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.
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 (Movies)
Airports
Character:
Release Date:17/09/2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/05/2024
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/02/2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/2020
Todos los nombres de Sara
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:15/12/2019
Hail Satan?
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:17/04/2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:14/04/2019
I Am Richard Pryor
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:12/03/2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:21/02/2019
The Madding Crowd
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2017
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/11/2016
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Character:Self
Release Date:11/02/2016
Spanish Western
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/05/2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2014
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/08/2013
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/2011
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:03/08/2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character:Self – Interviewee
Release Date:05/05/2010
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
Character:Self - Host / Moses
Release Date:31/03/2008
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/06/2007
De Madrid a la Luna
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/10/2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/09/2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/07/2004
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Character:Host
Release Date:22/06/2004
Christmas in Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/11/2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/09/2003
My Father
Character:Josef Mengele
Release Date:01/09/2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/04/2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/04/2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/04/2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/04/2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/04/2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/04/2003
Ben Hur
Character:Ben Hur (voice)
Release Date:15/02/2003
Lasting Love
Character:
Release Date:06/02/2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2002
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/10/2002
Bowling for Columbine
Character:Self - NRA President
Release Date:09/10/2002
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2002
Last Party 2000
Character:Self
Release Date:02/11/2001
The Making of Midway
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2001
Planet of the Apes
Character:Zaius (uncredited)
Release Date:26/07/2001
Cats & Dogs
Character:The Mastiff (voice)
Release Date:04/07/2001
The Gun Deadlock
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2001
The Order
Character:Professor Finley
Release Date:05/05/2001
Town & Country
Character:Mr. Clayborne
Release Date:27/04/2001
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
Any Given Sunday
Character:AFFA Football Commissioner
Release Date:22/12/1999
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Character:Self
Release Date:09/08/1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Forever Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
Character:Self
Release Date:06/11/1998
Gideon
Character:Addison Sinclair
Release Date:26/10/1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Character:Self - 'Taylor'
Release Date:05/09/1998
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/09/1998
Armageddon
Character:Narration (voice)
Release Date:01/07/1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/1998
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/12/1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/1997
Hercules
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:13/06/1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character:Self
Release Date:12/05/1997
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1997
Hamlet
Character:Player King
Release Date:25/12/1996
Love in Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/1996
Alaska
Character:Perry
Release Date:14/08/1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/1996
Andersonville Diaries
Character:Narrator
Release Date:28/02/1996
The Mysterious Origins of Man
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:25/02/1996
The Lord Protector
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1996
Texas
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/04/1995
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/1995
In the Mouth of Madness
Character:Jackson Harglow
Release Date:03/02/1995
The Avenging Angel
Character:Brigham Young
Release Date:22/01/1995
True Lies
Character:Spencer Trilby
Release Date:15/07/1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Character:Self
Release Date:22/05/1994
The Legacy of Malthus
Character:Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1994
A Century of Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1994
Tombstone
Character:Henry Hooker
Release Date:25/12/1993
Wayne's World 2
Character:Good Actor
Release Date:10/12/1993
The Mystery of the Sphinx
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/11/1993
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/01/1993
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/01/1993
Noël
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/12/1992
Solar Crisis
Character:Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Release Date:06/08/1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Character:Captain Al Haynes
Release Date:24/02/1992
Symphony for the Spire
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1992
The Crucifer of Blood
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:04/11/1991
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
Character:Narrator
Release Date:18/03/1991
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Character:Host and Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1991
Almost an Angel
Character:God
Release Date:21/12/1990
A Night on Mount Edna
Character:Self
Release Date:14/12/1990
The Little Kidnappers
Character:James MacKenzie
Release Date:17/08/1990
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Character:Self
Release Date:05/02/1990
Treasure Island
Character:Long John Silver
Release Date:22/01/1990
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/1989
Original Sin
Character:Louis Mancini
Release Date:20/02/1989
Call from Space
Character:Alien (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1989
A Man for All Seasons
Character:Sir Thomas More
Release Date:21/12/1988
Proud Men
Character:Charley MacLeod Sr.
Release Date:01/10/1987
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/09/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1987
Eclipse of Reason
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1987
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1986
Directed by William Wyler
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/1986
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:29/01/1984
Nairobi Affair
Character:Lee Cahill
Release Date:01/01/1984
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
Character:Self
Release Date:14/09/1982
Mother Lode
Character:Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Release Date:06/08/1982
The Orson Welles Story
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1982
Let Poland Be Poland
Character:Self - Co-Host
Release Date:31/01/1982
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
Character:Self
Release Date:26/02/1981
The Awakening
Character:Matthew Corbeck
Release Date:09/07/1980
The Mountain Men
Character:Bill Tyler
Release Date:01/06/1980
Gray Lady Down
Character:Captain Paul Blanchard
Release Date:10/03/1978
Energy: A National Issue
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/11/1977
The Prince and the Pauper
Character:Henry VIII
Release Date:03/06/1977
Two-Minute Warning
Character:Capt. Peter Holly
Release Date:12/11/1976
America at the Movies
Character:Narrator
Release Date:22/09/1976
Midway
Character:Capt. Matthew Garth
Release Date:18/06/1976
The Last Hard Men
Character:Sam Burgade
Release Date:22/04/1976
Earthquake
Character:Stewart Graff
Release Date:15/11/1974
The Four Musketeers
Character:Cardinal Richelieu
Release Date:31/10/1974
Airport 1975
Character:Alan Murdock
Release Date:18/10/1974
The Three Musketeers
Character:Cardinal Richelieu
Release Date:11/12/1973
Soylent Green
Character:Detective Robert Thorn
Release Date:18/04/1973
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Call of the Wild
Character:John Thornton
Release Date:30/11/1972
Skyjacked
Character:Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Release Date:24/05/1972
Antony and Cleopatra
Character:Marc Antony
Release Date:18/03/1972
The Special London Bridge Special
Character:Tennis Player
Release Date:01/01/1972
Vietnam! Vietnam!
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1971
The Omega Man
Character:Robert Neville
Release Date:01/08/1971
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1971
The Hawaiians
Character:Whip Hoxworth
Release Date:17/06/1970
Julius Caesar
Character:Marc Antony
Release Date:04/06/1970
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Character:Taylor
Release Date:23/04/1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/1970
Number One
Character:Ron "Cat" Catlan
Release Date:21/08/1969
Planet of the Apes
Character:George Taylor
Release Date:07/02/1968
Elizabeth the Queen
Character:Lord Essex
Release Date:31/01/1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1968
Counterpoint
Character:Lionel Evans
Release Date:22/12/1967
Will Penny
Character:Will Penny
Release Date:19/12/1967
While I Run This Race
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1967
Khartoum
Character:Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Release Date:09/06/1966
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
Character:Thomas
Release Date:01/03/1966
The War Lord
Character:Chrysagon
Release Date:17/11/1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Character:Michelangelo
Release Date:16/09/1965
Uncertain Verification
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:30/04/1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Character:John the Baptist
Release Date:09/04/1965
Major Dundee
Character:Major Amos Charles Dundee
Release Date:15/03/1965
The Patriots
Character:Thomas Jefferson
Release Date:15/11/1963
The Five Cities of June
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/06/1963
55 Days at Peking
Character:Maj. Matt Lewis
Release Date:06/05/1963
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1963
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1963
Diamond Head
Character:Richard 'King' Howland
Release Date:27/12/1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Character:Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
Release Date:19/06/1962
El Cid
Character:El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Release Date:24/10/1961
Ben-Hur
Character:Judah Ben-Hur
Release Date:18/11/1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Character:John Sands
Release Date:17/11/1959
The Buccaneer
Character:Gen. Andrew Jackson
Release Date:11/12/1958
The Big Country
Character:Steve Leech
Release Date:30/09/1958
Touch of Evil
Character:Ramon Miguel Vargas
Release Date:30/03/1958
Fun in the Big Country
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1958
Three Violent People
Character:Colt Saunders
Release Date:01/12/1956
The Ten Commandments
Character:Moses
Release Date:05/10/1956
Forbidden Area
Character:Col. Jesse Price
Release Date:04/10/1956
Stars of Cabaret
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1956
Lucy Gallant
Character:Casey Cole
Release Date:20/10/1955
The Private War of Major Benson
Character:Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
Release Date:02/08/1955
The Far Horizons
Character:Lt. William Clark
Release Date:04/07/1955
Secret of the Incas
Character:Harry Steel
Release Date:06/06/1954
The Naked Jungle
Character:Christopher Leiningen
Release Date:03/03/1954
Bad for Each Other
Character:Dr. Tom Owen
Release Date:24/12/1953
Three Lives
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/1953
Arrowhead
Character:Ed Bannon
Release Date:03/08/1953
Pony Express
Character:Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Release Date:15/06/1953
The President's Lady
Character:Andrew Jackson
Release Date:21/05/1953
Ruby Gentry
Character:Boake Tackman
Release Date:25/12/1952
The Savage
Character:James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
Release Date:01/09/1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
Character:Brad Braden
Release Date:16/02/1952
A Bolt of Lightning
Character:James Otis
Release Date:12/11/1951
Dark City
Character:Danny Haley
Release Date:17/10/1950
The Taming of the Shrew
Character:Petruchio
Release Date:05/06/1950
Julius Caesar
Character:Mark Antony
Release Date:08/03/1950
Jane Eyre
Character:Edward Rochester
Release Date:12/12/1949
Peer Gynt
Character:Peer Gynt
Release Date:24/08/1941
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Weber Show
Character:Charlton Heston
Camino de Santiago
Character:Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
MADtv
Character:Self
Eco-Challenge
Character:
The Outer Limits
Character:Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
Friends
Character:Charlton Heston
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
seaQuest DSV
Character:Abalon
Noel's House Party
Character:Star guest
Pebble Mill
Character:Self
Korea: The Unknown War
Character:General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
The Dame Edna Experience
Character:Self
The Colbys
Character:Jason Colby
Chiefs
Character:Hugh Holmes
Wogan
Character:Self
Dynasty
Character:Jason Colby
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
Film '72
Character:Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
F.D.R.
Character:Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Character:Paul Malone (archive footage)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Beast
Playhouse 90
Character:Col. Jesse Price
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Actor
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Guest
The $64,000 Question
Character:Substitute Host
Climax!
Character:Lt. Paul Peterson
Climax!
Character:Chipman
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Tim
Omnibus
Character:Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Thomas Jefferson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self - Host
Your Show of Shows
Character:Self - Guest Performer
Your Show of Shows
Character:Self - Guest Host
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Cashel Bryon
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Peter Handley
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Melody Jones
Suspense
Character:
Studio One
Character:
Studio One
Character:Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle
Studio One
Character:Philip Carey
Studio One
Character:Petruchio
Studio One
Character:Heathcliff
Studio One
Character:Edward Rochester
Studio One
Character:Mitch Henderson
Studio One
Character:James Otis
Studio One
Character:Macbeth
Studio One
Character:Merton Densher
Studio One
Character:Commander Schneider
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Bambi
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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