Charlton Heston
Actor
- Born
- October 4, 1923
- Died
- April 5, 2008 (age 84)
- From
- Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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 Illinois, he discovered his passion for acting in school, studied drama at Northwestern University, and began his career on stage and in live television before transitioning to film. He first gained…
Filmography (195)
Airports (2025)
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction (2024)Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing (2023)Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent (2020)Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara (2019)Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan? (2019)Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic (2019)Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor (2019)Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (2019)(archive footage)
The Madding Crowd (2017)Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston (2016)Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille (2016)Self
Spanish Western (2015)Self (archive footage)- Children of the Civil RightsChildren of the Civil Rights (2015)Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (2011)Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)(archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)Self – Interviewee
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses (2008)Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna (2006)Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch (2004)Host
Christmas in Hollywood (2003)Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments (2003)Self (archive footage)
My Father (2003)Josef Mengele