Charlton Heston

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

261

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-10-04

Day of death

2008-04-05 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Charlton Heston

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Dynasty

    Dynasty

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast

    Space Ghost Coast to Coast

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

  • Armageddon

    Armageddon

  • The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

  • The Colbys

    The Colbys

  • Bowling for Columbine

    Bowling for Columbine

  • Tombstone

    Tombstone

  • Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

  • Shirley Temple's Storybook

    Shirley Temple's Storybook

  • Earthquake

    Earthquake

  • The Big Country

    The Big Country

  • 55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

  • True Lies

    True Lies

  • Midway

    Midway

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Little Kidnappers

    The Little Kidnappers

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • El Cid

    El Cid

  • Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den

    Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den

  • Airport 1975

    Airport 1975

  • Wayne's World 2

    Wayne's World 2

  • Remembering Reagan at His Ranch

    Remembering Reagan at His Ranch

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Noel's House Party

    Noel's House Party

  • Alaska

    Alaska

  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes

    Beneath the Planet of the Apes

  • The President's Lady

    The President's Lady

  • The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

  • Gray Lady Down

    Gray Lady Down

  • Any Given Sunday

    Any Given Sunday

  • Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

    Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

  • In the Mouth of Madness

    In the Mouth of Madness

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Two-Minute Warning

    Two-Minute Warning

  • The Orson Welles Story

    The Orson Welles Story

  • Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses

    Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses

  • Will Penny

    Will Penny

  • Spanish Western

    Spanish Western

  • Cats & Dogs

    Cats & Dogs

  • Major Dundee

    Major Dundee

  • Gideon

    Gideon

  • The Far Horizons

    The Far Horizons

  • The Omega Man

    The Omega Man

  • Elizabeth the Queen

    Elizabeth the Queen

  • The Patriots

    The Patriots

  • The Avenging Angel

    The Avenging Angel

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

    The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

  • The Mountain Men

    The Mountain Men

  • Lucy Gallant

    Lucy Gallant

  • Secret of the Incas

    Secret of the Incas

  • Proud Men

    Proud Men

  • The Weber Show

    The Weber Show

  • The War Lord

    The War Lord

  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

  • The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

    The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

  • Skyjacked

    Skyjacked

  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • Energy: A National Issue

    Energy: A National Issue

  • Soylent Green

    Soylent Green

  • Directed by William Wyler

    Directed by William Wyler

  • Kraft Mystery Theatre

    Kraft Mystery Theatre

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

    Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

  • The Dark Mist

    The Dark Mist

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

    Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

  • Hail Satan?

    Hail Satan?

  • Almost an Angel

    Almost an Angel

  • Three Lives

    Three Lives

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

    Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

  • The Legacy of Malthus

    The Legacy of Malthus

  • The Dame Edna Experience

    The Dame Edna Experience

  • The Savage

    The Savage

  • The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild

  • Dark City

    Dark City

  • Film '72

    Film '72

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • While I Run This Race

    While I Run This Race

  • The Four Musketeers

    The Four Musketeers

  • Texas

    Texas

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy

    The Agony and the Ecstasy

  • Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

    Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

  • Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

    Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

  • Khartoum

    Khartoum

  • Touch of Evil

    Touch of Evil

  • Solar Crisis

    Solar Crisis

  • Planet of the Apes Test Reel

    Planet of the Apes Test Reel

  • Number One

    Number One

  • Town & Country

    Town & Country

  • The Crucifer of Blood

    The Crucifer of Blood

  • The Bible According to Hollywood

    The Bible According to Hollywood

  • Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

    Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

  • Arrowhead

    Arrowhead

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • My Father

    My Father

  • Fun in the Big Country

    Fun in the Big Country

  • Pony Express

    Pony Express

  • Todos los nombres de Sara

    Todos los nombres de Sara

  • Bad for Each Other

    Bad for Each Other

  • Antony and Cleopatra

    Antony and Cleopatra

  • The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time

    The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Peer Gynt

    Peer Gynt

  • Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

    Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

  • With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

  • Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden

    Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden

  • Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

  • Behind the Planet of the Apes

    Behind the Planet of the Apes

  • Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

    Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

  • The Wreck of the Mary Deare

    The Wreck of the Mary Deare

  • Noël

    Noël

  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

  • Bienvenido Mr. Heston

    Bienvenido Mr. Heston

  • Eco-Challenge

    Eco-Challenge

  • Original Sin

    Original Sin

  • Lasting Love

    Lasting Love

  • The Order

    The Order

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • De Madrid a la Luna

    De Madrid a la Luna

  • I Am Richard Pryor

    I Am Richard Pryor

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

    A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

  • Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

  • Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

    Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

  • The Last Hard Men

    The Last Hard Men

  • The Hawaiians

    The Hawaiians

  • Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

  • The Making of Midway

    The Making of Midway

  • Yesterday's Tomorrows

    Yesterday's Tomorrows

  • Barry Norman in Celebrity City

    Barry Norman in Celebrity City

  • The Naked Jungle

    The Naked Jungle

  • Chiefs

    Chiefs

  • The $64,000 Question

    The $64,000 Question

  • Uncertain Verification

    Uncertain Verification

  • The Pigeon That Took Rome

    The Pigeon That Took Rome

  • Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic

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

  • The Five Cities of June

    The Five Cities of June

  • The Making of The Ten Commandments

    The Making of The Ten Commandments

  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

  • Mother Lode

    Mother Lode

  • Call from Space

    Call from Space

  • The Private War of Major Benson

    The Private War of Major Benson

  • Diamond Head

    Diamond Head

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Airports

    Airports

  • A Bolt of Lightning

    A Bolt of Lightning

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

    AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

  • Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

    Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

  • Let Poland Be Poland

    Let Poland Be Poland

  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years

    Edith Head: The Paramount Years

  • Camino de Santiago

    Camino de Santiago

  • A Century of Cinema

    A Century of Cinema

  • Love in Hollywood

    Love in Hollywood

  • Science Fiction Film Awards

    Science Fiction Film Awards

  • Three Violent People

    Three Violent People

  • Television: The First Fifty Years

    Television: The First Fifty Years

  • Ben Hur

    Ben Hur

  • The Buccaneer

    The Buccaneer

  • 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

    2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • The Awakening

    The Awakening

  • Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich

    Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich

  • Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

    Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

  • F.D.R.

    F.D.R.

  • Nairobi Affair

    Nairobi Affair

  • Korea: The Unknown War

    Korea: The Unknown War

  • Stars of Cabaret

    Stars of Cabaret

  • Christmas in Hollywood

    Christmas in Hollywood

  • Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

    Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

  • Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing

    Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing

  • A Man for All Seasons

    A Man for All Seasons

  • Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

    Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

  • Rowan & Martin at the Movies

    Rowan & Martin at the Movies

  • Vietnam! Vietnam!

    Vietnam! Vietnam!

  • The Mystery of the Sphinx

    The Mystery of the Sphinx

  • The Madding Crowd

    The Madding Crowd

  • Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

    Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

  • Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses

    Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses

  • Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

    Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

  • Ruby Gentry

    Ruby Gentry

  • Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale

    Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale

  • Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah

    Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah

  • Last Party 2000

    Last Party 2000

  • Forbidden Area

    Forbidden Area

  • Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

    Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

  • America at the Movies

    America at the Movies

  • The Gun Deadlock

    The Gun Deadlock

  • The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

    The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

  • The Special London Bridge Special

    The Special London Bridge Special

  • The Mysterious Origins of Man

    The Mysterious Origins of Man

  • Charlton Heston Presents the Bible

    Charlton Heston Presents the Bible

  • The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man

    The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man

  • This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special

    This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special

  • Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath

    Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath

  • The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich

    The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich

  • Private Screenings: Charlton Heston

    Private Screenings: Charlton Heston

  • Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth

    Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth

  • Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures

    Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures

  • Cults: Saying No Under Pressure

    Cults: Saying No Under Pressure

  • Eclipse of Reason

    Eclipse of Reason

  • Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis

    Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis

  • "Studio One" Wuthering Heights

    "Studio One" Wuthering Heights

  • Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting

    Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting

  • Andersonville Diaries

    Andersonville Diaries