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Famous Person:
Birth Name : John Charles Carter / Stage Name : Charlton Heston
Famous For:
Actor, N.R.A. spokesman
Movie - Television Titles:
My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 (2003) .... The father (Josef Mengele)
... aka Meu Pai (Brazil: festival title)
... aka Papà Rua Alguem 5555 (Italy)
... aka Rua Alguem 5555: My Father (International: English title)
Ben Hur (2003) (TV) (voice) .... Ben Hur
The Order (2001) .... Prof. Walter Finley
... aka Jihad Warrior (Philippines: English title)
Eco Challenge: US Armed Forces Championship (2001) (TV) .... Narrator/Himself
Planet of the Apes (2001) (uncredited) .... Zaius, Thade's Father
Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice) .... The Mastiff
Town & Country (2001) .... Eugenie's Father
"The Outer Limits"
... aka The New Outer Limits (USA: promotional title)
- Final Appeal (2000) TV Episode .... Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
Any Given Sunday (1999) .... Commissioner
Gideon (1999) .... Addison Sinclair
"Camino de Santiago" (1999) (mini) TV Series .... Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
... aka The Road to Santiago (Europe: English title)
"Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War" (1998) TV Series .... Narrator
... aka Secrets of War (USA)
Armageddon (1998) (voice) .... Narrator
Hercules (1997) (voice) .... Narrator
Hamlet (1996) .... Player King
... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Alaska (1996) .... Colin Perry the Poacher
The Dark Mist (1996) (voice) .... Narrator
In the Mouth of Madness (1995) .... Jackson Harglow
... aka John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (USA: complete title)
The Avenging Angel (1995) (TV) .... Brigham Young
True Lies (1994) .... Spencer Trilby
"SeaQuest DSV"
... aka SeaQuest 2032 (USA: new title)
- Abalon (1994) TV Episode .... Abalon
Texas (1994) (TV) .... Narrator
... aka James A. Michener's Texas
Tombstone (1993) .... Henry Hooker
Wayne's World 2 (1993) .... Good Actor
"Saturday Night Live"
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA)
- Episode #19.8 (1993) TV Episode .... Host
- Episode #12.15 (1987) TV Episode .... Host
Noel (1992) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992) (TV) .... Captain Al Haynes
... aka A Thousand Heroes
The Crucifer of Blood (1991) (TV) .... Sherlock Holmes
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure (1991) (V) .... Narrator
Almost an Angel (1990) (uncredited) .... God
The Little Kidnappers (1990) (TV) .... James MacKenzie
Solar Crisis (1990) .... Adm. 'Skeet' Kelso
... aka Kuraishisu niju-goju nen (Japan)
Treasure Island (1990) (TV) .... Long John Silver
... aka Devil's Treasure (Australia: video title)
The Hollywood Road to Oz (1990) (TV) .... Host
Original Sin (1989) (TV) .... Louis Mancini
Call from Space (1989) (voice) .... Alien
A Man for All Seasons (1988) (TV) .... Sir Thomas More
Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies (1987) (TV) .... Various roles
"The Two Ronnies"
- 1987 Christmas Special (1987) TV Episode
Proud Men (1987) (TV) .... Charley Mac Leod Sr.
"The Colbys" .... Jason Colby (1985-1987)
... aka Dynasty II: The Colbys (original title (first four episodes title))
- Crossroads (1987) TV Episode .... Jason Colby (1985-1987)
- The Dead End (1987) TV Episode .... Jason Colby (1985-1987)
- Bid for Freedom (1986) TV Episode .... Jason Colby (1985-1987)
- And Baby Makes Four (1986) TV Episode .... Jason Colby (1985-1987)
- Deceptions (1986) TV Episode .... Jason Colby (1985-1987)
"Dynasty"
- The Titans (1985) TV Episode .... Jason Colby
- The Man (1985) TV Episode .... Jason Colby
- The Californians (1985) TV Episode .... Jason Colby
Nairobi Affair (1984) (TV) .... Lee Cahill
"Chiefs" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Hugh Holmes
Mother Lode (1982) .... Silas McGee/Ian McGee
... aka Search for the Mother Lode: The Last Great Treasure
The Awakening (1980) .... Matthew Corbeck
... aka The Wakening (UK)
The Mountain Men (1980) .... Bill Tyler
Gray Lady Down (1978) .... Capt. Paul Blanchard
Crossed Swords (1977) .... Henry VIII
... aka The Prince and the Pauper (UK)
Two-Minute Warning (1976) .... Capt. Peter Holly
Midway (1976) .... Capt. Matthew Garth
... aka Battle of Midway (Philippines: English title) (UK)
... aka The Battle of Midway (USA: video title)
The Last Hard Men (1976) .... Sam Burgade
The Fun of Your Life (1975) .... Narrator
The Four Musketeers (1974) .... Cardinal Richelieu
... aka Cuatro mosqueteros, Los (Spain)
... aka The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (USA)
... aka The Four Musketeers: The Revenge of Milady (UK: long title)
... aka The Return of the Three Musketeers (UK: video title)
... aka The Revenge of Milady
Earthquake (1974) .... Stewart Graff
Airport 1975 (1974) .... Alan Murdock
The Three Musketeers (1973) .... Cardinal Richelieu
... aka The Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds (USA)
Soylent Green (1973) .... Detective Robert Thorn
Call of the Wild (1972) .... John Thornton
... aka Appel de la forêt, L' (France)
... aka Når villdyret våkner (Norway)
... aka Richiamo della foresta, Il (Italy)
... aka Ruf der Wildnis (West Germany)
... aka Selva blanca, La
Skyjacked (1972) .... Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
... aka Sky Terror (USA: TV title)
The Special London Bridge Special (1972) .... Tennis player
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) .... Marc Antony
... aka Antoine et Cléopatre (Switzerland: French title)
... aka Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (Spain)
The Omega Man (1971) .... Robert Neville
The Hawaiians (1970) .... Whipple 'Whip' Hoxworth
... aka Master of the Islands (UK)
Julius Caesar (1970) .... Marc Antony
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) .... Taylor
Number One (1969) .... Ron (Cat) Catlan
Will Penny (1968) .... Will Penny
Planet of the Apes (1968) .... George Taylor
... aka Monkey Planet
Elizabeth the Queen (1968) (TV) .... Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
... aka Elizabeth and Essex (UK)
... aka George Schaefer's Showcase Theatre: Elizabeth the Queen (USA: series title)
"Hallmark Hall of Fame"
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- Elizabeth the Queen (1968) TV Episode .... Robert Devereaux Earl of Essex
- The Patriots (1963) TV Episode .... Thomas Jefferson
Counterpoint (1968) .... Lionel Evans
Maugli (1967) .... Narrator
... aka Adventures of Mowgli (USA)
... aka Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book
... aka The Jungle Book
All About People (1967) .... Narrator
Khartoum (1966) .... Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
What Is a Boy (1966) (TV)
The War Lord (1965) .... Chrysagon
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) .... Michelangelo
... aka Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy
Major Dundee (1965) .... Major Amos Charles Dundee
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) .... John the Baptist
... aka George Stevens Presents The Greatest Story Ever Told (USA: complete title)
The Patriots (1963) (TV) .... Thomas Jefferson
55 Days at Peking (1963) .... Maj. Matt Lewis
Diamond Head (1963) .... Richard 'King' Howland
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) .... Captain Paul MacDougall/Benny the Snatch/Narrator
El Cid (1961) .... El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar)
"Alcoa Premiere"
- The Fugitive Eye (1961) TV Episode .... Paul Malone
Ben-Hur (1959) .... Judah Ben-Hur
... aka Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (USA: alternative title)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) .... John Sands
The Buccaneer (1958) .... Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country (1958) .... Steve Leech
Touch of Evil (1958) .... Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas
"Playhouse 90"
- Point of No Return (1958) TV Episode .... Charles Gray
- Forbidden Area (1956) TV Episode .... Major Jesse Price
"Shirley Temple's Storybook"
... aka The Shirley Temple Show (new title)
- Beauty and the Beast (1958) TV Episode .... The Beast
"Climax!"
... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA)
- The Trial of Captain Wirtz (1957) TV Episode .... Chipman
- Bailout at 43,000 Feet (1955) TV Episode .... Lieutenant Paul Peterson
"Schlitz Playhouse of Stars"
... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
- Switch Station (1957) TV Episode
- One Is a Lonesome Number (1951) TV Episode
Three Violent People (1957) .... Capt. Colt Saunders
The Ten Commandments (1956) .... Moses
"General Electric Theater"
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
- The Seeds of Hate (1955) TV Episode .... Tim
Lucy Gallant (1955) .... Casey Cole
... aka Oil Town (USA: reissue title)
"Robert Montgomery Presents"
... aka Lucky Strike Theater
... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock
... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
- Along Came Jones (1955) TV Episode
- The Closed Door (1952) TV Episode .... Peter Handley
- Cashel Byron's Profession (1952) TV Episode
"The Colgate Comedy Hour"
... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #5.39 (1955) TV Episode .... Host
- Episode #5.38 (1955) TV Episode (also archive footage) .... Host
- Episode #5.36 (1955) TV Episode
- Episode #5.31 (1955) TV Episode .... Host
- Episode #5.30 (1955) TV Episode .... Host
The Private War of Major Benson (1955) .... Maj. Bernard 'Barney' Benson
The Far Horizons (1955) .... William Clark
... aka Untamed West (USA: reissue title)
Secret of the Incas (1954) .... Harry Steele
The Naked Jungle (1954) .... Christopher Leiningen
"Danger"
- Freedom to Get Lost (1954) TV Episode
"Your Show of Shows"
... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
- Episode dated 16 January 1954 (1954) TV Episode
- Episode dated 22 December 1951 (1951) TV Episode
- Episode dated 13 October 1951 (1951) TV Episode
Bad for Each Other (1953) .... Dr. Tom Owen
"Medallion Theatre"
- A Day in Town (1953) TV Episode
Arrowhead (1953) .... Ed Bannon
Pony Express (1953) .... William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The President's Lady (1953) .... President Andrew Jackson
"The Philco Television Playhouse"
... aka Arena Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka Repertory Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (USA: new title)
- Elegy (1953) TV Episode
- Hear My Heart Speak (1950) TV Episode
Ruby Gentry (1952) .... Boake Tackman
The Savage (1952) .... War Bonnet (Jim Aherne)
"Curtain Call"
- The Liar (1952) TV Episode
"Studio One"
... aka Studio One Summer Theatre (summer title)
... aka Studio One in Hollywood (new title)
... aka Summer Theatre (summer title)
... aka Westinghouse Studio One
... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (summer title)
- The Wings of the Dove (1952) TV Episode
- A Bolt of Lightning (1951) TV Episode
- Macbeth (1951) TV Episode .... Macbeth
- Letter from Cairo (1950) TV Episode
- Wuthering Heights (1950) TV Episode .... Heathcliff
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) .... Brad Braden
... aka Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (USA: complete title)
"Lux Video Theatre"
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- Route 19 (1951) TV Episode
"Suspense"
- Santa Fe Flight (1951) TV Episode
- Suspicion (1949) TV Episode
- Suspicion (1949) TV Episode
Wuthering Heights (1950) (TV) .... Heathcliff
Dark City (1950) .... Danny Haley/Richard Branton
Julius Caesar (1950) .... Antony
"The Clock"
- The Hypnotist (1950) TV Episode
Peer Gynt (1941) .... Peer Gynt
Authors Description:
Charlton Heston's career as a commanding male lead has provided a one-person Hollywood trek through the pages of world history and a forceful, conservative vision of a world in which America always wins. The Northwestern University acting student's first film appearances were in ambitious amateur 16mm productions of "Peer Gynt" (1941) and "Julius Caesar" (1949), both directed by fellow student David Bradley. After WWII service, he and his wife Lydia Clarke worked as models in New York and ran a theater in Asheville, North Carolina before Heston found success on Broadway in Katharine Cornell's production of "Antony and Cleopatra" (1947). He also made a vivid impression on early TV, especially in a flurry of dashing romantic leads (Heathcliff, Rochester, Petruchio) on the famous drama anthology "Studio One". By the time he went to Hollywood to act in William Dieterle's moody film noir "Dark City" (1950), Heston was already a star, listed in the credits ahead of the more established Lizabeth Scott. Over the next four decades he rarely had less than top billing. With his role as the ill-tempered circus manager in his second film, Cecil B. DeMille's "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), Heston began his reign as the actor of choice for Hollywood epics. Solidly built, with a lithe walk and boasting an iron jaw, a granite-carved profile and sonorous voice, he could intimidate opponents with just a glare. Few actors could dish up righteous anger with such force, yet even though many of his screen creations could be unpleasantly hostile, the power of his presence invariably commanded respect, conveyed integrity (even in villainous roles) and often managed to be likable. There was something timeless about his rueful expression and his brand of gritty heroism. At the same time, though, he glorified a concept of the power of the individual which was perfectly in step with middle America's vision of how the world should be. Consequently, even though Heston never quite disappeared into his roles, he was perfect for Hollywood's writing of an Americanized world history picture book and its equally splashy renditions of the Bible. Heston's take on Buffalo Bill in "The Pony Express" (1953) was the first in a long line of historical and Biblical characters that have included Andrew Jackson ("The President's Lady" 1953; "The Buccaneer" 1958), Moses (in DeMille's landmark second version of "The Ten Commandments" 1956), El Cid (in the 1961 film of that title), John the Baptist ("The Greatest Story Ever Told" 1964), Michelangelo ("The Agony and the Ecstasy" 1965), General Charles Gordon ("Khartoum" 1966), Cardinal Richelieu ("The Three Musketeers" 1973 and its 1975 sequel), Henry VIII ("Crossed Swords" 1977) and Sir Thomas More ("A Man for All Seasons", TNT 1988). Indeed, he seemed to possess the power to transform fiction into fact when his Oscar-winning turn in "Ben-Hur" (1959) elevated the story of a Jewish charioteer transfixed by the sight of Christ to the stuff of legend. As French critic Michel Mourlet infamously rhapsodized, "Charlton Heston is an axiom of the cinema." Less indecisive and rebellious than Robert Mitchum, less Everymannish than William Holden, Heston, like these fellow 50s icons, was frequently called on to suffer, and frequently with his shirt off. Perhaps it all started with Moses making bricks, but Heston was still stripping down to either get down to work or be punished well into the 80s. As historical epics gradually became passe in the late 60s, Heston made more Westerns, war sagas and, interestingly, science fiction films to take up the slack. 1968 marked a banner year with two fine landmark roles: the anguished hero of the highly entertaining, futuristic "Planet of the Apes", and the aging, reflective cowpoke of "Will Penny", one of his finest films. The 70s brought the cult classic sci-fi pic "Soylent Green" (1973) ("It's people!!") and a series of routine roles in "Battle of Midway" (1976) and "Gray Lady Down" (1977) titled major, colonel or general. Some later parts, though, traded in wastefully on his iconic value, for instance, his cameo in "True Lies" (1994). Though hampered by budgetary restrictions, Heston directed his first feature in 1971 with a decent adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" and did double duty again with "Mother Lode" (1982), which was written and produced by his son Fraser. After a fifteen year absence, the actor returned to the small screen as the star of the CBS miniseries "Chiefs" (1983) and later found work as a series regular on the primetime soap opera "The Colbys" (ABC, 1985-87) before settling into a succession of starring roles in telefilms. He directed and starred in a 1988 TNT remake of "A Man for All Seasons", reprising his stage role as Sir Thomas More. Heston went on to essay iconic fictional characters Long John Silver and Sherlock Holmes in two TNT movies adapted and produced by his son. "Treasure Island" (1990) and "The Crucifer of Blood" (1991). Although features allowed him to portray God ("Almost an Angel" 1990) and provided ample opportunity for him to use his marvelous voice as a narrator (e.g., "Armageddon" 1998), Heston continued to find his best roles on TV, adding to his gallery of historical figures with a turn as Brigham Young in TNT's "The Avenging Angel" (1995). Throughout his career, Heston has been active in the industry, serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild (1966-71) and chairman of the American Film Institute. During the 80s, he was head of President Reagan's task force on the arts and humanities, and remained active in charity work (e.g., The Will Rogers Institute) and politics, earning a reputation as a staunch Republican and a supporter of the National Rifle Association (NRA). He assumed a higher profile in 1998 with a guest appearance as himself on NBC's "Friends" and as the NRA's newly elected president. Later that year, he made the rounds in support of the re-release of Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil" (1958), in which he had starred as the virtuous Mexican government official (sans accent but sporting some nifty black hair) opposite Welles' supremely debauched police captain. Heston, who had been responsible for Welles getting the directing assignment, received a "special thanks" credit on the re-edit fashioned from a 58-page director's memo and has repeatedly avowed his agreement with Cahiers du Cinema that "Touch of Evil" is "beyond any question the greatest B movie ever made." Heston made a cameo in 2001's "Planet of the Apes" remake as Tim Roth's father, meaning his role was so small he can in no way be blamed for the film's many flaws. This was one of his rare appearances in film or television, though he has stayed active in his political causes. In 2002, he lent his voice to an animated version of "Ben-hur" which was produced by his son Fraser and shortly after announced he is has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
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