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 (24)
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
The Order
as Professor Finley
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
Midway
as Capt. Matthew Garth
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
The Four Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Airport 1975
as Alan Murdock
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Michelangelo
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as John the Baptist
Major Dundee
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
55 Days at Peking
as Maj. Matt Lewis
El Cid
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur
The Buccaneer
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country
as Steve Leech
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
The Ten Commandments
as Moses