Charlton Heston
Known for: Acting
Born: October 4, 1923
Died: April 5, 2008
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 major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star wi…
Known for
Planet of the Apes
1968
Touch of Evil
1958
Ben-Hur
1959
Will Penny
1967
Earthquake
1974
The Omega Man
1971
Midway
1976
The Ten Commandments
1956
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Gray Lady Down
1978
Soylent Green
1973
Treasure Island
1990
55 Days at Peking
1963
Airport 1975
1974
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
1998
Secret of the Incas
1954
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003
Khartoum
1966
Major Dundee
1965
Dark City
1950
Julius Caesar
1970
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965
The War Lord
1965
The Call of the Wild
1972
Andersonville Diaries
1996
Pony Express
1953
Arrowhead
1953
The Last Hard Men
1976
El Cid
1961
The Awakening
1980
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
2003
Bad for Each Other
1953
Three Violent People
1956
The Mountain Men
1980
The Hawaiians
1970
Mother Lode
1982
Skyjacked
1972
Number One
1969
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
The Crucifer of Blood
1991
The Little Kidnappers
1990
The Private War of Major Benson
1955
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
The Savage
1952
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004
Diamond Head
1962
A Man for All Seasons
1988
Counterpoint
1967
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
America at the Movies
1976
Nairobi Affair
1984
Julius Caesar
1950
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
1987
Noël
1992
The Five Cities of June
1963
While I Run This Race
1967
Forbidden Area
1956
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
2003
Proud Men
1987
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995
Jane Eyre
1949
My Father
2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
2003
A Bolt of Lightning
1951
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966
The Making of Midway
2001
Peer Gynt
1941
Call from Space
1989
Eclipse of Reason
1987
Vietnam! Vietnam!
1971
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
1993
Ben Hur
2003
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
1997
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
2008
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
1997
Energy: A National Issue
1977
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
1991
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
1993
The Mysterious Origins of Man
1996
The Patriots
1963
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
1981
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
1971
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2002
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
1991
Night of the Dragon
1965
The Taming of the Shrew
1950
Solar Crisis
1992
The Order
2001
The Naked Jungle
1954
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
Ruby Gentry
1952
The Far Horizons
1955
The Mystery of the Sphinx
1993
The President's Lady
1953
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
Lucy Gallant
1955
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
Gideon
1998
Lasting Love
2003
The Gun Deadlock
2001
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
1998
Elizabeth the Queen
1968
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
Three Lives
1953
Airports
2025
A Night on Mount Edna
1990
Bowling for Columbine
2002
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
The Big Country
1958
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
Fun in the Big Country
1958
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
Symphony for the Spire
1992
The Buccaneer
1958
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
Stars of Cabaret
1956
The Madding Crowd
2017
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999
Uncertain Verification
1965
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
2003
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
The Orson Welles Story
1982
Almost an Angel
1990
Love in Hollywood
1996
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016
Directed by William Wyler
1986
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
Town & Country
2001
The Lord Protector
1996
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
Alaska
1996
Original Sin
1989
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
True Lies
1994
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
The Four Musketeers
1974
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Texas
1995
Forever Hollywood
1999
The Three Musketeers
1973
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
Cats & Dogs
2001
De Madrid a la Luna
2006
The Avenging Angel
1995
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
Hercules
1997
Any Given Sunday
1999
A Century of Cinema
1994
Wayne's World 2
1993
Hamlet
1996
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
Tombstone
1993
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Children of the Civil Rights
2015
Hail Satan?
2019
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Spanish Western
2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Last Party 2000
2001
Planet of the Apes
2001
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
100 Years at the Movies
1994
Armageddon
1998
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
seaQuest DSV
1993
Noel's House Party
1991
Omnibus
1952
Playhouse 90
1956
Studio One
1948
MADtv
1995
General Electric Theater
1953
The Colbys
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Eco-Challenge
1995
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Your Show of Shows
1950
Climax!
1954
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Suspense
1949
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Pebble Mill
1991
F.D.R.
1965
The Outer Limits
1995
The Oscars
1953
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Chiefs
1983
Friends
1994
Talking Pictures
2013
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
Saturday Night Live
1975
Camino de Santiago
1999
Korea: The Unknown War
1988
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
1998
The $64,000 Question
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Wogan
1982
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
1998
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Spécial cinéma
1974
Bambi
1948
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Dynasty
1981
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Golden Globe Awards
1944
What's My Line?
1950
The Weber Show
2000
Dinah!
1974
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Science Fiction Film Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Film '72
1971