Charlton Heston
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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 l...
Known For
Filmography
Airports
2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
as (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016
as Self
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
2015
as Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
2008
as Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
as Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004
as Host
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
2003
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
2003
as Self - Host
Lasting Love
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
2003
as Self - Host
My Father
2003
as Josef Mengele
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
2003
as Self - Host
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Ben Hur
2003
as Ben Hur (voice)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
2003
as Self - Host
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Bowling for Columbine
2002
as Self - NRA President
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
as Self
Town & Country
2001
as Mr. Clayborne
The Order
2001
as Professor Finley
The Gun Deadlock
2001
as Self
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Zaius (uncredited)
The Making of Midway
2001
as Self
Cats & Dogs
2001
as The Mastiff (voice)
Last Party 2000
2001
as Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
as Self
The Weber Show
2000
as Charlton Heston
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
as Self
Any Given Sunday
1999
as AFFA Football Commissioner
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Camino de Santiago
1999
as Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
as Self - 'Taylor'
Gideon
1998
as Addison Sinclair
Armageddon
1998
as Narration (voice)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
as Self
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
1998
as Self
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hercules
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
1997
as Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
1997
as Self - Narrator
Hamlet
1996
as Player King
Andersonville Diaries
1996
as Narrator
Love in Hollywood
1996
as Self
The Lord Protector
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self
Alaska
1996
as Perry
The Mysterious Origins of Man
1996
as Self - Host
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as Jackson Harglow
The Avenging Angel
1995
as Brigham Young
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
as Self
Texas
1995
as Narrator
MADtv
1995
as Self
Eco-Challenge
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
as Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
True Lies
1994
as Spencer Trilby
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
as Self
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self
Friends
1994
as Charlton Heston
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Self
Tombstone
1993
as Henry Hooker
Wayne's World 2
1993
as Good Actor
The Mystery of the Sphinx
1993
as Narrator
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
1993
as Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
1993
as Self - Host
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Abalon
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Solar Crisis
1992
as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
as Captain Al Haynes
Noël
1992
as Narrator
Symphony for the Spire
1992
The Crucifer of Blood
1991
as Sherlock Holmes
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
1991
as Host and Narrator
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
1991
as Narrator
Noel's House Party
1991
as Star guest
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Almost an Angel
1990
as God
Treasure Island
1990
as Long John Silver
The Little Kidnappers
1990
as James MacKenzie
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
as Self
A Night on Mount Edna
1990
as Self
Call from Space
1989
as Alien (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
Original Sin
1989
as Louis Mancini
A Man for All Seasons
1988
as Sir Thomas More
Korea: The Unknown War
1988
as General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
1987
as Self - Host
Proud Men
1987
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
Eclipse of Reason
1987
as Narrator
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self
Directed by William Wyler
1986
as Self
The Colbys
1985
as Jason Colby
Nairobi Affair
1984
as Lee Cahill
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
as Self - Performer
Chiefs
1983
as Hugh Holmes
Mother Lode
1982
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
as Self
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self - Co-Host
The Orson Welles Story
1982
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
1981
as Self
Dynasty
1981
as Jason Colby
The Awakening
1980
as Matthew Corbeck
The Mountain Men
1980
as Bill Tyler
Gray Lady Down
1978
as Captain Paul Blanchard
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Henry VIII
Energy: A National Issue
1977
as Narrator (voice)
Midway
1976
as Capt. Matthew Garth
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Capt. Peter Holly
The Last Hard Men
1976
as Sam Burgade
America at the Movies
1976
as Narrator
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Earthquake
1974
as Stewart Graff
Airport 1975
1974
as Alan Murdock
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Cardinal Richelieu
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Cardinal Richelieu
Soylent Green
1973
as Detective Robert Thorn
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Call of the Wild
1972
as John Thornton
Skyjacked
1972
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Marc Antony
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
as Tennis Player
The Omega Man
1971
as Robert Neville
Vietnam! Vietnam!
1971
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
1971
as Self - Narrator
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
as Taylor
Julius Caesar
1970
as Marc Antony
The Hawaiians
1970
as Whip Hoxworth
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Number One
1969
as Ron "Cat" Catlan
Planet of the Apes
1968
as George Taylor
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
as Self
Elizabeth the Queen
1968
as Lord Essex
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Will Penny
1967
as Will Penny
Counterpoint
1967
as Lionel Evans
While I Run This Race
1967
as Narrator
Khartoum
1966
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
as Thomas
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as John the Baptist
Major Dundee
1965
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
as Michelangelo
The War Lord
1965
as Chrysagon
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
Night of the Dragon
1965
as Narrator
F.D.R.
1965
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
55 Days at Peking
1963
as Maj. Matt Lewis
The Five Cities of June
1963
as Narrator
The Patriots
1963
as Thomas Jefferson
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
as Self
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
1963
as Self
Diamond Head
1962
as Richard 'King' Howland
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
El Cid
1961
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
as Paul Malone (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Guest
Ben-Hur
1959
as Judah Ben-Hur
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
as John Sands
Touch of Evil
1958
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
The Buccaneer
1958
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country
1958
as Steve Leech
Fun in the Big Country
1958
as Self
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Beast
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Moses
Three Violent People
1956
as Colt Saunders
Forbidden Area
1956
as Col. Jesse Price
Stars of Cabaret
1956
as Self (archive footage)
Playhouse 90
1956
as Col. Jesse Price
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Actor
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
The Far Horizons
1955
as Lt. William Clark
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
Lucy Gallant
1955
as Casey Cole
The $64,000 Question
1955
as Substitute Host
Secret of the Incas
1954
as Harry Steel
The Naked Jungle
1954
as Christopher Leiningen
Climax!
1954
as Lt. Paul Peterson
Climax!
1954
as Chipman
Pony Express
1953
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Arrowhead
1953
as Ed Bannon
Bad for Each Other
1953
as Dr. Tom Owen
The President's Lady
1953
as Andrew Jackson
Three Lives
1953
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Tim
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Brad Braden
Ruby Gentry
1952
as Boake Tackman
The Savage
1952
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
Omnibus
1952
as Self - Presenter
A Bolt of Lightning
1951
as James Otis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Thomas Jefferson
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
Dark City
1950
as Danny Haley
Julius Caesar
1950
as Mark Antony
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950
as Heathcliff
The Taming of the Shrew
1950
as Petruchio
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Guest Performer
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Cashel Bryon
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Host
Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Guest Host
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Peter Handley
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Melody Jones
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Jane Eyre
1949
as Edward Rochester
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Studio One
1948
as Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle
Studio One
1948
as Philip Carey
Studio One
1948
as Petruchio
Studio One
1948
as Heathcliff
Studio One
1948
as Edward Rochester
Studio One
1948
as Mitch Henderson
Studio One
1948
as James Otis
Studio One
1948
as Macbeth
Studio One
1948
as Merton Densher
Bambi
1948
as Self
Studio One
1948
as Commander Schneider
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Peer Gynt
1941
as Peer Gynt