Charlton Heston (1923–2008)

Actor | Director | Writer

With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, ...

Born: October 4, 1923
Died: April 5, 2008 (age 84)

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Filmography

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)
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 Weber Show Charlton Heston (2000)
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)
Gideon Addison Sinclair (1998)
Bagpipe: Instrument of War - Part 1 Narrator (1998)
Armageddon Narration by (1998)
Adventures from the Book of Virtues Cincinnatus (1998)
Friends Charlton Heston (1998)
Hercules Narrator (1997)
The Lord Protector Narrator (1996)
Hamlet Player King (1996)
Noel's House Party Star guest (1996)
Alaska Perry (1996)
Late Show with David Letterman Dave's Supervisor (1995)
The Avenging Angel Brigham Young (1995)
The Great Battles of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln (1994)
In the Mouth of Madness Jackson Harglow (1994)
Texas Narrator (1994)
True Lies Spencer Trilby (1994)
SeaQuest 2032 Abalon (1994)
Tombstone Henry Hooker (1993)
The Bold and the Beautiful Charlton Heston (1993)
Wayne's World 2 Good Actor (1993)
Noël Narrator (1992)
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 Captain Al Haynes (1992)
The Crucifer of Blood Sherlock Holmes (1991)
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure Narrator (1991)
Almost an Angel God (1990)
The Little Kidnappers James MacKenzie (1990)
Solar Crisis Adm. 'Skeet' Kelso (1990)
Treasure Island Long John Silver (1990)
One Incoming Narrator (1989)
Call from Space Alien (1989)
Original Sin Louis Mancini (1989)
A Man for All Seasons Sir Thomas More (1988)
The Two Ronnies Bar Customer: Pinocchio II Segment (1987)
Proud Men Charley MacLeod Sr. (1987)
The Colbys Jason Colby (1985-1987)
Dynasty Jason Colby (1985)
Nairobi Affair Lee Cahill (1984)
Chiefs Hugh Holmes (1983)
Mother Lode Silas McGee / Ian McGee (1982)
The Awakening Matthew Corbeck (1980)
The Mountain Men Bill Tyler (1980)
Gray Lady Down Capt. Paul Blanchard (1978)
Energy: A National Issue Narrator (1977)
Crossed Swords Henry VIII (1977)
Two-Minute Warning Capt. Peter Holly (1976)
Midway Captain Matt Garth (1976)
The Last Hard Men Sam Burgade (1976)
Earthquake Graff (1974)
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge Cardinal Richelieu (1974)
Airport 1975 Alan Murdock (1974)
The Fun of Your Life Narrator (1974)
The Three Musketeers Cardinal Richelieu (1973)
The Adventures of Mowgli Narrator (1973)
Soylent Green Detective Thorn (1973)
The Call of the Wild John Thornton (1972)
Skyjacked Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara (1972)
Antony and Cleopatra Marc Antony (1972)
The Omega Man Neville (1971)
The Hawaiians Whip Hoxworth (1970)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes Taylor (1970)
The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood Narrator (1970)
Julius Caesar Mark Antony (1970)
Number One Ron Catlan (1969)
The Ed Sullivan Show Dramatic Reader (1960-1968)
Planet of the Apes George Taylor (1968)
Elizabeth the Queen Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex (1968)
Counterpoint Lionel Evans (1967)
Will Penny Will Penny (1967)
Khartoum General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon (1966)
The War Lord Chrysagon (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy Michelangelo (1965)
Major Dundee Major Amos Charles Dundee (1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told John the Baptist (1965)
What Is a Boy Narrator (1964)
The Patriots Thomas Jefferson (1963)
55 Days at Peking Maj. Matt Lewis (1963)
Diamond Head Richard 'King' Howland (1962)
The Pigeon That Took Rome Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch (1962)
El Cid El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar (1961)
Alcoa Premiere Paul Malone (1961)
Ben-Hur Judah Ben-Hur (1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare John Sands (1959)
The Buccaneer Gen. Andrew Jackson (1958)
The Big Country Steve Leech (1958)
Touch of Evil Mike Vargas (1958)
Playhouse 90 Charles Gray (1956-1958)
Shirley Temple's Storybook The Beast (1958)
Climax! Chipman (1955-1957)
Schlitz Playhouse (1951-1957)
Three Violent People Capt. Colt Saunders (1956)
The Ten Commandments Moses (1956)
General Electric Theater Tim (1955)
Lucy Gallant Casey Cole (1955)
Robert Montgomery Presents Melody Jones (1952-1955)
The Private War of Major Benson Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson (1955)
The Far Horizons Lt. William Clark (1955)
Secret of the Incas Harry Steele (1954)
The Naked Jungle Christopher Leiningen (1954)
Danger (1954)
Bad for Each Other Dr. Tom Owen (1953)
Medallion Theatre (1953)
Arrowhead Ed Bannon (1953)
Pony Express Buffalo Bill Cody (1953)
The President's Lady President Andrew Jackson (1953)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1950-1953)
Ruby Gentry Boake Tackman (1952)
The Savage James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet (1952)
Curtain Call (1952)
Studio One Merton Densher (1949-1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth Brad Braden (1952)
Lux Video Theatre (1951)
Suspense (1949-1951)
Dark City Danny Haley (1950)
The Clock (1950)
Julius Caesar Antony (1950)
Actor

Peer Gynt Peer Gynt (1941)
Director

A Man for All Seasons (1988)
Mother Lode (1982)
Director

Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Soundtrack

Bad for Each Other (1953)
Writer

Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Archive footage

Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020)
The Hour of Power (2017-2020)
Le Vortex (2019)
The Movies (2019)
The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019)
Hal Ashby ~ Encore (2019)
Minty Comedic Arts (2019)
History (2019)
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)
Hail Satan? (2019)
America in Color (2018)
The Best of Hollywood (2017-2018)
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)
Deep Fat Fried (2018)
The Joe Rogan Experience (2018)
Jeopardy! (2017)
Defunctland (2017)
Weekend Sunrise (2017)
Voyage vers Proxima b (2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Inside Edition (2016)
Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston (2015)
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015)
Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015)
Spanish Western (2014)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
And the Oscar Goes to... (2014)
The March (2013)
Talking Pictures (2013)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
Everything is Terrible! Holiday Special (2012)
60 Minutes (2000-2012)
Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (2011)
Timeshift (2011)
Special Collector's Edition (2011)
The Parade (2011)
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (2011)
The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles (2011)
Making the Boys (2011)
Sing Your Song (2011)
Welsh Greats (2011)
Cine catastrófico (2010)
2 Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
Die großen Kriminalfälle (2010)
20 to 1 (2010)
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009)
Hollywood on the Tiber (2009)
The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009)
Entertainment Tonight (2008)
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008)
The Factor (2008)
Religulous (2008)
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
La rentadora (2007)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
Manufacturing Dissent (2007)
La tele de tu vida (2007)
La mandrágora (2007)
Hollywood Burn (2006)
De Madrid a la Lluna (2006)
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
Battleground (2006)
The Naked Archaeologist (2006)
The Originals (2005)
La Marató 2005 (2005)
Sexes (2005)
Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee (2005)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)
Michael Moore, el gran agitador (2004)
101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004)
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004)
Mondo Thingo (2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
The Thief of Bagdad (2004)
A Patriot at the Podium (2003)
Christmas from Hollywood (2003)
Circle of Honor (2003)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
Histoires de festival (2002)
The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961 (2002)
He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (2001)
El informal (2001)
72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (2000)
The Best of Film Noir (1999)
Heroes of Comedy (1999)
Biography (1996)
Clive Anderson Talks Back (1995)
Get Shorty (1995)
Century of Cinema (1995)
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995)
Northern Exposure (1995)
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular (1994)
100 Years at the Movies (1994)
The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
The Chase (1994)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass (1990)
All-Time Movie Greats (1988)
Celebrity Commercials (1987)
The Moviemakers (1985)
Saturday Night Live (1983)
The Horror Show (1979)
Film Review (1968)
Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967)
Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965)
Kraft Mystery Theater (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
Archive footage

The Ed Sullivan Show (1953-1957)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Although he played Martha Scott's son in The Ten Commandments (1956) and Ben-Hur (1959), he was only eleven years her junior in real life.

I've been killed often, on film, the stage, and the television tube. Studios insist the audience doesn't like this. It's been my experience that it makes them unhappy, but that's not the same thing. In any event, they often attend those undertakings...