Charlton Heston
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Biography
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 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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2023 | Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2020 | Yul Brynner, the Magnificent | Self - Actor (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2019 | Hail Satan? | Self - Actor (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2019 | Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic | Self - Actor (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2019 | I Am Richard Pryor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2014 | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Actor (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2011 | Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2003 | The Making of The Ten Commandments | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | Self - NRA President | HIT | |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | AFFA Football Commissioner | HIT | |
| 1999 | Yesterday's Tomorrows | Self | HIT | |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | HIT | |
| 1998 | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self - 'Taylor' | HIT | |
| 1998 | Alaska: Spirit of the Wild | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1998 | Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self | HIT | |
| 1997 | Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis | Self - Host | HIT | |
| 1997 | Hercules | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self | HIT | |
| 1997 | Charlton Heston Presents the Bible | Self - Narrator | HIT | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Player King | HIT | |
| 1995 | In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow | HIT | |
| 1994 | True Lies | Spencer Trilby | HIT | |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Self | HIT | |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Henry Hooker | HIT | |
| 1993 | The Mystery of the Sphinx | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1992 | Symphony for the Spire | - | HIT | |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | HIT | |
| 1989 | Call from Space | Alien (voice) | HIT | |
| 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More | HIT | |
| 1987 | Proud Men | Charley MacLeod Sr. | HIT | |
| 1986 | The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | Self | HIT | |
| 1982 | The Orson Welles Story | Self | HIT | |
| 1973 | Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn | HIT | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1968 | Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | HIT | |
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Michelangelo | HIT | |
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Maj. Matt Lewis | HIT | |
| 1961 | El Cid | El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar | HIT | |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur | HIT | |
| 1958 | The Big Country | Steve Leech | HIT | |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | Ramon Miguel Vargas | HIT | |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Moses | HIT | |
| 1956 | Forbidden Area | Col. Jesse Price | HIT | |
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Casey Cole | HIT | |
| 1953 | The President's Lady | Andrew Jackson | HIT | |
| 1941 | Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt | HIT |