Charlton Heston
Born in Wilmette, Illinois, USA — Oct 04 1923• Died Apr 05 2008
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Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s 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. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Be…
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Charlton Heston
Climax!
Lt. Paul Peterson
Robert Montgomery Presents
Cashel Bryon
seaQuest DSV
Abalon
The Outer Limits
Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
Dynasty
Jason Colby
Studio One
Dinah!
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Bambi
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Actor
The Philco Television Playhouse
Suspense
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Beast
Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur
Bowling for Columbine
Self - NRA President
The Ten Commandments
Moses
Playhouse 90
Col. Jesse Price
Film '72
Self
Hercules
Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
The Colbys
Jason Colby
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Performer
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Tombstone
Henry Hooker
Armageddon
Narration (voice)
Planet of the Apes
George Taylor
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Planet of the Apes
Zaius (uncredited)
True Lies
Spencer Trilby
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Thomas Jefferson
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Paul Malone (archive footage)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Taylor
Noel's House Party
Star guest
The Greatest Story Ever Told
John the Baptist
Almost an Angel
God
Hamlet
Player King
The Omega Man
Robert Neville
Cats & Dogs
The Mastiff (voice)
Earthquake
Stewart Graff
Midway
Capt. Matthew Garth
El Cid
El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Chiefs
Hugh Holmes
Airport 1975
Alan Murdock
Touch of Evil
Ramon Miguel Vargas
Eco-Challenge
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
Soylent Green
Detective Robert Thorn
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Host and Narrator
Wayne's World 2
Good Actor
General Electric Theater
Tim
In the Mouth of Madness
Jackson Harglow
The $64,000 Question
Substitute Host
Will Penny
Will Penny
The Weber Show
Charlton Heston
MADtv
Self
Any Given Sunday
AFFA Football Commissioner
The Three Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
The War Lord
Chrysagon
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
Solar Crisis
Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
The Big Country
Steve Leech
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self
Khartoum
Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Michelangelo
Gray Lady Down
Captain Paul Blanchard
Major Dundee
Major Amos Charles Dundee
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
The Four Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
55 Days at Peking
Maj. Matt Lewis
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
John Sands
The Buccaneer
Gen. Andrew Jackson
Town & Country
Mr. Clayborne
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
The Greatest Show on Earth
Brad Braden
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self
Last Party 2000
Self
Alaska
Perry
The Prince and the Pauper
Henry VIII
Christmas in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Two-Minute Warning
Capt. Peter Holly
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
Mother Lode
Silas McGee / Ian McGee
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gideon
Addison Sinclair
The Last Hard Men
Sam Burgade
A Century of Cinema
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
The Mountain Men
Bill Tyler
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
Ben Hur
Ben Hur (voice)
The Call of the Wild
John Thornton
The Avenging Angel
Brigham Young
Antony and Cleopatra
Marc Antony
The Order
Professor Finley
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self
Science Fiction Film Awards
Himself
Noël
Narrator
The Savage
James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Skyjacked
Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Hail Satan?
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Korea: The Unknown War
General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
Bad for Each Other
Dr. Tom Owen
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Self - Performer
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Captain Al Haynes
Ruby Gentry
Boake Tackman
The Awakening
Matthew Corbeck
Three Violent People
Colt Saunders
Camino de Santiago
Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
The Naked Jungle
Christopher Leiningen
The Far Horizons
Lt. William Clark
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
Number One
Ron "Cat" Catlan
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Self - 'Taylor'
Airports
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Arrowhead
Ed Bannon
The Hawaiians
Whip Hoxworth
The President's Lady
Andrew Jackson
Call from Space
Alien (voice)
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
Self - Narrator (voice)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Self
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
Pony Express
Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Let Poland Be Poland
Self - Co-Host
Nairobi Affair
Lee Cahill
Dark City
Danny Haley
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
Original Sin
Louis Mancini
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Self (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
Self - Host
The Private War of Major Benson
Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
Texas
Narrator
The Making of Midway
Self
Julius Caesar
Marc Antony
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Self
My Father
Josef Mengele
Hollywood sul Tevere
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Self (archive footage)
A Bolt of Lightning
James Otis
The Special London Bridge Special
Tennis Player
Counterpoint
Lionel Evans
The Lord Protector
Narrator (voice)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Self (archive footage)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self (archive footage)
Diamond Head
Richard 'King' Howland
A Man for All Seasons
Sir Thomas More
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self
The Crucifer of Blood
Sherlock Holmes
Secret of the Incas
Harry Steel
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Self - Host
The Little Kidnappers
James MacKenzie
Lucy Gallant
Casey Cole
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Self
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
Three Lives
Self
The Patriots
Thomas Jefferson
Fun in the Big Country
Self
The Mystery of the Sphinx
Narrator
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Self
Elizabeth the Queen
Lord Essex
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Self
The Orson Welles Story
Self
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Self
Proud Men
Charley MacLeod Sr.
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
Forbidden Area
Col. Jesse Price
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Narrator (voice)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Love in Hollywood
Self
Stars of Cabaret
Self (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
Self (archive footage)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Self
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
Self
Vietnam! Vietnam!
Narrator (voice)
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Thomas
The Gun Deadlock
Self
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
(archive footage)
The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
A Night on Mount Edna
Self
The Mysterious Origins of Man
Self - Host
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Host
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Self
While I Run This Race
Narrator
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Self - Host
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
Symphony for the Spire
De Madrid a la Luna
Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Self
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
Self - Host
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
Self - Narrator
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
Narrator
F.D.R.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Five Cities of June
Narrator
Energy: A National Issue
Narrator (voice)
Eclipse of Reason
Narrator
America at the Movies
Narrator
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
Self - Narrator
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
Narrator (voice)
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
Self - Host / Moses
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
Self - Host
Lasting Love
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
Self - Host
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
Self - Host
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
Self - Host
Andersonville Diaries
Narrator
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
Self
Night of the Dragon
Narrator
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
Self
Children of the Civil Rights
Self (archival footage)