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Charlton Heston
(1924 - 2008)
Biography from Baseline's Encyclopedia of Film
 Occupation: Actor
Also: director
Birth Name: Charles Carter
Born: October 4, 1924, St. Helen, MI
Education: Northwestern University (speech, drama)
Commanding male lead, on Broadway from 1947 and in Hollywood from 1950. (He
had previously appeared in two 16mm films directed by fellow Northwestern
student David Bradley.) Heston's righteous, imposing screen presence, mixed with
evident intelligence, made him the appropriate star of several biblical epics,
most notably THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956) and BEN-HUR (1959). He first went
behind the camera in 1972 and has starred in all the films he has directed. A
six-term president of the Screen Actors Guild, Heston has remained active in
politics and earned a reputation as a staunch Republican, serving as co-chairman
of Ronald Reagan's Task Force on the Arts and Humanities. Son Fraser Clarke
Heston is a director, screenwriter and producer.
Filmography
From Baseline's Encyclopedia of Film
| 1941 |
PEER GYNT |
performer |
| 1949 |
JULIUS CAESAR |
performer |
| 1950 |
DARK CITY |
performer |
| 1952 |
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH |
performer |
| 1952 |
RUBY GENTRY |
performer |
| 1952 |
THE SAVAGE |
performer |
| 1953 |
ARROWHEAD |
performer |
| 1953 |
BAD FOR EACH OTHER |
performer |
| 1953 |
PONY EXPRESS |
performer |
| 1953 |
THE PRESIDENT'S LADY |
performer |
| 1954 |
THE NAKED JUNGLE |
performer |
| 1954 |
SECRET OF THE INCAS |
performer |
| 1955 |
THE FAR HORIZONS |
performer |
| 1955 |
LUCY GALLANT |
performer |
| 1955 |
THE PRIVATE WAR OF MAJOR BENSON |
performer |
| 1956 |
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS |
performer |
| 1956 |
THREE VIOLENT PEOPLE |
performer |
| 1958 |
THE BIG COUNTRY |
performer |
| 1958 |
THE BUCCANEER |
performer |
| 1958 |
TOUCH OF EVIL |
performer |
| 1959 |
BEN-HUR |
performer |
| 1959 |
THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE |
performer |
| 1961 |
EL CID |
performer |
| 1962 |
DIAMOND HEAD |
performer |
| 1962 |
THE PIGEON THAT TOOK ROME |
performer |
| 1963 |
55 DAYS AT PEKING |
performer |
| 1965 |
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY |
performer |
| 1965 |
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD |
performer |
| 1965 |
MAJOR DUNDEE |
performer |
| 1965 |
THE WAR LORD |
performer |
| 1966 |
KHARTOUM |
performer |
| 1967 |
ALL ABOUT PEOPLE (short) |
performer |
| 1968 |
COUNTERPOINT |
performer |
| 1968 |
PLANET OF THE APES |
performer |
| 1968 |
WILL PENNY |
performer |
| 1969 |
THE FESTIVAL GAME |
performer |
| 1969 |
NUMBER ONE |
performer |
| 1970 |
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES |
performer |
| 1970 |
THE HAWAIIANS |
performer |
| 1970 |
JULIUS CAESAR |
performer |
| 1970 |
KING: A FILMED RECORDÉ MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS |
performer |
| 1971 |
THE OMEGA MAN |
performer |
| 1971 |
VIETNAM! VIETNAM! |
performer |
| 1972 |
CALL OF THE WILD |
performer |
| 1972 |
SKYJACKED/SKY TERROR |
performer |
| 1973 |
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA |
performer, director, screenplay (adaptation) |
| 1973 |
SOYLENT GREEN |
performer |
| 1974 |
AIRPORT 1975 |
performer |
| 1974 |
EARTHQUAKE |
performer |
| 1974 |
THE THREE MUSKETEERS |
performer |
| 1975 |
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS |
performer |
| 1976 |
AMERICA AT THE MOVIES |
performer |
| 1976 |
THE LAST HARD MEN |
performer |
| 1976 |
MIDWAY |
performer |
| 1976 |
TWO MINUTE WARNING |
performer |
| 1978 |
CROSSED SWORDS/PRINCE AND THE PAUPER |
performer |
| 1978 |
GRAY LADY DOWN |
performer |
| 1980 |
THE AWAKENING |
performer |
| 1980 |
THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
performer |
| 1982 |
MOTHER LODE/SEARCH FOR THE MOTHER LODE: THE LAST GREAT TREASURE |
performer, director |
| 1986 |
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER |
performer
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| 1986 |
THE FANTASY FILM WORLD OF GEORGE PAL |
performer |
| 1989 |
CALL FROM SPACE |
performer |
| 1990 |
ALMOST AN ANGEL |
performer |
| 1990 |
SOLAR CRISIS |
performer |
| 1990 |
TREASURE ISLAND |
performer |
| 1993 |
TOMBSTONE |
performer |
| 1993 |
WAYNE'S WORLD 2 |
performer |
| 1994 |
TRUE LIES |
performer |
| 1994 |
"JAMES A. MICHENER'S TEXAS" (TV Mini-Series) |
narrator |
| 1995 |
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS |
performer |
| 1995 |
AVENGING ANGEL |
performer |
| 1996 |
PROJECT MANKIND |
performer |
| 1996 |
HAMLET |
performer |
| 1996 |
ALASKA |
performer |
| 1997 |
HERCULES |
performer (voice) |
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