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Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

ActingBorn October 4, 1923Died April 5, 2008 (age 84)Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Biography

Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923, 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.

Filmography

2025Movie
2024Movie
2023Movie
2020
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Todos los nombres de Sara

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Hail Satan?

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2019
I Am Richard Pryor

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2019Movie
2017
The Madding Crowd

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2016
Bienvenido Mr. Heston

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Spanish Western

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Children of the Civil Rights

as Self (archival footage)

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2011Movie
2010Movie
2010Movie
2006
De Madrid a la Luna

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2005
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Christmas in Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2003
My Father

as Josef Mengele

Movie
2003
Ben Hur

as Ben Hur (voice)

Movie
2003Movie
2002
Edith Head: The Paramount Years

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2002Movie
2002
Bowling for Columbine

as Self - NRA President

Movie
2001Movie
2001Movie
2001
Planet of the Apes

as Zaius (uncredited)

Movie
2001
Cats & Dogs

as The Mastiff (voice)

Movie
2001Movie
2001
The Order

as Professor Finley

Movie
2001
Town & Country

as Mr. Clayborne

Movie
2000
The Weber Show

as Charlton Heston

TV
1999
Any Given Sunday

as AFFA Football Commissioner

Movie
1999
Camino de Santiago

as Professor Marcelo Rinaldi

TV
1999Movie
1999Movie
1998
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1998
Gideon

as Addison Sinclair

Movie
1998
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1998Movie
1998
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
1998
Armageddon

as Narration (voice)

Movie
1997
Hercules

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1997Movie
1996
Hamlet

as Player King

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Alaska

as Perry

Movie
1996Movie
1996Movie
1996
The Lord Protector

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1995
MADtv

as Self

TV
1995
Texas

as Narrator

Movie
1995
The Outer Limits

as Chief Justice Haden Wainwright

TV
1995
In the Mouth of Madness

as Jackson Harglow

Movie
1995
The Avenging Angel

as Brigham Young

Movie
1994
Friends

as Charlton Heston

TV
1994
True Lies

as Spencer Trilby

Movie
1994
The Legacy of Malthus

as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

Movie
1994Movie
1993
Tombstone

as Henry Hooker

Movie
1993
Wayne's World 2

as Good Actor

Movie
1993Movie
1993TV
1993
seaQuest DSV

as Abalon

TV
1992
Noël

as Narrator

Movie
1992
Solar Crisis

as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso

Movie
1992Movie
1991
Noel's House Party

as Star guest

TV
1991
The Crucifer of Blood

as Sherlock Holmes

Movie
1991TV
1990Movie
1990Movie
1990
The Little Kidnappers

as James MacKenzie

Movie
1990
Treasure Island

as Long John Silver

Movie
1989
Original Sin

as Louis Mancini

Movie
1989
Call from Space

as Alien (voice)

Movie
1988
A Man for All Seasons

as Sir Thomas More

Movie
1988
Korea: The Unknown War

as General Douglas MacArthur (voice)

TV
1987
Proud Men

as Charley MacLeod Sr.

Movie
1987Movie
1987Movie
1985
The Colbys

as Jason Colby

TV
1984Movie
1984
Nairobi Affair

as Lee Cahill

Movie
1983
Chiefs

as Hugh Holmes

TV
1982
Mother Lode

as Silas McGee / Ian McGee

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1982
Let Poland Be Poland

as Self - Co-Host

Movie
1981
Dynasty

as Jason Colby

TV
1980
The Awakening

as Matthew Corbeck

Movie
1980
The Mountain Men

as Bill Tyler

Movie
1978
Gray Lady Down

as Captain Paul Blanchard

Movie
1977
Energy: A National Issue

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1977Movie
1976
Two-Minute Warning

as Capt. Peter Holly

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Midway

as Capt. Matthew Garth

Movie
1976
The Last Hard Men

as Sam Burgade

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1974
Earthquake

as Stewart Graff

Movie
1974
The Four Musketeers

as Cardinal Richelieu

Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974
Airport 1975

as Alan Murdock

Movie
1974TV
1973
The Three Musketeers

as Cardinal Richelieu

Movie
1973
Soylent Green

as Detective Robert Thorn

Movie
1972
The Call of the Wild

as John Thornton

Movie
1972
Skyjacked

as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara

Movie
1972
Antony and Cleopatra

as Marc Antony

Movie
1972Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971
Vietnam! Vietnam!

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1971
The Omega Man

as Robert Neville

Movie
1971TV
1971Movie
1970
The Hawaiians

as Whip Hoxworth

Movie
1970
Julius Caesar

as Marc Antony

Movie
1970Movie
1969
Number One

as Ron "Cat" Catlan

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Planet of the Apes

as George Taylor

Movie
1968
Elizabeth the Queen

as Lord Essex

Movie
1967
Counterpoint

as Lionel Evans

Movie
1967
Will Penny

as Will Penny

Movie
1967Movie
1966
Khartoum

as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

Movie
1965
The War Lord

as Chrysagon

Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965
Uncertain Verification

as (archive footage)

Movie
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as John the Baptist

Movie
1965
Major Dundee

as Major Amos Charles Dundee

Movie
1965
F.D.R.

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

TV
1963
The Patriots

as Thomas Jefferson

Movie
1963Movie
1963
55 Days at Peking

as Maj. Matt Lewis

Movie
1962
Diamond Head

as Richard 'King' Howland

Movie
1962TV
1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome

as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1961
El Cid

as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar

Movie
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre

as Paul Malone (archive footage)

TV
1959
Ben-Hur

as Judah Ben-Hur

Movie
1959Movie
1958
The Buccaneer

as Gen. Andrew Jackson

Movie
1958
The Big Country

as Steve Leech

Movie
1958
Touch of Evil

as Ramon Miguel Vargas

Movie
1958Movie
1956
Three Violent People

as Colt Saunders

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Forbidden Area

as Col. Jesse Price

Movie
1956
Playhouse 90

as Col. Jesse Price

TV
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Actor

TV
1956
Stars of Cabaret

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1955
Lucy Gallant

as Casey Cole

Movie
1955
The Private War of Major Benson

as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson

Movie
1955
The Far Horizons

as Lt. William Clark

Movie
1955
The $64,000 Question

as Substitute Host

TV
1954
Climax!

as Lt. Paul Peterson

TV
1954
Climax!

as Chipman

TV
1954
Secret of the Incas

as Harry Steel

Movie
1954
The Naked Jungle

as Christopher Leiningen

Movie
1953
Bad for Each Other

as Dr. Tom Owen

Movie
1953Movie
1953
Arrowhead

as Ed Bannon

Movie
1953
Pony Express

as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Movie
1953
The President's Lady

as Andrew Jackson

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Ruby Gentry

as Boake Tackman

Movie
1952
Omnibus

as Self - Presenter

TV
1952
The Savage

as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet

Movie
1952Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Thomas Jefferson

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex

TV
1951
A Bolt of Lightning

as James Otis

Movie
1950Movie
1950
Dark City

as Danny Haley

Movie
1950TV
1950Movie
1950
Julius Caesar

as Mark Antony

Movie
1950
Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Performer

TV
1950
Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1950TV
1950TV
1950TV
1950TV
1949
Jane Eyre

as Edward Rochester

Movie
1949TV
1948
Studio One

as Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle

TV
1948
Studio One

as Philip Carey

TV
1948
Studio One

as Petruchio

TV
1948
Studio One

as Heathcliff

TV
1948
Studio One

as Edward Rochester

TV
1948
Studio One

as Mitch Henderson

TV
1948
Studio One

as James Otis

TV
1948
Studio One

as Macbeth

TV
1948
Studio One

as Merton Densher

TV
1948
Studio One

as Commander Schneider

TV
1948
Bambi

as Self

TV
1944TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1941
Peer Gynt

as Peer Gynt

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 4, 1923
Day of DeathApril 5, 2008
Place of BirthWilmette, Illinois, USA
Popularity1.8