Charlton Heston
Biography
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Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) 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..
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| Acting | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | The Order … Prof. Walter Finley |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes … Zaius |
| 1998 | Behind the Planet of the Apes … Himself - 'Taylor' (also archive footage) |
| 1997 | Alaska Spirit of the Wild … Actor |
| 1996 | Hamlet … Player King |
| 1996 | Lord Protector … |
| 1994 | True Lies … Spencer Trilby |
| 1994 | In the Mouth of Madness … Jackson Harglow |
| 1993 | Tombstone … Henry Hooker |
| 1993 | The Mystery of the Sphinx … narrator |
| 1992 | Gengis Khan … Togrul |
| 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood … Sherlock Holmes |
| 1990 | Almost An Angel … God |
| 1990 | Treasure Island … Long John Silver |
| 1990 | Solar Crisis … Adm. Skeet Kelso |
| 1986 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible - Jonah and the Whale … Narrator |
| 1986 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible - David and Goliath … Narrator |
| 1982 | Mother Lode … Silas McGee / Ian McGee |
| 1980 | The Awakening … Matthew Corbeck |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men … Bill Tyler |
| 1978 | Gray Lady Down … Captain Paul Blanchard |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning … Capt. Peter Holly |
| 1976 | The Last Hard Men … Sam Burgade |
| 1976 | Midway … Capt. Matthew Garth |
| 1975 | The Call of the Wild … John Thornton |
| 1974 | Earthquake … Stewart Graff |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 … Alan Murdock |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers … Cardinal Richelieu |
| 1973 | Soylent Green … Detective Robert Thorn |
| 1972 | Skyjacked … Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara |
| 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra … Marc Antony |
| 1971 | The Omega Man … Robert Neville |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar … Marc Antony |
| 1970 | The Hawaiians … Whip Hoxworth |
| 1970 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes … Taylor |
| 1969 | Number One … Ron Catlan |
| 1968 | Planet of the Apes … George Taylor |
| 1967 | Will Penny … Will Penny |
| 1966 | Khartoum … Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy … Michelangelo |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told … Johannes der Täufer |
| 1965 | The War Lord … Chrysagon |
| 1965 | Major Dundee … Major Amos Charles Dundee |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking … Maj. Matt Lewis |
| 1961 | El Cid … El Cid |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur … Judah Ben-Hur |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer … Gen. Andrew Jackson |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil … Ramon Miguel Vargas |
| 1958 | The Big Country … Steve Leech |
| 1957 | Three Violent People … Capt. Colt Saunders |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments … Moses |
| 1954 | The Naked Jungle … Christopher Leiningen |
| 1954 | Secret of the Incas … Harry Steel |
| 1953 | Arrowhead … Ed Bannon |
| 1953 | Pony Express … Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other … Dr. Tom Owen |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show On Earth … Brad Braden |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry … Boake Tackman |
| 1950 | Dark City … Danny Haley / Richard Branton |
| 1900 | The Little Kidnappers … James MacKenzie |
| 1900 | The Private War of Major Benson … Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson |
| Directing | |
|---|---|
| 1982 | Mother Lode … Director |
| 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra … Director |