Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Acting

Born October 4, 1923 · Wilmette, Illinois, USA

3 films as director · Active 1972–1988

Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter in Illin…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Friends

Friends

1994

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Wogan

Wogan

1982

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Directed(3)

A Man for All Seasons

1988A Man for All Seasons★ 7.0

Mother Lode

1982Mother Lode★ 5.7

Antony and Cleopatra

1972Antony and Cleopatra★ 5.7

Acting(252)

2024Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science FictionSelf (archive footage)

2023Charlton Heston: Radical to Right WingSelf (archive footage)

2020Yul Brynner, the MagnificentSelf - Actor (archive footage)

2019Todos los nombres de SaraSelf - Actor (archive footage)

2019Hail Satan?Self - Actor (archive footage)

2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period EpicSelf - Actor (archive footage)

2019I Am Richard PryorSelf - Actor (archive footage)

2019Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"(archive footage)

2017The Madding CrowdSelf (archive footage)

2016Bienvenido Mr. HestonSelf (archive footage)

2016The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMilleSelf

2015Spanish WesternSelf (archive footage)

2015Children of the Civil RightsSelf (archival footage)

2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Actor (archive footage)

2014Marlon Brando: An Actor Named DesireSelf - Actor (archive footage)

2013Gore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaSelf (archive footage)

2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)

2011Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal JourneySelf (archive footage)

20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(archive footage)

2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffSelf – Interviewee

2009Hollywood sul Tevere

2008Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of MosesSelf - Host / Moses

2007AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary EditionSelf (archive footage)

2006De Madrid a la LunaSelf (archive footage)

2005Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed CinemaSelf (archive footage)

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)

2004Remembering Reagan at His RanchHost

2003Christmas in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)

2003The Making of The Ten CommandmentsSelf (archive footage)

2003My FatherJosef Mengele

2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's DenSelf - Host

2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the WhaleSelf - Host

2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and GoliathSelf - Host

2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and DelilahSelf - Host

2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of EdenSelf - Host

2003Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of JerichoSelf - Host

2003Ben HurBen Hur (voice)

2003Lasting Love

2002Edith Head: The Paramount YearsSelf (archive footage)

2002The Face of Evil: Reinhard HeydrichNarrator (voice)

2002Bowling for ColumbineSelf - NRA President

2002The Making of 'Tombstone'Self

2001Last Party 2000Self

2001The Making of MidwaySelf

2001Planet of the ApesZaius (uncredited)

2001Cats & DogsThe Mastiff (voice)

2001The Gun DeadlockSelf

2001The OrderProfessor Finley

2001Town & CountryMr. Clayborne

2000The Weber ShowCharlton Heston

2000Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre FootprintsSelf

1999Any Given SundayAFFA Football Commissioner

1999Camino de SantiagoProfessor Marcelo Rinaldi

1999Yesterday's TomorrowsSelf

1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf

1999Forever HollywoodSelf

1998Secrets of War: Shadows of The ReichSelf - Narrator (voice)

1998Private Screenings: Charlton HestonSelf

1998GideonAddison Sinclair

1998Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of WarSelf - Narrator (voice)

1998Behind the Planet of the ApesSelf - 'Taylor'

1998Alaska: Spirit of the WildSelf - Narrator (voice)

1998ArmageddonNarration (voice)

1998Gary Cooper: The Face of a HeroSelf

1997Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: GenesisSelf - Host

1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf

1997HerculesNarrator (voice)

1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf

1997Charlton Heston Presents the BibleSelf - Narrator

1996HamletPlayer King

1996Love in HollywoodSelf

1996AlaskaPerry

1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her HeelsSelf

1996Andersonville DiariesNarrator

1996The Mysterious Origins of ManSelf - Host

1996The Lord ProtectorNarrator (voice)

1995TexasNarrator

1995Eco-Challenge

1995The Outer LimitsChief Justice Haden Wainwright

1995Charlton Heston: For All SeasonsSelf

1995In the Mouth of MadnessJackson Harglow

1995The Avenging AngelBrigham Young

1994FriendsCharlton Heston

1994True LiesSpencer Trilby

1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf

1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastSelf

1994The Legacy of MalthusSelf (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

1994The Bible According to HollywoodSelf

1994A Century of CinemaSelf

1993TombstoneHenry Hooker

1993Wayne's World 2Good Actor

1993The Mystery of the SphinxNarrator

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993seaQuest DSVAbalon

1993Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of NazarethSelf - Host

1993Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of MosesSelf - Host

1992NoëlNarrator

1992Solar CrisisAdm. "Skeet" Kelso

1992Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232Captain Al Haynes

1992Symphony for the Spire

1991Noel's House PartyStar guest

1991The Crucifer of BloodSherlock Holmes

1991Pebble MillSelf

1991Cults: Saying No Under PressureNarrator

1991Air Force One: The Planes and the PresidentsHost and Narrator

1990Almost an AngelGod

1990A Night on Mount EdnaSelf

1990The Little KidnappersJames MacKenzie

1990Treasure IslandLong John Silver

1990With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in FilmSelf

1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf

1989Original SinLouis Mancini

1989Call from SpaceAlien (voice)

1988A Man for All SeasonsSir Thomas More

1988Korea: The Unknown WarGeneral Douglas MacArthur (voice)

1988All-Time Movie GreatsSelf (archive footage)

1987Proud MenCharley MacLeod Sr.

1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSelf

1987Andrew Weyth, The Helga PicturesSelf - Host

1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf

1987Eclipse of ReasonNarrator

1986The Fantasy Film Worlds of George PalSelf

1986Directed by William WylerSelf

1986An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

1985All Star Party for 'Dutch' ReaganSelf

1985The ColbysJason Colby

1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic TeamSelf - Performer

1984Nairobi AffairLee Cahill

1983ChiefsHugh Holmes

1982Barry Norman in Celebrity CitySelf

1982Mother LodeSilas McGee / Ian McGee

1982The Orson Welles StorySelf

1982Let Poland Be PolandSelf - Co-Host

1981This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary SpecialSelf

1981DynastyJason Colby

1980The AwakeningMatthew Corbeck

1980The Mountain MenBill Tyler

1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf

1978Gray Lady DownCaptain Paul Blanchard

1977Energy: A National IssueNarrator (voice)

1977The Prince and the PauperHenry VIII

1976Two-Minute WarningCapt. Peter Holly

1976America at the MoviesNarrator

1976MidwayCapt. Matthew Garth

1976The Last Hard MenSam Burgade

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf

1974EarthquakeStewart Graff

1974The Four MusketeersCardinal Richelieu

1974Airport 1975Alan Murdock

1974Spécial cinémaSelf

1973The Three MusketeersCardinal Richelieu

1973Soylent GreenDetective Robert Thorn

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1973A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'Self

1972The Call of the WildJohn Thornton

1972SkyjackedCapt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara

1972Antony and CleopatraMarc Antony

1972The Special London Bridge SpecialTennis Player

1971Film '72Self

1971Vietnam! Vietnam!Narrator (voice)

1971The Omega ManRobert Neville

1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf

1971The Last Man Alive: The Omega ManSelf - Narrator

1970The HawaiiansWhip Hoxworth

1970Julius CaesarMarc Antony

1970Beneath the Planet of the ApesTaylor

1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)

1969Number OneRon "Cat" Catlan

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1968Planet of the ApesGeorge Taylor

1968Elizabeth the QueenLord Essex

1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf

1967CounterpointLionel Evans

1967Will PennyWill Penny

1967While I Run This RaceNarrator

1966KhartoumGen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

1966Planet of the Apes Test ReelThomas

1965The War LordChrysagon

1965Night of the DragonNarrator

1965The Agony and the EcstasyMichelangelo

1965Uncertain Verification(archive footage)

1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldJohn the Baptist

1965Major DundeeMajor Amos Charles Dundee

1965F.D.R.Franklin Delano Roosevelt

1963The PatriotsThomas Jefferson

1963The Five Cities of JuneNarrator

196355 Days at PekingMaj. Matt Lewis

1963The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All TimeSelf

1963Look at Life: The City's Built for ShootingSelf

1962Diamond HeadRichard 'King' Howland

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf

1962The Pigeon That Took RomeCaptain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Guest

1961El CidEl Cid Rodrigo de Vivar

1961Kraft Mystery TheatrePaul Malone (archive footage)

1959Ben-HurJudah Ben-Hur

1959The Wreck of the Mary DeareJohn Sands

1958The BuccaneerGen. Andrew Jackson

1958The Big CountrySteve Leech

1958Touch of EvilRamon Miguel Vargas

1958Shirley Temple's StorybookBeast

1958Fun in the Big CountrySelf

1956Three Violent PeopleColt Saunders

1956The Ten CommandmentsMoses

1956Forbidden AreaCol. Jesse Price

1956Playhouse 90Col. Jesse Price

1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Actor

1956Stars of CabaretSelf (archive footage)

1955Lucy GallantCasey Cole

1955The Private War of Major BensonMaj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson

1955The Far HorizonsLt. William Clark

1955The $64,000 QuestionSubstitute Host

1954Climax!Lt. Paul Peterson

1954Secret of the IncasHarry Steel

1954The Naked JungleChristopher Leiningen

1953Bad for Each OtherDr. Tom Owen

1953Three LivesSelf

1953ArrowheadEd Bannon

1953Pony ExpressCaptain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

1953The President's LadyAndrew Jackson

1953The OscarsSelf

1953General Electric TheaterTim

1952Ruby GentryBoake Tackman

1952OmnibusSelf - Presenter

1952The SavageJames 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet

1952The Greatest Show on EarthBrad Braden

1951Hallmark Hall of FameThomas Jefferson

1951A Bolt of LightningJames Otis

1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1950Studio One: Wuthering HeightsHeathcliff

1950Dark CityDanny Haley

1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf

1950The Taming of the ShrewPetruchio

1950Julius CaesarMark Antony

1950Your Show of ShowsSelf - Guest Performer

1950What's My Line?Self

1950Robert Montgomery PresentsCashel Bryon

1949Jane EyreEdward Rochester

1948The Philco Television Playhouse

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf

1941Peer GyntPeer Gynt

Science Fiction Film AwardsSelf