Charlton Heston biography
Charlton Heston was an American actor, born on 4 October 1923 in Evanston, who died on 5 April 2008.
Charlton Heston's screen career began in 1941 with Peer Gynt, playing Peer Gynt.
Charlton Heston had 98 screen credits between 1941 and 2016.
Honours include Presidential Medal of Freedom, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and Academy Award for Best Actor.
- Also known as
- Charlton John Carter, John Carter, Charlton Carter, John Heston
- Born
- 4 October 1923
- Died
- 5 April 2008 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Evanston
- Work
- Television actor, Film actor, Film director, Autobiographer, Stage actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1941 to 2003
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- Theatre World Award
- SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
Charlton Heston filmography
98 screen credits, newest first.
Screen credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | English | ||
| 2008 | Religulous | English | ||
| 2003 | Rua Alguem 5555: My Father | The Father (Josef Mengele) | ||
| 2003 | Ben Hur | Judah Ben-Hur (voice only) | ||
| 2003 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible | narration + voice of Moses | ||
| 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | English | ||
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | The Mastiff (voice only) | ||
| 2001 | Town & Country | Mr. Claybourne | ||
| 2001 | The Party's Over | English | ||
| 2001 | The Order | Prof. Walter Finley | ||
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Zaius, Thade's Father | ||
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | Commissioner | ||
| 1999 | Gideon | Addison Sinclair | ||
| 1998 | Armageddon | Narrator | ||
| 1997 | Hercules | Narrator (Cameo) | ||
| 1996 | Hamlet | Player King | ||
| 1996 | The Lord Protector: The Riddle of the Chosen | English | ||
| 1996 | Alaska | Colin Perry, the Poacher | ||
| 1996 | The Dark Mist | Narrator | ||
| 1995 | The Avenging Angel | English | ||
| 1994 | True Lies | Spencer Trilby | ||
| 1994 | In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow | ||
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | English | ||
| 1993 | Tombstone | Henry Hooker | ||
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Good Actor |
Show all 98 credits
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | A Thousand Heroes | English | ||
| 1992 | Genghis Khan (unfinished) | Togrul | ||
| 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | English | ||
| 1990 | Treasure Island | English | ||
| 1990 | The Little Kidnappers | English | ||
| 1990 | Solar Crisis | Adm. "Skeet" Kelso | ||
| 1990 | Almost an Angel | God | ||
| 1989 | Call from Space | Alien (voice only) | ||
| 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | English | ||
| 1987 | The Tall Men | |||
| 1982 | Mother Lode | Silas McGee / Ian McGee | ||
| 1980 | The Mountain Men | Bill Tyler | ||
| 1980 | The Awakening | Matthew Corbeck | ||
| 1978 | Gray Lady Down | Capt. Paul Blanchard | ||
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | King Henry VIII | ||
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Capt. Peter Holly | ||
| 1976 | Midway | Capt. Matthew Garth | ||
| 1976 | The Last Hard Men | Sam Burgade | ||
| 1975 | The Fun of Your Life | Narrator | ||
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | ||
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Capt. Alan Murdock | ||
| 1974 | Earthquake | Stewart Graff | ||
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | ||
| 1973 | Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn | ||
| 1972 | The Call of the Wild | John Thornton | ||
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Capt. Henry "Hank" O'Hara | ||
| 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra | Mark Antony | ||
| 1971 | Vietnam! Vietnam! | English | ||
| 1971 | The Omega Man | Robert Neville | ||
| 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | George Taylor (archival footage only) | ||
| 1970 | The Hawaiians | Whipple "Whip" Hoxworth | ||
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Narrator | ||
| 1970 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | ||
| 1970 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | ||
| 1969 | Number One | Ron "Cat" Catlan | ||
| 1968 | Will Penny | Will Penny | ||
| 1968 | Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | ||
| 1968 | Elizabeth the Queen | English | ||
| 1968 | Counterpoint | Lionel Evans | ||
| 1967 | While I Run This Race | Narrator | ||
| 1967 | All About People | Narrator | ||
| 1966 | Khartoum | Gen. Charles "Chinese" Gordon | ||
| 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Michelangelo Buonarroti | ||
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | John the Baptist | ||
| 1965 | The War Lord | Chrysagon | ||
| 1965 | Major Dundee | Major Amos Charles Dundee | ||
| 1963 | Diamond Head | Richard "King" Howland | ||
| 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Maj. Matt Lewis | ||
| 1963 | The Five Cities of June | Narrator | ||
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Capt. Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator | ||
| 1961 | El Cid | El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar) | ||
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur | ||
| 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare | John Sands | ||
| 1958 | The Big Country | Steve Leech | ||
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | Ramon Miguel "Mike" Vargas | ||
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Gen. Andrew Jackson | ||
| 1957 | Three Violent People | Capt. Colt Saunders | ||
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Moses | ||
| 1955 | The Private War of Major Benson | Maj. Bernard R. "Barney" Benson | ||
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | William Clark | ||
| 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Casey Cole | ||
| 1954 | The Naked Jungle | Christopher Leiningen | ||
| 1954 | Secret of the Incas | Harry Steele | ||
| 1953 | The President's Lady | President Andrew Jackson | ||
| 1953 | Pony Express | "Buffalo Bill" Cody | ||
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Tom Owen | ||
| 1953 | Arrowhead | Ed Bannon | ||
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry | Boake Tackman | ||
| 1952 | The Savage | James "Jim" Aherne Jr. aka War Bonnet | ||
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Brad Braden | ||
| 1950 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | ||
| 1950 | Dark City | Danny Haley / Richard Branton | ||
| 1941 | Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt |