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
Top 40 Movies
Cats & Dogs
2001
Armageddon
1998
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
True Lies
1994
Hercules
1997
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Solar Crisis
1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
Love in Hollywood
1996
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
Tombstone
1993
55 Days at Peking
1963
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Planet of the Apes
1968
The Ten Commandments
1956
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
Planet of the Apes
2001
Ben-Hur
1959
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
El Cid
1961
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
1991
Julius Caesar
1950
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004
Hail Satan?
2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
Midway
1976
Major Dundee
1965
Ruby Gentry
1952
The Four Musketeers
1974
Soylent Green
1973
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
Earthquake
1974
Last Party 2000
2001
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Airport 1975
1974
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996