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.
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Movies (48)
Airports
2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
Todos los nombres de Sara
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Hail Satan?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
2019
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
as Self (archive footage)
2016
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
as Self
2016
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2011
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host / Moses
2008
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self (archive footage)
2007
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
as Host
2004
Christmas in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
2003
My Father
as Josef Mengele
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
as Self - Host
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
as Self - Host
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
as Self - Host
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
as Self - Host
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
as Self - Host
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Self - Host
2003
Ben Hur
as Ben Hur (voice)
2003
Lasting Love
2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as (archive footage)
2002
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
2002
Last Party 2000
as Self
2001
The Making of Midway
as Self
2001
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited)
2001
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
2001
The Gun Deadlock
as Self
2001
The Order
as Professor Finley
2001
Town & Country
as Mr. Clayborne
2001
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
2000
