Charlton Heston
Born October 04, 1923 (Age: 102)
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Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
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as Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Age: 95
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 83
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2002
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 79
Bowling for Columbine
2002
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as Self - NRA President
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Age: 79
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 78
Planet of the Apes
2001
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as Zaius (uncredited)
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Age: 77
Cats & Dogs
2001
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as The Mastiff (voice)
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Age: 77
Town & Country
2001
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as Mr. Clayborne
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Age: 77
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
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as Self
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Age: 76
Any Given Sunday
1999
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as AFFA Football Commissioner
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Age: 76
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
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as Self
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Age: 75
No Image
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
1998
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as Self
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Age: 75
Armageddon
1998
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as Narration (voice)
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Age: 74
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
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as Self
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Age: 74
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
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as Self
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Age: 73
Hercules
1997
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 73
Hamlet
1996
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as Player King
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Age: 73
Love in Hollywood
1996
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as Self
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Age: 73
Alaska
1996
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as Perry
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Age: 72
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
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as Self
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Age: 72
No Image
Andersonville Diaries
1996
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as Narrator
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Age: 72
The Mysterious Origins of Man
1996
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as Self - Host
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Age: 72
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
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as Jackson Harglow
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Age: 71
True Lies
1994
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as Spencer Trilby
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Age: 70
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
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as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
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Age: 70
Tombstone
1993
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as Henry Hooker
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Age: 70
Wayne's World 2
1993
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as Good Actor
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Age: 70
No Image
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
1991
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as Narrator
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Age: 67
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
1991
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as Host and Narrator
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Age: 67
Almost an Angel
1990
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as God
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Age: 67
No Image
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
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as Self
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Age: 66
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
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as Self
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Age: 58
The Orson Welles Story
1982
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as Self
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Age: 58
The Awakening
1980
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as Matthew Corbeck
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Age: 56
Gray Lady Down
1978
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as Captain Paul Blanchard
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Age: 54
Two-Minute Warning
1976
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as Capt. Peter Holly
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Age: 53
Midway
1976
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as Capt. Matthew Garth
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Age: 52
Earthquake
1974
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as Stewart Graff
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Age: 51
The Four Musketeers
1974
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as Cardinal Richelieu
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Age: 51
Airport 1975
1974
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as Alan Murdock
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Age: 51
The Three Musketeers
1973
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as Cardinal Richelieu
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Age: 50
Soylent Green
1973
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as Detective Robert Thorn
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Age: 49
Skyjacked
1972
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as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
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Age: 48
Vietnam! Vietnam!
1971
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 47
The Omega Man
1971
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as Robert Neville
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Age: 47
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
1971
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 47
The Hawaiians
1970
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as Whip Hoxworth
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Age: 46
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
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as Taylor
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Age: 46
Planet of the Apes
1968
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as George Taylor
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Age: 44
Elizabeth the Queen
1968
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as Lord Essex
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Age: 44
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
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as Thomas
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Age: 42
No Image
Night of the Dragon
1965
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as Narrator
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Age: 42
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
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as Michelangelo
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Age: 41
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as John the Baptist
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Age: 41
Major Dundee
1965
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as Major Amos Charles Dundee
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Age: 41
No Image
The Patriots
1963
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as Thomas Jefferson
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Age: 40
55 Days at Peking
1963
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as Maj. Matt Lewis
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Age: 39
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
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as Self
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Age: 39
No Image
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
1963
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as Self
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Age: 39
El Cid
1961
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as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
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Age: 38
Ben-Hur
1959
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as Judah Ben-Hur
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Age: 36
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
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as John Sands
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Age: 36
The Big Country
1958
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as Steve Leech
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Age: 34
Touch of Evil
1958
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as Ramon Miguel Vargas
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Age: 34
Fun in the Big Country
1958
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as Self
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Age: 34
The Ten Commandments
1956
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as Moses
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Age: 33
No Image
Forbidden Area
1956
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as Col. Jesse Price
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Age: 33
Stars of Cabaret
1956
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 32
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950
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as Heathcliff
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Age: 27
The Taming of the Shrew
1950
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as Petruchio
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Age: 26
Peer Gynt
1941
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as Peer Gynt
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Age: 17