Charlton Heston
Acting
Born October 4, 1923 · Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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.
Acting (194)
Airports
2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
Hail Satan?
2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
The Madding Crowd
2017
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016
Spanish Western
2015
Children of the Civil Rights
2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
2008
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
De Madrid a la Luna
2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003
My Father
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
2003
Ben Hur
2003
Lasting Love
2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2002
Bowling for Columbine
2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
Last Party 2000
2001
The Making of Midway
2001
Planet of the Apes
2001
Cats & Dogs
2001
The Gun Deadlock
2001
The Order
2001
Town & Country
2001
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
Any Given Sunday
1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Forever Hollywood
1999
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
1998
Gideon
1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
1998
Armageddon
1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
Hercules
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
1997
Hamlet
1996
Love in Hollywood
1996
Alaska
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
Andersonville Diaries
1996
The Mysterious Origins of Man
1996
The Lord Protector
1996
Texas
1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
The Avenging Angel
1995
True Lies
1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
A Century of Cinema
1994
Tombstone
1993
Wayne's World 2
1993
The Mystery of the Sphinx
1993
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
1993
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
1993
Noël
1992
Solar Crisis
1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
Symphony for the Spire
1992
The Crucifer of Blood
1991
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
1991
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
1991
Almost an Angel
1990
A Night on Mount Edna
1990
The Little Kidnappers
1990
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
Treasure Island
1990
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Original Sin
1989
Call from Space
1989
A Man for All Seasons
1988
Proud Men
1987
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Eclipse of Reason
1987
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
Directed by William Wyler
1986
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
Nairobi Affair
1984
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
Mother Lode
1982
The Orson Welles Story
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
1981
The Awakening
1980
The Mountain Men
1980
Gray Lady Down
1978
Energy: A National Issue
1977
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
Two-Minute Warning
1976
America at the Movies
1976
Midway
1976
The Last Hard Men
1976
Earthquake
1974
The Four Musketeers
1974
Airport 1975
1974
The Three Musketeers
1973
Soylent Green
1973
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
The Call of the Wild
1972
Skyjacked
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
Vietnam! Vietnam!
1971
The Omega Man
1971
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
1971
The Hawaiians
1970
Julius Caesar
1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Number One
1969
Planet of the Apes
1968
Elizabeth the Queen
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
Counterpoint
1967
Will Penny
1967
While I Run This Race
1967
Khartoum
1966
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
The War Lord
1965
Night of the Dragon
1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
Uncertain Verification
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Major Dundee
1965
The Patriots
1963
The Five Cities of June
1963
55 Days at Peking
1963
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
1963
Diamond Head
1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
El Cid
1961
Ben-Hur
1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
The Buccaneer
1958
The Big Country
1958
Touch of Evil
1958
Fun in the Big Country
1958
Three Violent People
1956
The Ten Commandments
1956
Forbidden Area
1956
Stars of Cabaret
1956
Lucy Gallant
1955
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
The Far Horizons
1955
Secret of the Incas
1954
The Naked Jungle
1954
Bad for Each Other
1953
Three Lives
1953
Arrowhead
1953
Pony Express
1953
The President's Lady
1953
Ruby Gentry
1952
The Savage
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
A Bolt of Lightning
1951
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950
Dark City
1950
The Taming of the Shrew
1950
Julius Caesar
1950
Jane Eyre
1949
Peer Gynt
1941