Charlton Heston
Acting
Born: 1923-10-04 · Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Died: 2008-04-05
Biography
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 performan
🎬 Movies (20)
Airports
2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
(archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
2017
Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016
Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016
Self
Spanish Western
2015
Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
2015
Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011
Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
(archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Self – Interviewee
📺 TV Shows (20)
Talking Pictures
2013
Self (archive footage)
The Weber Show
2000
Charlton Heston
Camino de Santiago
1999
Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
MADtv
1995
Self
Eco-Challenge
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
Friends
1994
Charlton Heston
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
seaQuest DSV
1993
Abalon
Noel's House Party
1991
Star guest
Pebble Mill
1991
Self
Korea: The Unknown War
1988
General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
Self
The Colbys
1985
Jason Colby
Chiefs
1983
Hugh Holmes
Wogan
1982
Self
Dynasty
1981
Jason Colby