Charlton Heston
Acting
Born: Oct 04, 1923 — Died: Apr 05, 2008
From: Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing | Self (archive footage) | 2023 | 8.5 |
| Yul Brynner, the Magnificent | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2020 | 7.5 |
| I Am Richard Pryor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019 | 6.9 |
| Bowling for Columbine | Self - NRA President | 2002 | 7.512 |
| Town & Country | Mr. Clayborne | 2001 | 4.476 |
| Hercules | Narrator (voice) | 1997 | 7.49 |
| Hamlet | Player King | 1996 | 7.341 |
| In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow | 1995 | 7.214 |
| Tombstone | Henry Hooker | 1993 | 7.583 |
| Wayne's World 2 | Good Actor | 1993 | 6.1 |
| Solar Crisis | Adm. "Skeet" Kelso | 1992 | 4.314 |
| Almost an Angel | God | 1990 | 5.784 |
| Treasure Island | Long John Silver | 1990 | 6.619 |
| Gray Lady Down | Captain Paul Blanchard | 1978 | 6.418 |
| Midway | Capt. Matthew Garth | 1976 | 6.598 |
| Two-Minute Warning | Capt. Peter Holly | 1976 | 6.229 |
| Earthquake | Stewart Graff | 1974 | 6.115 |
| The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1973 | 6.763 |
| Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn | 1973 | 6.9 |
| The Omega Man | Robert Neville | 1971 | 6.16 |
| Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Taylor | 1970 | 6.147 |
| Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | 1968 | 7.65 |
| Will Penny | Will Penny | 1967 | 6.633 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | John the Baptist | 1965 | 6.415 |
| Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur | 1959 | 7.884 |
| Touch of Evil | Ramon Miguel Vargas | 1958 | 7.749 |
| The Buccaneer | Gen. Andrew Jackson | 1958 | 6.5 |
| The Big Country | Steve Leech | 1958 | 7.582 |
| The Ten Commandments | Moses | 1956 | 7.772 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Brad Braden | 1952 | 6.363 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1923 |
| From | Wilmette, Illinois, USA |