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host
While I Run This Race
as Narrator
A Bolt of Lightning
as James Otis
The Gun Deadlock
as Self
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
as Self - Narrator
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
as Self - Host
Night of the Dragon
as Narrator
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
as Self - Host
America at the Movies
as Narrator
Children of the Civil Rights
as Self (archival footage)
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
Andersonville Diaries
as Narrator
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
as Self