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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Wilmette, Illinois, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1923-10-04 |
| Died | 2008-04-05 |
Movies
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
Todos los nombres de Sara
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Hail Satan?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Sword-and-Sandal
as Self (archive footage)
2019
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
2019
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
as Self (archive footage)
2016
2016
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host / Moses
2008
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self (archive footage)
2007
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
as Host
2004
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
My Father
as Josef Mengele
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
as Self - Host
2003
2003
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
as Self - Host
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
as Self - Host
2003
2003
Ben Hur
as Ben Hur (voice)
2003
2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
2002
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius
2001
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
2001
The Gun Deadlock
as Self
2001
The Order
as Professor Finley
2001
Town & Country
as Mr. Clayborne
2001
Any Given Sunday
as Commissioner
1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
as Self
1999
1999
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1999
1998
Gideon
as Addison Sinclair
1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - 'Taylor' (also archive footage)
1998
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self
1998
Armageddon
as Narration (voice)
1998
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
as Self - Host
1997
1997
Hercules
as Narrator (voice)
1997
1997
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
as Self - Narrator
1997
Hamlet
as Player King
1996
Love in Hollywood
as Self
1996
Alaska
as Perry
1996
1996
Andersonville Diaries
as Narrator
1996
The Mysterious Origins of Man
as Self - Host
1996
The Dark Mist
as Narrator (voice)
1996
Texas
as Narrator
1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
as Self
1995
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
1995
The Avenging Angel
as Brigham Young
1995
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
1994
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
as Self (archive footage)
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
as Self
1994
Tombstone
as Henry Hooker
1993
Wayne's World 2
as Good Actor
1993
The Mystery of the Sphinx
as Narrator
1993
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host
1993
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
as Self - Host
1993
Noël
as Narrator
1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Captain Al Haynes
1992
The Crucifer of Blood
as Sherlock Holmes
1991
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
as Host and Narrator
1991
Almost an Angel
as God
1990
The Little Kidnappers
as James MacKenzie
1990
Solar Crisis
as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
1990
1990
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
1990
1989
Original Sin
as Louis Mancini
1989
Call from Space
as Alien (voice)
1989
A Man for All Seasons
as Sir Thomas More
1988
Proud Men
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
1987
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
as Self - Host
1987
Eclipse of Reason
as Narrator
1987
Directed by William Wyler
as Self
1986
1985
Nairobi Affair
as Lee Cahill
1984
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
as Self
1982
Mother Lode
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
1982
1981
The Awakening
as Matthew Corbeck
1980
The Mountain Men
as Bill Tyler
1980
Gray Lady Down
as Captain Paul Blanchard
1978
Energy: A National Issue
as Narrator
1977
The Prince and the Pauper
as Henry VIII
1977
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
1976
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
1974
The Four Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
1974
Airport 1975
as Alan Murdock
1974
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
1973
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn
1973
1973
The Call of the Wild
as John Thornton
1972
Skyjacked
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
as Marc Antony
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
as Tennis Player
1972
Vietnam! Vietnam!
as Narrator (voice)
1971
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville
1971
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
as Self - Narrator
1971
The Hawaiians
as Whip Hoxworth
1970
Julius Caesar
as Marc Antony
1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Number One
as Ron "Cat" Catlan
1969
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
1968
Rowan & Martin At the Movies
as Self
1968
Counterpoint
as Lionel Evans
1967
Will Penny
as Will Penny
1967
While I Run This Race
as Narrator
1967
Khartoum
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
1966
The War Lord
as Chrysagon
1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Michelangelo
1965
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as John the Baptist
1965
Major Dundee
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
1965
The Patriots
as Thomas Jefferson
1963
The Five Cities of June
as Narrator
1963
55 Days at Peking
as Maj. Matt Lewis
1963
Diamond Head
as Richard 'King' Howland
1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
1962
El Cid
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
1961
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur
1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as John Sands
1959
The Buccaneer
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
1958
The Big Country
as Steve Leech
1958
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
1958
Fun in the Big Country
as Self
1958
Three Violent People
as Capt. Colt Saunders
1956
The Ten Commandments
as Moses
1956
Forbidden Area
as Col. Jesse Price
1956
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
1956
Lucy Gallant
as Casey Cole
1955
The Private War of Major Benson
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
1955
The Far Horizons
as Lt. William Clark
1955
Secret of the Incas
as Harry Steel
1954
The Naked Jungle
as Christopher Leiningen
1954
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Tom Owen
1953
Three Lives
as Self
1953
Arrowhead
as Ed Bannon
1953
Pony Express
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
1953
The President's Lady
as Andrew Jackson
1953
Ruby Gentry
as Boake Tackman
1952
The Savage
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Brad Braden
1952
A Bolt of Lightning
as James Otis
1951
Dark City
as Danny Haley
1950
Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony
1950
Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester
1949
Peer Gynt
as Peer Gynt
1941
Movies
A Man for All Seasons
Director
1988
Mother Lode
Director
1982
Antony and Cleopatra
Screenplay
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
Director
1972
