Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 04, 1923
Died
Apr 05, 2008
Place of Birth
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Credits
252 titles
Charlton Heston
Biography
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter 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 Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
Known For
Filmography
Airports
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
(archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Self
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
Hollywood sul Tevere
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Host
Christmas in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
My Father
Josef Mengele
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Self - Host
Ben Hur
Ben Hur (voice)
Lasting Love
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Self (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
Narrator (voice)
Bowling for Columbine
Self - NRA President
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Self
Last Party 2000
Self
The Making of Midway
Self
Planet of the Apes
Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
The Mastiff (voice)
The Gun Deadlock
Self
The Order
Professor Finley
Town & Country
Mr. Clayborne