Charlton Heston
Highest Rated: 100% The Big Country (1958)
Lowest Rated: 0% The Awakening (1980)
Birthday: Oct 4, 1923
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, USA
One of the most commanding stars of his era, actor Charlton Heston was a man whose presence allowed him to play larger than life characters on screen. With his imposing stature and sonorous voice, it did not take long before the stage actor was landing roles on early television and headlining in feature films like "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952). As impressive as these early roles were, Heston's performances in the biblical blockbusters "The Ten Commandments" (1956) and "Ben-Hur" (1959) cemented his stature as a leading man in Hollywood. He continued with a steady output of historical epics and, as the 1960s drew to a close, took part in several science fiction classics, beginning with "Planet of the Apes" (1968). There was no denying that Charlton Heston was one of the most influential and prolific actors of 20th Century cinema, providing generations of audiences with some of the most memorable big screen performances of all time.
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Charlton Heston
Filmography
Movies
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96% |
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Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff | Unknown (Character) | $20.0K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime | Trogul (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America Home of the Brave | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Ben Hur | Ben Hur (Voice) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 | The Father (Character) | - | 2003 |
95% |
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Bowling for Columbine | Self | $21.2M | 2002 |
13% |
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The Order | Prof. Walter Finley (Character) | - | 2001 |
52% |
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Cats & Dogs | Mastiff (Voice) | $93.4M | 2001 |
13% |
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Town & Country | Eugenie's Father (Character) | $6.7M | 2001 |
52% |
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Any Given Sunday | Commissioner (Character) | $75.5M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Forever Hollywood | Self | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Gideon | Addison Sinclair (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alaska: The Spirit of the Wild | Narrator | - | 1998 |
82% |
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Hercules | Narrator | $99.1M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Alaska: Spirit of the Wild | Narrator | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Charlton Heston Presents: The Bible | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
95% |
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Hamlet | Player King (Character) | $4.4M | 1996 |
17% |
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Alaska | Perry (Character) | $11.6M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mysterious Origins of Man | Host | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Adventures of Mowgli | Narrator | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Avenging Angel | Brigham Young (Character) | - | 1995 |
59% |
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In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow (Character) | $8.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bible According to Hollywood | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
70% |
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True Lies | Spencer Trilby (Character) | $146.3M | 1994 |
73% |
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Tombstone | Henry Hooker (Character) | $55.9M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mystery of the Sphinx | Host | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Captain Al Haynes (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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The Crucifer of Blood | Sherlock Holmes (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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The Little Kidnappers | James MacKenzie (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Treasure Island | Long John Silver (Character) | - | 1990 |
33% |
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Almost an Angel | God (Character) | $6.5M | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Solar Crisis | Adm. "Skeet" Kelso (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Original Sin | Louis Mancini (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man for All Seasons |
Sir Thomas More (Character), Director |
- | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Proud Men | Charley MacLeod Sr. (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nairobi Affair | Lee Cahill (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Chiefs | Hugh Holmes (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Mother Lode |
Silas McGee/ Director |
- | 1982 |
0% |
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The Awakening | Matthew Corbeck (Character) | - | 1980 |
43% |
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The Mountain Men | Bill Tyler (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Crossed Swords | Henry VIII (Character) | - | 1978 |
63% |
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Gray Lady Down | Capt. Paul Blanchard (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Hard Men | Sam Burgade (Character) | - | 1976 |
29% |
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Two Minute Warning | Capt. Peter Holly (Character) | - | 1976 |
41% |
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Midway | Captain Matt Garth (Character) | - | 1976 |
77% |
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The Four Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu (Character) | - | 1975 |
44% |
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Earthquake | Stewart Graff (Character) | - | 1974 |
30% |
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Airport 1975 | Alan Murdock (Character) | - | 1974 |
89% |
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The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu (Character) | - | 1973 |
71% |
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Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Antony and Cleopatra |
Marc Antony (Character), Director |
- | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Skyjacked | Capt. Henry "Hank" O'Hara (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Call of the Wild | John Thornton (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vietnam! Vietnam! | Narrator | - | 1971 |
65% |
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The Omega Man | Robert Neville (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hawaiians | Whip Hoxworth (Character) | - | 1970 |
40% |
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Julius Caesar | Marc Antony (Character) | - | 1970 |
37% |
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes | George Taylor (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Number One | Ron "Cat" Catlan (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elizabeth, the Queen | Robert Devereaux (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Counterpoint | Lionel Evans (Character) | - | 1968 |
87% |
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Will Penny | Will Penny (Character) | - | 1968 |
86% |
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Planet of the Apes | Col. George Taylor (Character) | - | 1968 |
100% |
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Khartoum | Gen. Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Character) | - | 1966 |
97% |
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Major Dundee | Major Amos Charles Dundee (Character) | $14.9K | 1965 |
86% |
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The Agony and the Ecstasy | Michelangelo (Character) | - | 1965 |
42% |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | John the Baptist (Character) | - | 1965 |
67% |
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The War Lord | Chrysagon (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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Diamond Head | Richard "King" Howland (Character) | - | 1963 |
57% |
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55 Days at Peking | Maj. Matt Lewis (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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The Pigeon That Took Rome |
Captain Paul MacDougall/ |
- | 1962 |
93% |
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El Cid | El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar) (Character) | $26.9K | 1961 |
85% |
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Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare | John Sands (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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The Buccaneer | Gen. Andrew Jackson (Character) | - | 1958 |
100% |
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The Big Country | Steve Leech (Character) | - | 1958 |
95% |
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Touch of Evil | Ramon Miguel "Mike" Vargas (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Voice of the Big Country | Unknown (Character) | - | 1958 |
84% |
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The Ten Commandments | Moses (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Violent People | Capt. Colt Saunders (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The Private War of Major Benson | Maj. Bernard R. "Barney" Benson (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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The Far Horizons | Lt. William Clark (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucy Gallant | Casey Cole (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Bad for Each Other | Dr. Tom Owen (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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Secret of the Incas | Harry Steele (Character) | - | 1954 |
88% |
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The Naked Jungle | Christopher Leiningen (Character) | - | 1954 |
60% |
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The President's Lady | President Andrew Jackson (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Arrowhead | Ed Bannon (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Pony Express | Captain William Frank "Buffalo Bill" Cody (Character) | - | 1953 |
63% |
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Ruby Gentry | Boake Tackman (Character) | - | 1952 |
50% |
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The Greatest Show on Earth | Marc Braden (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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The Savage |
James "Jim" Aherne Jr./ |
- | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Julius Caesar | Unknown (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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Dark City | Danny Haley (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One Anthology | Unknown (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt (Character) | - | 1942 |
TV
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8% | No Score Yet | The Weber Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Himself (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Space Ghost: Coast to Coast | Guest | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | James A. Michener's Texas | Narrator | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1987 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbys | Jason Colby (Character) | 1985-1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Revlon Revue | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1949-1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1949 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlton Heston Presents the Bible | Host |