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Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter) was 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

Aliases
  • Charlton Easton
English
Filmography

Todos los nombres de Sara

2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

2016
as Charlton Heston

Bienvenido Mr. Heston

2015
as Charlton Heston

Orson Welles: Shadows & Light

2015
as Self (archive footage)

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen

2013
as Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

2011
as Charlton Heston

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010
as Himself - Interviewee

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

2007

De Madrid a la Lluna

2006
as Charlton Heston

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

2005
as Himself (2001 Interview) (archive footage)

Ben Hur

2003
as Ben Hur (voice)

Christmas from Hollywood

2003

My Father, Rua Alguem 5555

2003
as The Father (Josef Mengele)

Bowling for Columbine

2002
as Himself - NRA President

Town & Country

2001
as Mr. Clayborne

The Order

2001
as Prof. Walter Finley

Cats & Dogs

2001
as Mastiff(voice)

Planet of the Apes

2001
as Zaius

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

2000
as Charlton Heston

Any Given Sunday

1999
as Commissioner

The Best of Film Noir

1999
as Charlton Heston

AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire

1999

Forever Hollywood

1999
as Charlton Heston

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998
as Himself - 'Taylor' (also archive footage)

Rex Harrison: The Man Who Would Be King

1998
as Self - Actor

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

1998
as Narrator (voice)

Gideon

1998
as Addison Sinclair

Armageddon

1998
as Narrator

Hercules

1997
as Narrator (voice)

Hollywood Aliens & Monsters

1997
as Charlton Heston

Alaska

1996

A Century of Science Fiction

1996
as Charlton Heston

The Dark Mist

1996
as Narrator (voice)

Hamlet

1996
as Player King

Bob Hope: Memories of World War II

1995
as Charlton Heston

The Avenging Angel

1995
as Brigham Young

Texas

1995
as Narrator

The Bible According to Hollywood

1994
as Charlton Heston

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

1994
as Himself - (archive footage)

True Lies

1994
as Spencer Trilby

In the Mouth of Madness

1994
as Jackson Harglow

Tombstone

1993
as Henry Hooker

The Mystery of the Sphinx

1993
as Narrator

Wayne's World 2

1993
as Good Actor

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible

1992
as Charlton Heston

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

1992
as Captain Al Haynes

Symphony for the Spire

1992
as Westmoreland

The Crucifer of Blood

1991
as Sherlock Holmes

Treasure Island

1990
as Long John Silver

Solar Crisis

1990
as Adm. Skeet Kelso

Almost an Angel

1990
as God

The Little Kidnappers

1990
as James MacKenzie

Call from Space

1989
as Alien

A Man for All Seasons

1988
as Sir Thomas More

Proud Men

1987
as Charley MacLeod Sr.

Eclipse of Reason

1987
as Charlton Heston

Nairobi Affair

1984
as Lee Cahill

Arena: The Orson Welles Story

1982
as Charlton Heston

Mother Lode

1982
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee

The Awakening

1980
as Matthew Corbeck

The Mountain Men

1980
as Bill Tyler

Gray Lady Down

1978
as Captain Paul Blanchard

The Prince and the Pauper

1977
as Henry VIII

Midway

1976
as Capt. Matthew Garth

The Last Hard Men

1976
as Sam Burgade

Two-Minute Warning

1976
as Capt. Peter Holly

Earthquake

1974
as Stewart Graff

Airport 1975

1974
as Alan Murdock

The Four Musketeers

1974
as Cardinal Richelieu

Soylent Green

1973
as Detective Robert Thorn

The Three Musketeers

1973
as Cardinal Richelieu

The Call of the Wild

1972
as John Thornton

Skyjacked

1972
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara

Antony and Cleopatra

1972
as Marc Antony

Vietnam! Vietnam!

1971
as Narrator (voice)

The Omega Man

1971
as Robert Neville

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970
as Taylor

Julius Caesar

1970
as Marc Antony

The Hawaiians

1970
as Whip Hoxworth

Number One

1969
as Ron Catlan

Counterpoint

1968
as Lionel Evans

Rowan & Martin At the Movies

1968
as Himself

Planet of the Apes

1968
as George Taylor

Will Penny

1967
as Will Penny

While I Run This Race

1967
as Narrator

Khartoum

1966
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965
as Michelangelo

Major Dundee

1965
as Major Amos Charles Dundee

The War Lord

1965
as Chrysagon

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965
as John the Baptist

Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase

1965
as (archive footage)

55 Days at Peking

1963
as Maj. Matt Lewis

The Five Cities of June

1963
as Narrator

Diamond Head

1963
as Richard 'King' Howland

The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

El Cid

1961
as El Cid

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959
as John Sands

Ben-Hur

1959
as Judah Ben-Hur

The Big Country

1958
as Steve Leech

Touch of Evil

1958
as Ramon Miguel Vargas

The Buccaneer

1958
as Gen. Andrew Jackson

The Ten Commandments

1956
as Moses

Forbidden Area

1956
as Col. Jesse Price

Three Violent People

1956
as Capt. Colt Saunders

The Far Horizons

1955
as Lt. William Clark

Lucy Gallant

1955
as Casey Cole

The Private War of Major Benson

1955
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson

The Naked Jungle

1954
as Christopher Leiningen

Secret of the Incas

1954
as Harry Steel

The President's Lady

1953
as Andrew Jackson

Arrowhead

1953
as Ed Bannon

Pony Express

1953
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Bad for Each Other

1953
as Dr. Tom Owen

Ruby Gentry

1952
as Boake Tackman

The Savage

1952
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952
as Brad Braden

Dark City

1950
as Danny Haley / Richard Branton

Studio One: Wuthering Heights

1950
as Heathcliff

Julius Caesar

1950
as Mark Antony

Peer Gynt

1941
as Peer Gynt

Director

Movie A Man for All Seasons 1988
Movie Mother Lode 1982
Movie Antony and Cleopatra 1972

Writer

Movie Antony and Cleopatra 1972