Charlton Heston
Acting1923Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
Acting History
2020
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
Talking Pictures
TVas Self (archive footage)
2002
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
2001
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
The Order
as Professor Finley
Town & Country
as Mr. Clayborne
2000
The Outer Limits
TVas Chief Justice Haden Wainwright• 2 eps
The Weber Show
TVas Charlton Heston
1999
Any Given Sunday
as AFFA Football Commissioner
1998
Gideon
as Addison Sinclair
Armageddon
as Narration (voice)
Friends
TVas Charlton Heston• 1 eps
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 65 eps
1997
Hercules
as Narrator (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
TVas Self• 1 eps
1996
1995
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
The Avenging Angel
as Brigham Young
Texas
as Narrator
MADtv
TVas Self
Pebble Mill
TVas Self• 1 eps
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
seaQuest DSV
TVas Abalon• 1 eps
1993
Wayne's World 2
as Good Actor
The Mystery of the Sphinx
as Narrator
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host
Tombstone
as Henry Hooker
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TVas Self - Guest
1992
Solar Crisis
as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Noël
as Narrator
1991
The Crucifer of Blood
as Sherlock Holmes
Noel's House Party
TVas Star guest
1990
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
Almost an Angel
as God
1987
Proud Men
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
The Dame Edna Experience
TVas Self
1986
1985
The Colbys
TVas Jason Colby• 49 eps
Dynasty
TVas Jason Colby• 5 eps
1983
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self• 1 eps
1982
The Orson Welles Story
as Self
Mother Lode
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
Wogan
TVas Self
Mother Lode
Director
1980
The Awakening
as Matthew Corbeck
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
1978
Gray Lady Down
as Captain Paul Blanchard
1977
The Prince and the Pauper
as Henry VIII
1976
Midway
as Capt. Matthew Garth
Two-Minute Warning
as Capt. Peter Holly
The Last Hard Men
as Sam Burgade
Dinah!
TVas Self• 2 eps
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1974
Airport 1975
as Alan Murdock
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
The Four Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 6 eps
1973
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
1972
The Call of the Wild
as John Thornton
Skyjacked
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
1971
1970
Julius Caesar
as Marc Antony
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 5 eps
1968
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
Elizabeth the Queen
as Lord Essex
1967
1966
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Thomas
Khartoum
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
1965
Major Dundee
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as John the Baptist
The War Lord
as Chrysagon
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Michelangelo
1964
Bambi
TVas Self• 1 eps
1963
55 Days at Peking
as Maj. Matt Lewis
The Patriots
as Thomas Jefferson
1962
Diamond Head
as Richard 'King' Howland
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
El Cid
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TVas Paul Malone (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self - Guest
1959
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as John Sands
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self / Self - Actor• 2 eps
The Oscars
TVas Self• 5 eps
1958
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
The Buccaneer
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country
as Steve Leech
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TVas Beast• 1 eps
1957
Climax!
TVas Chipman• 1 eps
1956
The Ten Commandments
as Moses
Three Violent People
as Colt Saunders
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
Playhouse 90
TVas Col. Jesse Price• 1 eps
1955
Lucy Gallant
as Casey Cole
The Private War of Major Benson
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
The Far Horizons
as Lt. William Clark
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self - Host• 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Melody Jones• 1 eps
Omnibus
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
1954
The Naked Jungle
as Christopher Leiningen
Secret of the Incas
as Harry Steel
Your Show of Shows
TVas Self - Guest Host• 1 eps
1953
The President's Lady
as Andrew Jackson
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Tom Owen
Pony Express
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Arrowhead
as Ed Bannon
General Electric Theater
TVas Tim
1952
The Savage
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Brad Braden
Ruby Gentry
as Boake Tackman
1950
1949
Studio One
TVas Commander Schneider• 1 eps
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self