Charlton Heston

Acting 3 Film 1953 – 1970

04 Oct 1923 (84 yaş, vefat)

Vefat: 05 Apr 2008

Wilmette, Illinois, USA

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 conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.

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George Taylor Self - NRA President Ramon Miguel Vargas Adm. "Skeet" Kelso Judah Ben-Hur Will Penny Taylor Player King John the Baptist Jackson Harglow Cardinal Richelieu Stewart Graff Gen. Andrew Jackson Robert Neville Capt. Matthew Garth Mr. Clayborne Moses Capt. Peter Holly Captain Paul Blanchard Henry Hooker Narrator (voice) Detective Robert Thorn Self - Actor (archive footage) Good Actor God Long John Silver Self (archive footage) Brad Braden Steve Leech Maj. Matt Lewis Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) Alan Murdock Self - Narrator (voice) Harry Steel Self - Host Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon Major Amos Charles Dundee Danny Haley Marc Antony Michelangelo Chrysagon John Thornton Spencer Trilby Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody Ed Bannon Professor Finley Christopher Leiningen Sam Burgade El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar Matthew Corbeck Self - 'Taylor' Boake Tackman Dr. Tom Owen Colt Saunders (archive footage) Bill Tyler Whip Hoxworth Lt. William Clark Silas McGee / Ian McGee Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara Ron "Cat" Catlan Andrew Jackson Sherlock Holmes James MacKenzie Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson Captain Al Haynes Brigham Young James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet John Sands Casey Cole Richard 'King' Howland Sir Thomas More Lionel Evans Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator Lee Cahill Addison Sinclair Mark Antony Col. Jesse Price Zaius (uncredited) Charley MacLeod Sr. AFFA Football Commissioner Tennis Player Self – Interviewee Edward Rochester Josef Mengele Self - Co-Host James Otis Thomas Perry The Mastiff (voice) Peer Gynt Alien (voice) Henry VIII Louis Mancini Ben Hur (voice) Self - Host / Moses Self - Narrator Host and Narrator Narration (voice) Thomas Jefferson Lord Essex Self - Performer Heathcliff Petruchio Self (archival footage) Abalon Star guest Self - Presenter Tim Jason Colby Self - Guest Performer Lt. Paul Peterson Cashel Bryon Self - Actor Franklin Delano Roosevelt Chief Justice Haden Wainwright Paul Malone (archive footage) Hugh Holmes Charlton Heston Self - Guest Host Professor Marcelo Rinaldi General Douglas MacArthur (voice) Substitute Host Peter Handley Melody Jones Self - Guest Philip Carey Col. / Dr. Michael Knowle Mitch Henderson Macbeth Merton Densher Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex Chipman Self - Mystery Guest Self - Nominee Commander Schneider Beast

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