Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston 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.

Cast

Planet of the Apes

(George Taylor)

Bowling for Columbine

(Self - NRA President)

Touch of Evil

(Ramon Miguel Vargas)

Solar Crisis

(Adm. "Skeet" Kelso)

Ben-Hur

(Judah Ben-Hur)

Will Penny

(Will Penny)

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

(Taylor)

Hamlet

(Player King)

The Greatest Story Ever Told

(John the Baptist)

In the Mouth of Madness

(Jackson Harglow)

The Three Musketeers

(Cardinal Richelieu)

Earthquake

(Stewart Graff)

The Buccaneer

(Gen. Andrew Jackson)

The Omega Man

(Robert Neville)

Midway

(Capt. Matthew Garth)

The Ten Commandments

(Moses)

Town & Country

(Mr. Clayborne)

Two-Minute Warning

(Capt. Peter Holly)

Gray Lady Down

(Captain Paul Blanchard)

Hercules

(Narrator (voice))

Tombstone

(Henry Hooker)

Soylent Green

(Detective Robert Thorn)

I Am Richard Pryor

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Wayne's World 2

(Good Actor)

Almost an Angel

(God)

Treasure Island

(Long John Silver)

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing

(Self (archive footage))

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

The Greatest Show on Earth

(Brad Braden)

The Big Country

(Steve Leech)

55 Days at Peking

(Maj. Matt Lewis)

The Legacy of Malthus

(Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage))

Airport 1975

(Alan Murdock)

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

(Narrator (voice))

Secret of the Incas

(Harry Steel)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den

(Self - Host)

Khartoum

(Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon)

Major Dundee

(Major Amos Charles Dundee)

Dark City

(Danny Haley)

Julius Caesar

(Marc Antony)

The Agony and the Ecstasy

(Michelangelo)

The War Lord

(Chrysagon)

The Call of the Wild

(John Thornton)

True Lies

(Spencer Trilby)

Andersonville Diaries

(Narrator)

Pony Express

(Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody)

Arrowhead

(Ed Bannon)

The Order

(Professor Finley)

The Naked Jungle

(Christopher Leiningen)

The Last Hard Men

(Sam Burgade)

El Cid

(El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar)

The Awakening

(Matthew Corbeck)

Behind the Planet of the Apes

(Self - 'Taylor')

Love in Hollywood

(Self)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath

(Self - Host)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale

(Self - Host)

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

(Self)

Ruby Gentry

(Boake Tackman)

The Dark Mist

(Narrator (voice))

Bad for Each Other

(Dr. Tom Owen)

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

(Self (archive footage))

Three Violent People

(Capt. Colt Saunders)

Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

((archive footage))

The Mountain Men

(Bill Tyler)

The Hawaiians

(Whip Hoxworth)

The Far Horizons

(Lt. William Clark)

Mother Lode

(Silas McGee / Ian McGee)

Skyjacked

(Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara)

The Mystery of the Sphinx

(Narrator)

Number One

(Ron "Cat" Catlan)

Yesterday's Tomorrows

(Self)

The President's Lady

(Andrew Jackson)

Antony and Cleopatra

(Marc Antony)

Fun in the Big Country

(Self)

The Crucifer of Blood

(Sherlock Holmes)

Barry Norman in Celebrity City

(Self)

The Little Kidnappers

(James MacKenzie)

The Private War of Major Benson

(Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson)

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

(Captain Al Haynes)

Uncertain Verification

((archive footage))

The Avenging Angel

(Brigham Young)

The Savage

(James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet)

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

(John Sands)

Lucy Gallant

(Casey Cole)

Remembering Reagan at His Ranch

(Host)

Diamond Head

(Richard 'King' Howland)

A Man for All Seasons

(Sir Thomas More)

Counterpoint

(Lionel Evans)

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

(Self (archive footage))

The Pigeon That Took Rome

(Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator)

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

(Self)

America at the Movies

(Narrator)

Nairobi Affair

(Lee Cahill)

Gideon

(Addison Sinclair)

Julius Caesar

(Mark Antony)

Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures

(Self - Host)

Noël

(Narrator)

The Five Cities of June

(Narrator)

While I Run This Race

(Narrator)

Lasting Love

Forbidden Area

(Col. Jesse Price)

The Gun Deadlock

(Self)

Planet of the Apes

(Zaius (uncredited))

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah

(Self - Host)

Proud Men

(Charley MacLeod Sr.)

Hail Satan?

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons

(Self)

Edith Head: The Paramount Years

((archive footage))

Any Given Sunday

(AFFA Football Commissioner)

The Special London Bridge Special

(Tennis Player)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

(Self – Interviewee)

Jane Eyre

(Edward Rochester)

My Father

(Josef Mengele)

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

(Self)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

(Self)

Let Poland Be Poland

(Self - Co-Host)

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

(Self)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden

(Self - Host)

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

(Self (archive footage))

A Bolt of Lightning

(James Otis)

Christmas in Hollywood

(Self (archive footage))

Television: The First Fifty Years

(Self)

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

(Self (archive footage))

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

(Thomas)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

((archive footage))

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

(Self (archive footage))

Alaska

(Perry)

The Four Musketeers

(Cardinal Richelieu)

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

(Self)

The Making of Midway

(Self)

Cats & Dogs

(The Mastiff (voice))

Peer Gynt

(Peer Gynt)

Call from Space

(Alien (voice))

De Madrid a la Luna

(Self (archive footage))

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

(Self)

The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

(Self)

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

(Self)

Eclipse of Reason

(Narrator)

The Prince and the Pauper

(Henry VIII)

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

(Self (archive footage))

Original Sin

(Louis Mancini)

Vietnam! Vietnam!

(Narrator (voice))

Bienvenido Mr. Heston

(Self (archive footage))

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth

(Self - Host)

Ben Hur

(Ben Hur (voice))

Texas

(Narrator)

Sword-and-Sandal

(Self (archive footage))

Forever Hollywood

(Self)

The Bible According to Hollywood

(Self)

Stars of Cabaret

(Self (archive footage))

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis

(Self - Host)

And the Oscar Goes To...

(Self (archive footage))

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses

(Self - Host / Moses)

Directed by William Wyler

(Self)

A Century of Cinema

(Self)

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible

(Self - Narrator)

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

(Self - Host)

Todos los nombres de Sara

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Energy: A National Issue

(Narrator)

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

(Host and Narrator)

Spanish Western

(Self (archive footage))

The Madding Crowd

(Self (archive footage))

Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses

(Self - Host)

Armageddon

(Narration (voice))

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

(Self)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

(Self (archive footage))

The Mysterious Origins of Man

(Self - Host)

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

(Self)

Three Lives

(Self)

The Patriots

(Thomas Jefferson)

Private Screenings: Charlton Heston

(Self)

This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special

(Self)

The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man

(Self - Narrator)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

(Self (archive footage))

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

(Self)

Last Party 2000

(Self)

Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride... Starring You!

(Himself)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

(Self)

seaQuest DSV

(Abalon)

The Merv Griffin Show

(Self)

Noel's House Party

(Star guest)

Omnibus

(Self - Presenter)

Playhouse 90

(Col. Jesse Price)

Studio One

MADtv

(Self)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self (archive footage))

General Electric Theater

(Tim)

The Colbys

(Jason Colby)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Thomas Jefferson)

Eco-Challenge

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Your Show of Shows

(Self - Guest Performer)

Climax!

(Lt. Paul Peterson)

The Philco Television Playhouse

Suspense

Robert Montgomery Presents

(Cashel Bryon)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

(Self)

The Steve Allen Show

(Self - Actor)

Pebble Mill

(Self)

F.D.R.

(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

The Outer Limits

(Chief Justice Haden Wainwright)

The Oscars

(Self)

The Kennedy Center Honors

(Self)

Kraft Mystery Theatre

(Paul Malone (archive footage))

Chiefs

(Hugh Holmes)

Friends

(Charlton Heston)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

(Self - Host)

Talking Pictures

(Self (archive footage))

Your Show of Shows

(Self - Guest Host)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

(Self)

The Dame Edna Experience

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

Camino de Santiago

(Professor Marcelo Rinaldi)

Korea: The Unknown War

(General Douglas MacArthur (voice))

Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

(Self - Narrator (voice))

The $64,000 Question

(Substitute Host)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Actor - Dramatic Reading)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self - Dramatic Reading)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Dramatic Reader)

Robert Montgomery Presents

(Peter Handley)

Robert Montgomery Presents

(Melody Jones)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self)

Wogan

(Self)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

(Self)

V.I.P. Schaukel

(Self)

Studio One

(Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle)

Studio One

(Philip Carey)

Studio One

(Petruchio)

Studio One

(Heathcliff)

Studio One

(Edward Rochester)

Studio One

(Mitch Henderson)

Studio One

(James Otis)

Studio One

(Macbeth)

Studio One

(Merton Densher)

Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich

(Self - Narrator (voice))

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

(Self - Guest)

Spécial cinéma

(Self)

Climax!

(Chipman)

Bambi Awards

(Self)

The Steve Allen Show

(Self - Guest)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

(Self)

Dynasty

(Jason Colby)

The Dick Cavett Show

(Self - Guest)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

(Self)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Host)

What's My Line?

(Self - Mystery Guest)

The Weber Show

(Charlton Heston)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Presenter)

Dinah!

(Self)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Winner)

Studio One

(Commander Schneider)