Charlton Heston
Acting
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 legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
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Charlton Heston
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Filmography of
Charlton Heston
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self - Actor (archive footage)
... 2020
Self - Actor (archive footage)
... 2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archival footage)
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Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self – Interviewee
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Self - Host / Moses
... 2008
Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
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Josef Mengele
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Ben Hur (voice)
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Self (archive footage)
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Narrator (voice)
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Self - NRA President
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Self
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Self
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Zaius (uncredited)
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The Mastiff (voice)
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Self
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Professor Finley
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Mr. Clayborne
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AFFA Football Commissioner
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Self
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Addison Sinclair
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Self - 'Taylor'
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Self - Narrator (voice)
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Narration (voice)
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Self - Host
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Narrator (voice)
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Self - Narrator
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Player King
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Self
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Perry
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Narrator
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Self - Host
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Narrator (voice)
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Narrator
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Jackson Harglow
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Brigham Young
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Spencer Trilby
... 1994
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Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
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Self
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Henry Hooker
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Good Actor
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Narrator
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Narrator
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Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
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Captain Al Haynes
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Sherlock Holmes
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Narrator
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Host and Narrator
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God
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James MacKenzie
... 1990
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Long John Silver
... 1990
... 1989
Louis Mancini
... 1989
Alien (voice)
... 1989
Sir Thomas More
... 1988
Charley MacLeod Sr.
... 1987
Self - Host
... 1987
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Narrator
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Self - Performer
... 1984
Lee Cahill
... 1984
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Silas McGee / Ian McGee
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Self - Co-Host
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Matthew Corbeck
... 1980
Bill Tyler
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Captain Paul Blanchard
... 1978
Narrator (voice)
... 1977
Henry VIII
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Capt. Peter Holly
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Narrator
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Capt. Matthew Garth
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Sam Burgade
... 1976
Stewart Graff
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Alan Murdock
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Detective Robert Thorn
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John Thornton
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Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
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Marc Antony
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Tennis Player
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Narrator (voice)
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Robert Neville
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Self - Narrator
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Whip Hoxworth
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Marc Antony
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Self (archive footage)
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Ron "Cat" Catlan
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George Taylor
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Lord Essex
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Lionel Evans
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Will Penny
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Narrator
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Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
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Thomas
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Chrysagon
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Narrator
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Michelangelo
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(archive footage)
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John the Baptist
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Major Amos Charles Dundee
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Thomas Jefferson
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Narrator
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Maj. Matt Lewis
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Richard 'King' Howland
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Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
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El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
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Judah Ben-Hur
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John Sands
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Gen. Andrew Jackson
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Steve Leech
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Ramon Miguel Vargas
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Colt Saunders
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Moses
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Col. Jesse Price
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Self (archive footage)
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Casey Cole
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Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
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Lt. William Clark
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Harry Steel
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Christopher Leiningen
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Dr. Tom Owen
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Self
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Ed Bannon
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Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
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Andrew Jackson
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Boake Tackman
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James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
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Brad Braden
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James Otis
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Heathcliff
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Danny Haley
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Petruchio
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Mark Antony
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Edward Rochester
... 1949
Peer Gynt
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