Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is 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.
Heston was also known for his political activism. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.
Charlton Heston Biography / Wiki
| Name | Charlton Heston |
| Also Know | 찰톤 헤스톤 |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Wilmette, Illinois, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1923-10-04 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 84 |
| Deathday | 2008-04-05 |
Charlton Heston Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur | 1959-11-18 | In 25 AD,Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of tr… |
| Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | 1968-02-07 | Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds him… |
| Touch of Evil | Ramon Miguel Vargas | 1958-03-30 | When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along … |
| Will Penny | Will Penny | 1967-12-19 | Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters…. |
| Earthquake | Stewart Graff | 1974-01-01 | Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California…. |
| The Omega Man | Robert Neville | 1971-08-01 | Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a… |
| Midway | Capt. Matthew Garth | 1976-06-18 | This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II…. |
| The Ten Commandments | Moses | 1956-10-05 | Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal qu… |
| Two-Minute Warning | Capt. Peter Holly | 1976-11-12 | A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter … |
| Gray Lady Down | Captain Paul Blanchard | 1978-03-10 | The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a pote… |
| Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn | 1973-04-18 | This is the year 2022. Overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The a… |
| Treasure Island | Long John Silver | 1990-01-22 | Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led… |
| 55 Days at Peking | Maj. Matt Lewis | 1963-05-06 | Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebe… |
| Airport 1975 | Alan Murdock | 1974-10-18 | When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls…. |
| Alaska: Spirit of the Wild | Narrator (voice) | 1998-09-03 | Alaska… Here, in this vast and spectacularly beautiful land teeming with abundant wildlife, discover the “Spirit of the Wild.” Experience it in the … |
| Secret of the Incas | Harry Steel | 1954-06-06 | Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure…. |
| Dark City | Danny Haley | 1950-10-17 | Gamblers who “took” an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them…. |
| Khartoum | Gen. Charles ‘Chinese’ Gordon | 1966-06-09 | English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from… |
| Major Dundee | Major Amos Charles Dundee | 1965-04-07 | During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a… |
| Julius Caesar | Marc Antony | 1970-06-04 | All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ide… |
| The Agony and the Ecstasy | Michelangelo | 1965-09-16 | During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes … |
| The War Lord | Chrysagon | 1965-11-17 | A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the … |
| The Call of the Wild | John Thornton | 1972-11-30 | John Thornton, is a fearless man who’s after more than gold; he wants to do what’s right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person dari… |
| Pony Express | Captain William Frank ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody | 1953-01-01 | Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten… |
| Arrowhead | Ed Bannon | 1953-08-03 | Director Charles Marquis Warren’s 1953 western stars Charlton Heston and Jack Palance…. |
| The Last Hard Men | Sam Burgade | 1976-04-22 | In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison duri… |
| El Cid | El Cid | 1961-10-24 | Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (“El Cid” to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeed… |
| The Awakening | Matthew Corbeck | 1980-07-31 | When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen’s tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter…. |
| Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale | Narrator | 2003-04-01 | Jonah And The Whale is a great adventure story-but is much more than that. On its deepest level, it is a commentary on God;s willingness to punish sin… |
| Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath | Narrator | 2003-04-01 | This is one of the most inspiring stories of all time. When the story begins, David is a mere shepherd boy. He is a lad of uncommon courage. But no on… |
| Bad for Each Other | Dr. Tom Owen | 1953-12-24 | A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor…. |
| Three Violent People | Capt. Colt Saunders | 1956-12-01 | A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas…. |
| The Mountain Men | Bill Tyler | 1980-06-01 | The story concerns two grizzled mountain men — Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp — during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Runn… |
| The Hawaiians | Whip Hoxworth | 1970-06-17 | A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties…. |
| Mother Lode | Silas McGee / Ian McGee | 1982-08-06 | A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselve… |
| Skyjacked | Capt. Henry ‘Hank’ O’Hara | 1972-05-24 | A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early ’70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia… |
| Number One | Ron “Cat” Catlan | 1969-08-21 | A former football hero cannot accept his career is over. He loses himself in alcohol and women…. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Marc Antony | 1972-03-18 | Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard’s original stage play. Th… |
| The Crucifer of Blood | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-11-04 | A beautiful young woman asks Holmes to help her father, a former army captain and hopeless opium addict break free of the curse surrounding a stolen t… |
| The Little Kidnappers | James MacKenzie | 1990-08-17 | Loosely based on a ’50’s movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join the… |
| The Private War of Major Benson | Maj. Bernard R. ‘Barney’ Benson | 1955-08-02 | A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC … |
| Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Captain Al Haynes | 1992-02-24 | Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on J… |
| The Savage | James ‘Jim’ Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet | 1952-09-01 | The only white survivor of a Crow Indian raid on a wagon train is a young boy. He is rescued by the Sioux, and the Sioux chief raises him as an Indian… |
| A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More | 1988-12-21 | Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integri… |
| Diamond Head | Richard ‘King’ Howland | 1962-12-27 | Rich Hawaiian pineapple grower and US Senatorial candidate Richard Howland tries to control everything and everyone around him, including his headstro… |
| Counterpoint | Lionel Evans | 1967-12-22 | In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour with his 70-piece symphony orchestra in newly-libe… |
| The Pigeon That Took Rome | Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator | 1962-06-19 | An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for outside contact, with humorous results…. |
| Nairobi Affair | Lee Cahill | 1984-01-01 | A former green beret is hired by the Kenyan government to stop increasingly bold and violent poachers. As if that wasn’t hard enough, he has to deal w… |
| Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures | Host | 1987-09-01 | Charlton Heston tells the fascinating story of the intertwining of Andrew Wyeth’s biography and art. He discusses themes of regeneration and fertilit… |
| Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | 1950-03-08 | The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to ass… |
| The Five Cities of June | Narrator | 1963-01-01 | The Five Cities of June is a 1963 American short documentary film directed by Bruce Herschensohn. This United States Information Agency-sponsored film… |
| While I Run This Race | Narrator | 1967-01-01 | While I Run This Race is a 1967 American short documentary film about poverty in the United States directed by Edmond Levy. The film follows VISTA (V… |
| Noel | Narrator | 1992-12-03 | The story of Noel, a cheerful Christmas ornament with a certain “happiness” that rubs off on the families he lives with…. |
| Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah | 2003-04-01 | Samson is one of the greatest heroes of the Old Testament. His legendary feats of strength have inspired children and adults alike. But Samson and Del… | |
| Proud Men | Charley MacLeod Sr. | 1987-10-01 | A cattle rancher faces off with his estranged son. A right-wing cattle rancher wrangles with his recently returned son, a soldier who went AWOL in Vie… |
| My Father | Josef Mengele | 2004-10-12 | A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments… |
| Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt | 1941-08-24 | Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen, Gynt, an imaginative young man looked down upon by most everybody, is banished from his village for running away wi… |
| Call from Space | Alien (voice) | 1989-01-01 | A movie director and his wanna-be actor/eccentric inventor nephew are filming a low-budget sci-fi movie. Things get interesting when the nephews’ biza… |
| Studio One: Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1950-10-30 | Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting reveng… |
| Eclipse of Reason | Narrator | 1987-01-01 | Charlton Heston-narrated anti-abortion documentary depicting a late-term abortion…. |
| Vietnam! Vietnam! | Narrator (voice) | 1971-09-01 | Inspired by a series of articles by Thomas Duggan Goss. Part One – Vietnam:The People and the War – The Vietnamese in their normal daily routine. Thei… |
| Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth | Himself | 1993-01-01 | Documentary / Drama / Historical – “There’s been more ink-and blood-spilled over this man since they nailed Him to the cross than over any single huma… |
| Ben Hur | Ben Hur (voice) | 2003-02-15 | During the first century A.D., Judah Ben-Hur is a young Hebrew prince who is thrown into slavery by the Romans after a tragic accident. He sets out t… |
| Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis | 1997-12-01 | Charlton Heston presents the Book of Genesis…. | |
| Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses | Introduction | 2008-03-31 | For more than 40 years, Charlton Heston has been captivating audiences with his thrilling portrayal of Biblical Heroes such as Moses, in The Ten Comma… |
| Charlton Heston Presents the Bible | Narrator | 1997-01-01 | Documentary – In the first of Heston’s acclaimed four part series, the renowned actor serves as storyteller. An ancient Roman amphitheater and other l… |
| Energy: A National Issue | Narrator | 1977-11-22 | Animated documentary talking about the United State’s use of oil…. |
| Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents | Host and Narrator | 1991-01-01 | From IMDB: Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These events are described within the backdrop of… |
| Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: The Story of Moses | Himself | 1993-01-01 | Documentary / Drama / Historical – “Ever since playing Moses in The Ten Commandments,” Charlton Heston has said, “I’ve felt a deep, personal connectio… |
| The Mysterious Origins of Man | Self – Host | 1996-02-25 | The documentary challenges what we have been taught about human evolution and the rise of early civilization…. |
| The Patriots | Thomas Jefferson | 1963-11-15 | Thomas Jefferson has just returned from France, hoping to relax with his daughters at Monticello. George Washington however, has a favor to ask of him… |
| This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special | Self | 1981-02-26 | 30th anniversary special of This is Your Life, hosted by David Frost…. |
| The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man | 1971-01-01 | Vintage documentary that briefly looks at the making of several parts of the film and showcases Heston discussing the film and philosophizes with fame… | |
| Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Daniel and the Lion’s Den | Moses (voice) | 1998-01-01 | There are many heroes in the Old Testament. Some are great warriors. But others are men of quiet faith–men who display their courage not on the battl… |
| America at the Movies | Narrator | 1976-09-22 | A compilation of scenes from 83 films, divided into 5 segments: The Land, The Cities, The Families, The Wars, The Spirit…. |
| Forbidden Area | Col. Jesse Price | 1956-10-04 | Why are so many B-99 bombers from Hibiscus Air Base crashing or simply disappearing? Colonel Price comes up with a terrifying explanation, but will an… |
| Solar Crisis | Adm. “Skeet” Kelso | 1990-07-14 | A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial… |
| The Order | Professor Finley | 2001-05-05 | When Rudy, an artifacts smuggler, goes to Jerusalem to rescue his kidnapped archeologist father, he faces deportation by a scheming police chief. Now,… |
| The Naked Jungle | Christopher Leiningen | 1954-03-03 | The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants…. |
| Behind the Planet of the Apes | Himself – ‘Taylor’ (also archive footage) | 1998-09-05 | Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the s… |
| Ruby Gentry | Boake Tackman | 1952-12-25 | A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn’t love, but carries a torch for another man…. |
| The Far Horizons | Lt. William Clark | 1955-07-04 | Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and … |
| The Mystery of the Sphinx | Narrator | 1993-11-10 | Hosted by Charlton Heston, it explores the possibility that the Sphinx maybe older than expected. John Anthony West examines that water erosion on the… |
| The President’s Lady | Andrew Jackson | 1953-05-21 | The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot conc… |
| The Wreck of the Mary Deare | John Sands | 1959-11-17 | A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a resu… |
| Lucy Gallant | Casey Cole | 1955-10-20 | Director Robert Parrish’s 1955 drama, spanning many years, stars Jane Wyman as a spirited western shopkeeper who watches as her small store flourishes… |
| Gideon | Addison Sinclair | 1998-10-26 | Gideon Dobbs is young, simple-minded man who has never stopped dreaming. He checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their… |
| Christmas from Hollywood | 2003-11-13 | Dozens of stars–including Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bob Hope, and more–demonstrate how the yuletide season is celebrated in the perpetually warm and su… | |
| With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film | Himself | 1990-02-05 | A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles…. |
| The Bible According to Hollywood | Himself | 1994-01-01 | Filmmaker Phillip Dye’s documentary explores the many biblical adaptations Hollywood has produced throughout the years, including The Ten Commandments… |
| Private Screenings: Charlton Heston | Self | 1998-11-06 | The noted star of such epics as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur discusses his career with TCM host Robert Osborne…. |
| A Look at the World of Soylent Green | 1973-01-01 | This promotional short film for Soylent Green (1973) begins by showing clips of films that depicted what the future might be like beyond Earth (click … | |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Brad Braden | 1952-02-16 | To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won c… |
| The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille | Himself | 2016-02-11 | Filmmaker Peter Brosnan digs up the set of the 1923 film ‘The Ten Commandments’, long buried in the sands of California’s Central Coast…. |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Henry VIII | 1977-06-03 | Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide… |
| Charlie Sheen’s Stunts Spectacular | Himself – (archive footage) | 1994-06-30 | The first behind the scenes look revealing the movie magic of the men and women of the stunt profession, Hollywood’s unsung heroes. Charlie Sheen and… |
| Three Lives | Self | 1953-01-01 | A short film made for the United Jewish Appeal, reuniting the main players behind The Sniper, writers Edna and Edward Anhalt, director Edward Dmytryk,… |
| Bowling for Columbine | Himself – NRA President | 2002-10-09 | This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough t… |
| The Buccaneer | Gen. Andrew Jackson | 1958-12-11 | During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will … |
| The Big Country | Steve Leech | 1958-09-30 | Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach … |
| Emergency: Donald Trump’s “Touch of Evil” | (archive footage) | 2019-02-21 | An essay on how could Welles’ Touch of Evil and his story about the border between USA and Mexico influence Trump’s imagination…. |
| Fun in the Big Country | Self | 1958-01-01 | Behind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler’s 1958 western, “The Big Country.”… |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Himself – Interviewee | 2010-05-05 | In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first… |
| Stars of Cabaret | 1956-01-01 | A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends. These are followed by film shot by Vickers in Australia during product… | |
| The Madding Crowd | Himself | 2017-02-01 | “A great many conundrums.” An assemblage of found footage…. |
| Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self | 1998-03-17 | Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Cooper’s horse-riding skills that first brought him bit parts in movies. And he… |
| In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow | 1995-02-03 | An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer’s books have on his fans is more than inspirational…. |
| Verifica incerta – Disperse Exclamatory Phase | (archive footage) | 1965-05-31 | A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies…. |
| Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | 2003-04-01 | As the story begins, we learn that the Israelites-under the leadership of Moses-have been wandering the wilderness for forty years. Now, they are abou… | |
| Yesterday’s Tomorrows | 1999-08-09 | Showtime’s “In the 20th Century” is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of th… | |
| Tombstone | Henry Hooker | 1993-12-25 | Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining t… |
| Almost an Angel | God | 1990-12-21 | Terry Dean is an electronics wizard and thief. After he is released from jail, he is hit by a car while saving a little girl’s life. While in the hosp… |
| Bienvenido Mr. Heston | Himself (archive footage) | 2016-11-25 | Spain, 1961. Life in the small village of Torrelobatón, in the province of Valladolid, was turned upside down when the cinematic magic circus of a fu… |
| Directed by William Wyler | Self | 1986-05-01 | Documentary about the famed Hollywood director…. |
| Love in Hollywood | Self | 1996-12-08 | Various Hollywood people talk about love…. |
| Town & Country | Mr. Clayborne | 2001-04-27 | Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads… a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wif… |
| Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema | Himself (2001 Interview) (archive footage) | 2005-09-13 | Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic “Ben-Hur”…. |
| Alaska | Perry | 1996-08-14 | Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper acro… |
| Original Sin | Louis Mancini | 1989-02-20 | When his son is kidnapped a man has to face his past demons in speaking to a Mafia don about it…. |
| True Lies | Spencer Trilby | 1994-07-15 | A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with … |
| The Special London Bridge Special | Tennis Player | 1972-01-01 | In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge’s new location where he, befud… |
| The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | Himself | 1985-01-01 | Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pic… |
| The Dark Mist | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-01 | With the future of the world hanging in the balance, one fearless hero’s quest to solve “The Riddle of the Chosen”. As the Lord Protector makes his wa… |
| Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints | Self | 2000-01-01 | Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as Grauman’s Chinese Theater, it immediately drew att… |
| Planet of the Apes | Zaius | 2001-07-25 | After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes domi… |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | John the Baptist | 1965-02-15 | From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. M… |
| Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 | A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret… |
| Texas | Narrator | 1995-04-16 | In the beginning of the 19th Century many Anglosaxons are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between t… |
| Forever Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 | Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles…. |
| The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1973-12-11 | The young D’Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king’s musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, ea… |
| AFI: 100 Years… 100 Movies… 10th Anniversary Edition | Self (archive footage) | 2007-06-20 | 10th Anniversary of the 100 greatest films as chosen by the American Film Institute…. |
| Rowan & Martin At the Movies | Himself | 1968-01-01 | This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out tha… |
| Cats & Dogs | The Mastiff (voice) | 2001-07-04 | When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs … |
| De Madrid a la Luna | Himself (archive footage) | 2006-10-24 | … |
| The Avenging Angel | Brigham Young | 1995-01-22 | Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involvin… |
| Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey | Self (archive footage) | 2011-07-14 | Feature-length documentary chronicling Charlton Heston’s life while filming Ben Hur. Includes behind-the-scenes content and home-movie footage from th… |
| Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 1997-07-27 | Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western…. |
| The Four Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1974-10-31 | The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter…. |
| Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Taylor | 1970-04-23 | The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission discovers a planet ruled by apes, and an underground city run by telepathic humans…. |
| Sword-and-Sandal | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-04-14 | The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollyw… |
| Hercules | Narrator (voice) | 1997-06-20 | Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along… |
| Wayne’s World 2 | Good Actor | 1993-12-10 | A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, “Waynestock,” with Aerosmith as headlin… |
| Hail Satan? | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-17 | A look at the intersection of religion and activism, tracing the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most controvers… |
| Any Given Sunday | Commissioner | 1999-12-22 | A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance an… |
| Hamlet | Player King | 1996-12-25 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer… his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing…. |
| A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994-01-01 | A look back at the first 100 years of the movies…. |
| Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self – Actor (archive footage) | 2014-09-20 | In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb … |
| Todos los nombres de Sara | Himself – Actor (archive footage) | 2019-12-15 | Born in Campo de Criptana, a small village in the Spanish region of La Mancha, Sara Montiel (1928-2013) conquered Mexico, Hollywood, and the hearts of… |
| I Am Richard Pryor | Self – Actor (archive footage) | 2019-03-12 | The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his ho… |
| King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 | Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi… |
| Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 | An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western… |
| Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) | 2015-05-04 | A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre possible, and a walk through the landscapes that made it pos… |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self – Actor (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 | The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter,… |
| Armageddon | Narration (voice) | 1998-07-01 | When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate … |
| And the Oscar Goes To… | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 | The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry’s most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… traces the history of the Academy … |
Charlton Heston Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Mother Lode | Director | 1982-08-06 | A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselve… |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Director | 1972-03-18 | Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard’s original stage play. Th… |
| A Man for All Seasons | Director | 1988-12-21 | Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integri… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Screenplay | 1972-03-18 | Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard’s original stage play. Th… |
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