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
Future
Science Fiction Film Awards
TVas Himself
2025
2024
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
as Self (archive footage)
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)
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
2017
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
as Self (archival footage)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
TVas Self (archive footage)
2011
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2008
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host / Moses
2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self (archive footage)
2006
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Ben Hur
as Ben Hur (voice)
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
My Father
as Josef Mengele
2002
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
as Narrator (voice)
2001
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
The Order
as Professor Finley
Last Party 2000
as Self
The Gun Deadlock
as Self
The Making of Midway
as Self
Town & Country
as Mr. Clayborne
2000
The Outer Limits
TVas Chief Justice Haden Wainwright• 2 eps
The Weber Show
TVas Charlton Heston
1999
Forever Hollywood
as Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self
Any Given Sunday
as AFFA Football Commissioner
Camino de Santiago
TVas Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
1998
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
as Narrator (voice)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - 'Taylor'
Gideon
as Addison Sinclair
Armageddon
as Narration (voice)
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 65 eps
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Friends
TVas Charlton Heston• 1 eps
1997
Hercules
as Narrator (voice)
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
as Self - Narrator
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
as Self - Host
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
TVas Self• 1 eps
1996
The Lord Protector
as Narrator (voice)
Alaska
as Perry
Love in Hollywood
as Self
The Mysterious Origins of Man
as Self - Host
Andersonville Diaries
as Narrator
Hamlet
as Player King
1995
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
The Avenging Angel
as Brigham Young
Texas
as Narrator
Pebble Mill
TVas Self• 1 eps
MADtv
TVas Self
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
A Century of Cinema
as Self
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
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
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
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Captain Al Haynes
1991
The Crucifer of Blood
as Sherlock Holmes
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
as Host and Narrator
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
as Narrator
Noel's House Party
TVas Star guest
1990
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
Almost an Angel
as God
The Little Kidnappers
as James MacKenzie
A Night on Mount Edna
as Self
1989
Call from Space
as Alien (voice)
Original Sin
as Louis Mancini
1988
A Man for All Seasons
as Sir Thomas More
Korea: The Unknown War
TVas General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
A Man for All Seasons
Director
1987
Proud Men
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
as Self - Host
Eclipse of Reason
as Narrator
The Dame Edna Experience
TVas Self
1986
1985
The Colbys
TVas Jason Colby• 49 eps
Dynasty
TVas Jason Colby• 5 eps
1984
Nairobi Affair
as Lee Cahill
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer
1983
Chiefs
TVas Hugh Holmes
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
1981
1980
The Awakening
as Matthew Corbeck
The Mountain Men
as Bill Tyler
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
Energy: A National Issue
as Narrator (voice)
1976
Midway
as Capt. Matthew Garth
Two-Minute Warning
as Capt. Peter Holly
The Last Hard Men
as Sam Burgade
America at the Movies
as Narrator
Dinah!
TVas Self• 2 eps
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1974
Airport 1975
as Alan Murdock
The Four Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
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
Antony and Cleopatra
as Marc Antony
The Special London Bridge Special
as Tennis Player
Antony and Cleopatra
Director
Antony and Cleopatra
Screenplay
1971
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville
Vietnam! Vietnam!
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
as Self - Narrator
Film '72
TVas Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TVas Self• 1 eps
1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor
The Hawaiians
as Whip Hoxworth
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Julius Caesar
as Marc Antony
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 5 eps
1969
Number One
as Ron "Cat" Catlan
1968
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
Elizabeth the Queen
as Lord Essex
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
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
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
Night of the Dragon
as Narrator
F.D.R.
TVas Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1964
Bambi
TVas Self• 1 eps
1963
55 Days at Peking
as Maj. Matt Lewis
The Patriots
as Thomas Jefferson
The Five Cities of June
as Narrator
1962
Diamond Head
as Richard 'King' Howland
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
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
Fun in the Big Country
as Self
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
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
Forbidden Area
as Col. Jesse Price
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
The $64,000 Question
TVas Substitute Host
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
Three Lives
as Self
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
1951
A Bolt of Lightning
as James Otis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex / Thomas Jefferson
1950
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
Dark City
as Danny Haley
Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
1949
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1941
Peer Gynt
as Peer Gynt