Charlton Heston
Intel File

Born:
Oct 04, 1923

Died:
Apr 05, 2008

Age: 84 Deceased

From:
Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Department:
Acting

Total Credits: 273

Avg Rating: 6.8

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Charlton Heston

Also known as: 찰톤 헤스톤, John Charles Carter, چارلتون هستون

Biography

Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923, 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 major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservativ...

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Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Self (archive footage) 2024
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Self (archive footage) 2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Self - Actor (archive footage) 2020
Todos los nombres de Sara
Self - Actor (archive footage) 2019
Hail Satan?
Self - Actor (archive footage) 2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Actor (archive footage) 2019
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Actor (archive footage) 2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
(archive footage) 2019
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage) 2017
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
Self (archive footage) 2016
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Self 2016
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage) 2015
Children of the Civil Rights
Self (archival footage) 2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage) 2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Self - Actor (archive footage) 2014
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self (archive footage) 2013
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) 2013
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Self (archive footage) 2011
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
(archive footage) 2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee 2010
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
Self - Host / Moses 2008
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self (archive footage) 2007
De Madrid a la Luna
Self (archive footage) 2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage) 2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage) 2004
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Host 2004
Christmas in Hollywood
Self (archive footage) 2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage) 2003
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