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Charlton Heston
Actor, Director
Died April 5, 2008 (84 years)
Charlton Heston 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.
Filmography
| 2019 | Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" · as (archive footage) |
| 2011 | The Parade · as Ben Hur |
| 2010 | 2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift · as actor |
| 2008 | Religulous · as George Taylor |
| 2003 | Ben Hur · as Ben Hur (voice) |
| 2003 | Christmas from Hollywood · as Unknown |
| 2003 | My Father · as Josef Mengele |
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| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years · as actor |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes · as Zaius |
| 2001 | Town & Country · as Mr. Clayborne |
| 2001 | The Order · as Professor Finley |
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs · as The Mastiff (voice) |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday · as Commissioner |
| 1999 | Camino de Santiago (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Gideon · as Addison Sinclair |
| 1998 | Armageddon · as Narration (voice) |
| 1998 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den · as Moses (voice) |
| 1998 | Secrets of War (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Alaska: Spirit of the Wild · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Hercules · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Hamlet · as Player King |
| 1996 | The Lord Protector · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) · as Cincinnatus |
| 1996 | Alaska · as Perry |
| 1996 | Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels · as actor |
| 1995 | Get Shorty · as Mike Vargas |
| 1995 | The Avenging Angel · as Brigham Young |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | In the Mouth of Madness · as Jackson Harglow |
| 1994 | The Chase · as George Taylor |
| 1994 | True Lies · as Spencer Trilby |
| 1994 | Texas · as Narrator |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) · as Charlton Heston |
| 1994 | The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV Series) · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 1993 | Tombstone · as Henry Hooker |
| 1993 | Mystery of the Sphinx · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Dave's Supervisor |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV (TV Series) · as Abalon |
| 1993 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 · as Good Actor |
| 1992 | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 · as Captain Al Haynes |
| 1992 | Charlton Heston Presents the Bible · as Narrator |
| 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 1990 | Solar Crisis · as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso |
| 1990 | Almost an Angel · as God |
| 1990 | The Little Kidnappers · as James MacKenzie |
| 1990 | Treasure Island · as Long John Silver |
| 1989 | Original Sin · as Louis Mancini |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | A Man for All Seasons · as Sir Thomas More |
| 1987 | Proud Men · as Charley MacLeod Sr. |
| 1987 | The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) · as Charlton Heston |
| 1985 | The Colbys (TV Series) · as Jason Colby |
| 1984 | Nairobi Affair · as Lee Cahill |
| 1983 | Chiefs (TV Series) · as Hugh Holmes |
| 1982 | Mother Lode · as Silas McGee / Ian McGee |
| 1981 | Dynasty (TV Series) · as Jason Colby |
| 1980 | The Awakening · as Matthew Corbeck |
| 1980 | The Mountain Men · as Bill Tyler |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as actor |
| 1978 | Gray Lady Down · as Captain Paul Blanchard |
| 1977 | Crossed Swords · as Henry VIII |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning · as Capt. Peter Holly |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Narrator |
| 1976 | Midway · as Capt. Matthew Garth |
| 1976 | The Last Hard Men · as Sam Burgade |
| 1974 | Earthquake · as Stewart Graff |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge · as Cardinal Richelieu |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 · as Alan Murdock |
| 1973 | Soylent Green · as Detective Robert Thorn |
| 1973 | The Adventures of Mowgli · as Narrator |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers · as Cardinal Richelieu |
| 1972 | The Call of the Wild · as John Thornton |
| 1972 | Skyjacked · as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara |
| 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra · as Marc Antony |
| 1971 | The Omega Man · as Robert Neville |
| 1971 | Vietnam! Vietnam! · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | The Two Ronnies (TV Series) · as Bar Customer: Pinocchio II Segment |
| 1970 | The Hawaiians · as Whip Hoxworth |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar · as Marc Antony |
| 1970 | The Festival Game · as actor |
| 1970 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes · as Taylor |
| 1969 | Number One · as Ron "Cat" Catlan |
| 1968 | Planet of the Apes · as George Taylor |
| 1967 | Will Penny · as Will Penny |
| 1967 | Counterpoint · as Lionel Evans |
| 1966 | Khartoum · as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told · as John the Baptist |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy · as Michelangelo |
| 1965 | The War Lord · as Chrysagon |
| 1965 | Major Dundee · as Major Amos Charles Dundee |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking · as Maj. Matt Lewis |
| 1962 | Diamond Head · as Richard 'King' Howland |
| 1961 | El Cid · as El Cid |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur · as Judah Ben-Hur |
| 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare · as John Sands |
| 1959 | Ben Hur · as Judá Ben-Hur |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil · as Ramon Miguel Vargas |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer · as Gen. Andrew Jackson |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as The Beast |
| 1958 | The Big Country · as Steve Leech |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments · as Moses |
| 1956 | Three Violent People · as Capt. Colt Saunders |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons · as Lt. William Clark |
| 1954 | Secret of the Incas · as Harry Steel |
| 1954 | The Naked Jungle · as Christopher Leiningen |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Chipman |
| 1953 | Pony Express · as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody |
| 1953 | The President's Lady · as Andrew Jackson |
| 1953 | Arrowhead · as Ed Bannon |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Tim |
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth · as Brad Braden |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry · as Boake Tackman |
| 1952 | The Savage · as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Thomas Jefferson |
| 1950 | Dark City · as Danny Haley |
| 1950 | Julius Caesar · as Mark Antony |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Philip Carey |