Charlton Heston
Born October 04, 1923Died April 05, 2008
Place of birth: Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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...
Filmography
Actor (258 credits)
Movies
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science FictionSelf (archive footage)
2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost TapesSelf (archive footage)
2024Charlton Heston: Radical to Right WingSelf (archive footage)
2023Yul Brynner, the MagnificentSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2020I Am Richard PryorSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2019Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"(archive footage)
2019Hail Satan?Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period EpicSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2019Todos los nombres de SaraSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2019The Madding CrowdSelf (archive footage)
2017The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMilleSelf
2016Bienvenido Mr. HestonSelf (archive footage)
2016Spanish WesternSelf (archive footage)
2015And the Oscar Goes To...Self (archive footage)
2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2014Marlon Brando: An Actor Named DesireSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2014Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal JourneySelf (archive footage)
2011Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffSelf – Interviewee
20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(archive footage)
2010Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of MosesSelf - Host / Moses
2008Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride... Starring You!Himself
2008AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary EditionSelf (archive footage)
2007De Madrid a la LunaSelf (archive footage)
2006Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed CinemaSelf (archive footage)
2005Remembering Reagan at His RanchHost
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
2004Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's DenSelf - Host
2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and GoliathSelf - Host
2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the WhaleSelf - Host
2003Lasting Love
2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and DelilahSelf - Host
2003My FatherJosef Mengele
2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of EdenSelf - Host
2003Christmas in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2003Ben HurBen Hur (voice)
2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of JerichoSelf - Host
2003The Making of The Ten CommandmentsSelf (archive footage)
2003Bowling for ColumbineSelf - NRA President
2002Edith Head: The Paramount Years(archive footage)
2002The Face of Evil: Reinhard HeydrichNarrator (voice)
2002Town & CountryMr. Clayborne
2001The OrderProfessor Finley
2001The Gun DeadlockSelf
2001Planet of the ApesZaius (uncredited)
2001The Making of MidwaySelf
2001Cats & DogsThe Mastiff (voice)
2001Last Party 2000Self
2001Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre FootprintsSelf
2000Yesterday's TomorrowsSelf
1999Any Given SundayAFFA Football Commissioner
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf
1999Forever HollywoodSelf
1999Alaska: Spirit of the WildNarrator (voice)
1998Behind the Planet of the ApesSelf - 'Taylor'
1998GideonAddison Sinclair
1998ArmageddonNarration (voice)
1998Gary Cooper: The Face of a HeroSelf
1998Private Screenings: Charlton HestonSelf
1998HerculesNarrator (voice)
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The LineSelf
1997Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: GenesisSelf - Host
1997Charlton Heston Presents the BibleSelf - Narrator
1997HamletPlayer King
1996Andersonville DiariesNarrator
1996Love in HollywoodSelf
1996The Dark MistNarrator (voice)
1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her HeelsSelf
1996AlaskaPerry
1996The Mysterious Origins of ManSelf - Host
1996In the Mouth of MadnessJackson Harglow
1995The Avenging AngelBrigham Young
1995Charlton Heston: For All SeasonsSelf
1995TexasNarrator
1995The Legacy of MalthusSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994True LiesSpencer Trilby
1994Charlie Sheen's Stunts SpectacularSelf (archive footage)
1994The Bible According to HollywoodSelf
1994A Century of CinemaSelf
1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf
1994TombstoneHenry Hooker
1993Wayne's World 2Good Actor
1993The Mystery of the SphinxNarrator
1993Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of NazarethSelf - Host
1993Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of MosesSelf - Host
1993Solar CrisisAdm. "Skeet" Kelso
1992Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232Captain Al Haynes
1992NoëlNarrator
1992The Crucifer of BloodSherlock Holmes
1991Air Force One: The Planes and the PresidentsHost and Narrator
1991Almost an AngelGod
1990Treasure IslandLong John Silver
1990The Little KidnappersJames MacKenzie
1990With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in FilmSelf
1990Call from SpaceAlien (voice)
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf
1989Original SinLouis Mancini
1989A Man for All SeasonsSir Thomas More
1988Andrew Weyth, The Helga PicturesSelf - Host
1987Proud MenCharley MacLeod Sr.
1987Eclipse of ReasonNarrator
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1987The Fantasy Film Worlds of George PalSelf
1986Directed by William WylerSelf
1986Nairobi AffairLee Cahill
1984Mother LodeSilas McGee / Ian McGee
1982Barry Norman in Celebrity CitySelf
1982Let Poland Be PolandSelf - Co-Host
1982This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary SpecialSelf
1981The AwakeningMatthew Corbeck
1980The Mountain MenBill Tyler
1980Gray Lady DownCaptain Paul Blanchard
1978The Prince and the PauperHenry VIII
1977Energy: A National IssueNarrator (voice)
1977MidwayCapt. Matthew Garth
1976Two-Minute WarningCapt. Peter Holly
1976The Last Hard MenSam Burgade
1976America at the MoviesNarrator
1976EarthquakeStewart Graff
1974Airport 1975Alan Murdock
1974The Four MusketeersCardinal Richelieu
1974The Three MusketeersCardinal Richelieu
1973Soylent GreenDetective Robert Thorn
1973A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'Self
1973The Call of the WildJohn Thornton
1972SkyjackedCapt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
1972Antony and CleopatraMarc Antony
1972The Special London Bridge SpecialTennis Player
1972The Omega ManRobert Neville
1971Vietnam! Vietnam!Narrator (voice)
1971The Last Man Alive: The Omega ManSelf - Narrator
1971Beneath the Planet of the ApesTaylor
1970Julius CaesarMarc Antony
1970The HawaiiansWhip Hoxworth
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
1970Number OneRon "Cat" Catlan
1969Planet of the ApesGeorge Taylor
1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf
1968Elizabeth the QueenLord Essex
1968Will PennyWill Penny
1967CounterpointLionel Evans
1967While I Run This RaceNarrator
1967KhartoumGen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
1966Planet of the Apes Test ReelThomas
1966The Greatest Story Ever ToldJohn the Baptist
1965Major DundeeMajor Amos Charles Dundee
1965The Agony and the EcstasyMichelangelo
1965The War LordChrysagon
1965Uncertain Verification(archive footage)
196555 Days at PekingMaj. Matt Lewis
1963The Five Cities of JuneNarrator
1963The PatriotsThomas Jefferson
1963The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All TimeSelf
1963Diamond HeadRichard 'King' Howland
1962The Pigeon That Took RomeCaptain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
1962El CidEl Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
1961Ben-HurJudah Ben-Hur
1959The Wreck of the Mary DeareJohn Sands
1959Touch of EvilRamon Miguel Vargas
1958The BuccaneerGen. Andrew Jackson
1958The Big CountrySteve Leech
1958Fun in the Big CountrySelf
1958The Ten CommandmentsMoses
1956Three Violent PeopleCapt. Colt Saunders
1956Forbidden AreaCol. Jesse Price
1956Stars of CabaretSelf (archive footage)
1956The Far HorizonsLt. William Clark
1955The Private War of Major BensonMaj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
1955Lucy GallantCasey Cole
1955Secret of the IncasHarry Steel
1954The Naked JungleChristopher Leiningen
1954Pony ExpressCaptain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
1953ArrowheadEd Bannon
1953Bad for Each OtherDr. Tom Owen
1953The President's LadyAndrew Jackson
1953Three LivesSelf
1953The Greatest Show on EarthBrad Braden
1952Ruby GentryBoake Tackman
1952The SavageJames 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
1952A Bolt of LightningJames Otis
1951Dark CityDanny Haley
1950Julius CaesarMark Antony
1950Jane EyreEdward Rochester
1949Peer GyntPeer Gynt
1941Tv
Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)
2013The Weber ShowCharlton Heston
2000Camino de SantiagoProfessor Marcelo Rinaldi
1999Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of WarSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998Secrets of War: Shadows of The ReichSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 MoviesSelf
1998MADtvSelf
1995Eco-Challenge
1995The Outer LimitsChief Justice Haden Wainwright
1995FriendsCharlton Heston
1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastSelf
1994seaQuest DSVAbalon
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Noel's House PartyStar guest
1991Pebble MillSelf
1991Korea: The Unknown WarGeneral Douglas MacArthur (voice)
1988The Dame Edna ExperienceSelf
1987The ColbysJason Colby
1985ChiefsHugh Holmes
1983WoganSelf
1982DynastyJason Colby
1981The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
1978Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
1975Spécial cinémaSelf
1974Dinah!Self
1974The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
1973V.I.P. SchaukelSelf
1971The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1968F.D.R.Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1965The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962Kraft Mystery TheatrePaul Malone (archive footage)
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961Shirley Temple's StorybookBeast
1958Playhouse 90Col. Jesse Price
1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Actor
1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Guest
1956The $64,000 QuestionSubstitute Host
1955Climax!Lt. Paul Peterson
1954Climax!Chipman
1954General Electric TheaterTim
1953The OscarsSelf
1953OmnibusSelf - Presenter
1952Hallmark Hall of FameThomas Jefferson
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Hallmark Hall of FameRobert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
1951The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
1950Your Show of ShowsSelf - Guest Performer
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsCashel Bryon
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf - Host
1950Your Show of ShowsSelf - Guest Host
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsPeter Handley
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsMelody Jones
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1950Suspense
1949Studio One
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948Studio OneCol. / Dr. Michael Knowle
1948Studio OnePhilip Carey
1948Studio OnePetruchio
1948Studio OneHeathcliff
1948Studio OneEdward Rochester
1948Studio OneMitch Henderson
1948Studio OneJames Otis
1948Studio OneMacbeth
1948Studio OneMerton Densher
1948BAMBI AwardsSelf
1948Studio OneCommander Schneider
1948Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Host
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Winner
1944Science Fiction Film AwardsHimself
Director (3 credits)
Writer (1 credits)
