Filmography
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Known For
Ben-Hur Judah Ben-Hur (1959) -
The Ten Commandments Moses (1956) -
Soylent Green Detective Thorn (1973) -
Known For
Planet of the Apes George Taylor (1968) -
Actor
Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime Trogul (2010) -
Rua Alguem 5555: My Father The Father (Josef Mengele) (2003) -
Ben Hur Ben Hur (2003) -
The Order Professor Finley (2001) -
Planet of the Apes Zaius (2001) -
Cats & Dogs The Mastiff (2001) -
Town & Country Eugenie's Father (2001) -
The Outer Limits Chief Justice Haden Wainwright (2000) -
Any Given Sunday AFFA Football Commissioner (1999) -
Camino de Santiago Professor Marcelo Rinaldi (1999) -
Bagpipe: Instrument of War - Part 2 Narrator (1999)
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![Gideon]( "Gideon")
Gideon Addison Sinclair (1998) -
Bagpipe: Instrument of War - Part 1 Narrator (1998)
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![Armageddon]( "Armageddon")
Armageddon Narration by (1998) -
![Adventures from the Book of Virtues]( "Adventures from the Book of Virtues")
Adventures from the Book of Virtues Cincinnatus (1998) -
![Friends]( "Friends")
Friends Charlton Heston (1998) -
![Hercules]( "Hercules")
Hercules Narrator (1997) -
![The Dark Mist]( "The Dark Mist")
The Dark Mist Narrator (1996) -
![Hamlet]( "Hamlet")
Hamlet Player King (1996) -
![Alaska]( "Alaska")
Alaska Perry (1996) -
![The Avenging Angel]( "The Avenging Angel")
The Avenging Angel Brigham Young (1995) -
![The Great Battles of the Civil War]( "The Great Battles of the Civil War")
The Great Battles of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln (1994) -
![In the Mouth of Madness]( "In the Mouth of Madness")
In the Mouth of Madness Jackson Harglow (1994) -
![Texas]( "Texas")
Texas Narrator (1994) -
![True Lies]( "True Lies")
True Lies Spencer Trilby (1994) -
![SeaQuest 2032]( "SeaQuest 2032")
SeaQuest 2032 Abalon (1994) -
![Tombstone]( "Tombstone")
Tombstone Henry Hooker (1993) -
![The Bold and the Beautiful]( "The Bold and the Beautiful")
The Bold and the Beautiful Charlton Heston (1993) -
![Wayne's World 2]( "Wayne's World 2")
Wayne's World 2 Good Actor (1993) -
![Noel]( "Noel")
Noel Narrator (1992) -
![Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232]( "Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232")
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 Captain Al Haynes (1992) -
![The Crucifer of Blood]( "The Crucifer of Blood")
The Crucifer of Blood Sherlock Holmes (1991) -
![Cults: Saying No Under Pressure]( "Cults: Saying No Under Pressure")
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure Narrator (1991) -
![Almost an Angel]( "Almost an Angel")
Almost an Angel God (1990) -
![The Little Kidnappers]( "The Little Kidnappers")
The Little Kidnappers James MacKenzie (1990) -
![Solar Crisis]( "Solar Crisis")
Solar Crisis Adm. 'Skeet' Kelso (1990) -
![Treasure Island]( "Treasure Island")
Treasure Island Long John Silver (1990) -
Call from Space Alien (1989)
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![Original Sin]( "Original Sin")
Original Sin Louis Mancini (1989) -
![A Man for All Seasons]( "A Man for All Seasons")
A Man for All Seasons Sir Thomas More (1988) -
![The Two Ronnies]( "The Two Ronnies")
The Two Ronnies Bar Customer: Pinocchio II Segment (1987) -
![The Dame Edna Experience]( "The Dame Edna Experience")
The Dame Edna Experience Chuck (1987) -
![Proud Men]( "Proud Men")
Proud Men Charley MacLeod Sr. (1987) -
![The Colbys]( "The Colbys")
The Colbys Jason Colby (1985-1987) -
![Dynasty]( "Dynasty")
Dynasty Jason Colby (1985) -
![Nairobi Affair]( "Nairobi Affair")
Nairobi Affair Lee Cahill (1984) -
![Chiefs]( "Chiefs")
Chiefs Hugh Holmes (1983) -
![Mother Lode]( "Mother Lode")
Mother Lode Silas McGee / Ian McGee (1982) -
![The Awakening]( "The Awakening")
The Awakening Matthew Corbeck (1980) -
![The Mountain Men]( "The Mountain Men")
The Mountain Men Bill Tyler (1980) -
![Gray Lady Down]( "Gray Lady Down")
Gray Lady Down Capt. Paul Blanchard (1978) -
![Energy: A National Issue]( "Energy: A National Issue")
Energy: A National Issue Narrator (1977) -
![Crossed Swords]( "Crossed Swords")
Crossed Swords Henry VIII (1977) -
![Two-Minute Warning]( "Two-Minute Warning")
Two-Minute Warning Capt. Peter Holly (1976) -
![Midway]( "Midway")
Midway Capt. Matt Garth (1976) -
![The Last Hard Men]( "The Last Hard Men")
The Last Hard Men Sam Burgade (1976) -
The Fun of Your Life Narrator (1975)
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![Earthquake]( "Earthquake")
Earthquake Graff (1974) -
![The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge]( "The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge")
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge Cardinal Richelieu (1974) -
![Airport 1975]( "Airport 1975")
Airport 1975 Alan Murdock (1974) -
![The Three Musketeers]( "The Three Musketeers")
The Three Musketeers Cardinal Richelieu (1973) -
![Adventures of Mowgli]( "Adventures of Mowgli")
Adventures of Mowgli Narrator (1973) -
![Soylent Green]( "Soylent Green")
Soylent Green Detective Thorn (1973) -
![The Call of the Wild]( "The Call of the Wild")
The Call of the Wild John Thornton (1972) -
![Skyjacked]( "Skyjacked")
Skyjacked Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara (1972) -
![The Special London Bridge Special]( "The Special London Bridge Special")
The Special London Bridge Special Tennis Player (1972) -
![Antony and Cleopatra]( "Antony and Cleopatra")
Antony and Cleopatra Marc Antony (1972) -
![The Omega Man]( "The Omega Man")
The Omega Man Neville (1971) -
![The Hawaiians]( "The Hawaiians")
The Hawaiians Whip Hoxworth (1970) -
![Julius Caesar]( "Julius Caesar")
Julius Caesar Mark Antony (1970) -
![Beneath the Planet of the Apes]( "Beneath the Planet of the Apes")
Beneath the Planet of the Apes Taylor (1970) -
The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood Narrator (1970)
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![Number One]( "Number One")
Number One Ron 'Cat' Catlan (1969) -
![Counterpoint]( "Counterpoint")
Counterpoint Lionel Evans (1968) -
![Planet of the Apes]( "Planet of the Apes")
Planet of the Apes George Taylor (1968) -
![Elizabeth the Queen]( "Elizabeth the Queen")
Elizabeth the Queen Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex (1968) -
![Will Penny]( "Will Penny")
Will Penny Will Penny (1967) -
What Is a Boy (1966)
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![Khartoum]( "Khartoum")
Khartoum Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon (1966) -
![The War Lord]( "The War Lord")
The War Lord Chrysagon (1965) -
![The Agony and the Ecstasy]( "The Agony and the Ecstasy")
The Agony and the Ecstasy Michelangelo (1965) -
![Major Dundee]( "Major Dundee")
Major Dundee Major Amos Charles Dundee (1965) -
![The Greatest Story Ever Told]( "The Greatest Story Ever Told")
The Greatest Story Ever Told John the Baptist (1965) -
The Patriots Thomas Jefferson (1963)
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![Kraft Mystery Theater]( "Kraft Mystery Theater")
Kraft Mystery Theater Paul Malone (1963) -
![55 Days at Peking]( "55 Days at Peking")
55 Days at Peking Maj. Matt Lewis (1963) -
![Diamond Head]( "Diamond Head")
Diamond Head Richard 'King' Howland (1962) -
![The Pigeon That Took Rome]( "The Pigeon That Took Rome")
The Pigeon That Took Rome Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch (1962) -
![El Cid]( "El Cid")
El Cid El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar (1961) -
![Alcoa Premiere]( "Alcoa Premiere")
Alcoa Premiere Paul Malone (1961) -
![Ben-Hur]( "Ben-Hur")
Ben-Hur Judah Ben-Hur (1959) -
![The Wreck of the Mary Deare]( "The Wreck of the Mary Deare")
The Wreck of the Mary Deare John Sands (1959) -
![The Buccaneer]( "The Buccaneer")
The Buccaneer Gen. Andrew Jackson (1958) -
![The Big Country]( "The Big Country")
The Big Country Steve Leech (1958) -
![Touch of Evil]( "Touch of Evil")
Touch of Evil Mike Vargas (1958) -
![Playhouse 90]( "Playhouse 90")
Playhouse 90 Charles Gray (1956-1958) -
![Shirley Temple's Storybook]( "Shirley Temple's Storybook")
Shirley Temple's Storybook The Beast (1958) -
![Climax!]( "Climax!")
Climax! Chipman (1955-1957) -
![Schlitz Playhouse]( "Schlitz Playhouse")
Schlitz Playhouse (1951-1957) -
![Three Violent People]( "Three Violent People")
Three Violent People Capt. Colt Saunders (1956) -
![The Jackie Gleason Show]( "The Jackie Gleason Show")
The Jackie Gleason Show Guest (1956) -
![The Ten Commandments]( "The Ten Commandments")
The Ten Commandments Moses (1956) -
![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater Tim (1955) -
![Lucy Gallant]( "Lucy Gallant")
Lucy Gallant Casey Cole (1955) -
![Robert Montgomery Presents]( "Robert Montgomery Presents")
Robert Montgomery Presents Melody Jones (1952-1955) -
![The Private War of Major Benson]( "The Private War of Major Benson")
The Private War of Major Benson Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson (1955) -
![The Far Horizons]( "The Far Horizons")
The Far Horizons Lt. William Clark (1955) -
![Secret of the Incas]( "Secret of the Incas")
Secret of the Incas Harry Steele (1954) -
![The Naked Jungle]( "The Naked Jungle")
The Naked Jungle Christopher Leiningen (1954) -
![Danger]( "Danger")
Danger (1954) -
Three Lives Commentator (1953)
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![Bad for Each Other]( "Bad for Each Other")
Bad for Each Other Dr. Tom Owen (1953) -
Medallion Theatre (1953)
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![Arrowhead]( "Arrowhead")
Arrowhead Ed Bannon (1953) -
![Pony Express]( "Pony Express")
Pony Express Buffalo Bill Cody (1953) -
![The President's Lady]( "The President's Lady")
The President's Lady President Andrew Jackson (1953) -
![Repertory Theatre]( "Repertory Theatre")
Repertory Theatre (1950-1953) -
![Ruby Gentry]( "Ruby Gentry")
Ruby Gentry Boake Tackman (1952) -
![The Savage]( "The Savage")
The Savage James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet (1952) -
Curtain Call (1952)
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![Studio One in Hollywood]( "Studio One in Hollywood")
Studio One in Hollywood Merton Densher (1949-1952) -
![The Greatest Show on Earth]( "The Greatest Show on Earth")
The Greatest Show on Earth Brad Braden (1952) -
![Lux Video Theatre]( "Lux Video Theatre")
Lux Video Theatre (1951) -
![Suspense]( "Suspense")
Suspense (1949-1951) -
![Dark City]( "Dark City")
Dark City Danny Haley (1950) -
![The Clock]( "The Clock")
The Clock (1950) -
![Julius Caesar]( "Julius Caesar")
Julius Caesar Antony (1950) -
Actor
![Peer Gynt]( "Peer Gynt")
Peer Gynt Peer Gynt (1941) -
Director
![A Man for All Seasons]( "A Man for All Seasons")
A Man for All Seasons (1988) -
![Mother Lode]( "Mother Lode")
Mother Lode (1982) -
Director
![Antony and Cleopatra]( "Antony and Cleopatra")
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) -
Soundtrack
![Bad for Each Other]( "Bad for Each Other")
Bad for Each Other (1953) -
Writer
![Antony and Cleopatra]( "Antony and Cleopatra")
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) -
Archive footage
![Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film]( "Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film")
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![1968: The Year That Changed America]( "1968: The Year That Changed America")
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![The Joe Rogan Experience]( "The Joe Rogan Experience")
The Joe Rogan Experience (2018) -
![Jeopardy!]( "Jeopardy!")
Jeopardy! (2017) -
![Defunctland]( "Defunctland")
Defunctland (2017) -
Voyage vers Proxima b (2017)
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![I Am Not Your Negro]( "I Am Not Your Negro")
I Am Not Your Negro (2016) -
![Inside Edition]( "Inside Edition")
Inside Edition (2016) -
![Bienvenido Mr. Heston]( "Bienvenido Mr. Heston")
Bienvenido Mr. Heston (2015) -
![Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture]( "Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture")
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![Orson Welles: Shadows and Light]( "Orson Welles: Shadows and Light")
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![Spanish Western]( "Spanish Western")
Spanish Western (2014) -
![Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles]( "Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles")
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![And the Oscar Goes To...]( "And the Oscar Goes To...")
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) -
![The March]( "The March")
The March (2013) -
![Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia]( "Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia")
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![Talking Pictures]( "Talking Pictures")
Talking Pictures (2013) -
![60 Minutes]( "60 Minutes")
60 Minutes (2000-2012) -
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![Timeshift]( "Timeshift")
Timeshift (2011) -
![Special Collector's Edition]( "Special Collector's Edition")
Special Collector's Edition (2011) -
![The Parade]( "The Parade")
The Parade (2011) -
![A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King]( "A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King")
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![Making the Boys]( "Making the Boys")
Making the Boys (2011) -
![Sing Your Song]( "Sing Your Song")
Sing Your Song (2011) -
Welsh Greats (2011)
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Cine catastrófico (2010)
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Die großen Kriminalfälle (2010)
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![20 to 1]( "20 to 1")
20 to 1 (2010) -
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![Hollywood on the Tiber]( "Hollywood on the Tiber")
Hollywood on the Tiber (2009) -
![The 81st Annual Academy Awards]( "The 81st Annual Academy Awards")
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![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2008) -
![The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards]( "The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards")
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![The O'Reilly Factor]( "The O'Reilly Factor")
The O'Reilly Factor (2008) -
![Religulous]( "Religulous")
Religulous (2008) -
![Il falso bugiardo]( "Il falso bugiardo")
Il falso bugiardo (2008) -
![La rentadora]( "La rentadora")
La rentadora (2007) -
![AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition]( "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition")
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![Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore]( "Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore")
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![La tele de tu vida]( "La tele de tu vida")
La tele de tu vida (2007) -
![La mandrágora]( "La mandrágora")
La mandrágora (2007) -
Hollywood Burn (2006)
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![De Madrid a la Lluna]( "De Madrid a la Lluna")
De Madrid a la Lluna (2006) -
![I Love the '70s: Volume 2]( "I Love the '70s: Volume 2")
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006) -
![Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters]( "Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters")
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Battleground (2006)
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![The Naked Archaeologist]( "The Naked Archaeologist")
The Naked Archaeologist (2006) -
The Originals (2005)
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La Marató 2005 (2005)
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Sexes (2005)
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![Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema]( "Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema")
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![Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood]( "Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood")
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![Mondo Thingo]( "Mondo Thingo")
Mondo Thingo (2004) -
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The Thief of Bagdad (2004)
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A Patriot at the Podium (2003)
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![Christmas from Hollywood]( "Christmas from Hollywood")
Christmas from Hollywood (2003) -
Circle of Honor (2003)
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![Sex at 24 Frames Per Second]( "Sex at 24 Frames Per Second")
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) -
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![El informal]( "El informal")
El informal (2001) -
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![The Best of Film Noir]( "The Best of Film Noir")
The Best of Film Noir (1999) -
![Heroes of Comedy]( "Heroes of Comedy")
Heroes of Comedy (1999) -
![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1996) -
![Get Shorty]( "Get Shorty")
Get Shorty (1995) -
![A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies]( "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies")
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![Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater]( "Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater")
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995) -
![Northern Exposure]( "Northern Exposure")
Northern Exposure (1995) -
![Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular]( "Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular")
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![100 Years at the Movies]( "100 Years at the Movies")
100 Years at the Movies (1994) -
The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
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![The Chase]( "The Chase")
The Chase (1994) -
![The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]( "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson")
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![Saturday Night Live]( "Saturday Night Live")
Saturday Night Live (1983) -
![The Horror Show]( "The Horror Show")
The Horror Show (1979) -
Film Review (1968)
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![Mondo Hollywood]( "Mondo Hollywood")
Mondo Hollywood (1967) -
![Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase]( "Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase")
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![Hollywood: The Great Stars]( "Hollywood: The Great Stars")
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) -
Archive footage
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1953-1957) -
![The Colgate Comedy Hour]( "The Colgate Comedy Hour")
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Was considered for the role of "Police Chief Brody" in Jaws (1975), but he turned it down. The part eventually went to Roy Scheider.
Quotes
I've played cardinals and cowboys, kings and quarterbacks, presidents and painters, cops and con-men.
Trademark
Frequently played heroic or larger-than-life characters
Nickname
Chuck
Star Sign
Libra
Personal Details
Born
John Charles Carter
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Died
(age 84)
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Height:
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