Charlton Heston

Acting · Born 1923-10-04 in Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Planet of the Apes as George Taylor
• Bowling for Columbine as Self - NRA President
• Touch of Evil as Ramon Miguel Vargas
• Ben-Hur as Judah Ben-Hur
• Hamlet as Player King
• In the Mouth of Madness as Jackson Harglow
• The Ten Commandments as Moses
• Tombstone as Henry Hooker
• Hercules as Narrator (voice)
• Soylent Green as Detective Robert Thorn

TV

• The Outer Limits as Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
• Friends as Charlton Heston
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
• seaQuest DSV as Abalon
• Noel's House Party as Star guest
• Omnibus as Self - Presenter
• Playhouse 90 as Col. Jesse Price
• Studio One
• MADtv as Self