
Charlton Heston
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…
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Filmography
Acting (250)
Movies (194)
Airports
2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
2019as Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019as (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
2017as Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016as Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016as Self
Spanish Western
2015as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
2015as Self (archival footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011as Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010as (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010as Self – Interviewee
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
2008as Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007as Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna
2006as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004as Host
Christmas in Hollywood
2003as Self (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
2003as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
2003as Self - Host
Lasting Love
2003
Ben Hur
2003as Ben Hur (voice)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
2003as Self - Host
My Father
2003as Josef Mengele
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
2003as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
2003as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003as Self - Host
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003as Self (archive footage)
Bowling for Columbine
2002as Self - NRA President
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2002as Narrator (voice)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002as (archive footage)
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002as Self
Planet of the Apes
2001as Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
2001as The Mastiff (voice)
The Order
2001as Professor Finley
Town & Country
2001as Mr. Clayborne
The Gun Deadlock
2001as Self
Last Party 2000
2001as Self
The Making of Midway
2001as Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000as Self
Any Given Sunday
1999as AFFA Football Commissioner
Forever Hollywood
1999as Self
Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999as Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999as Self
Armageddon
1998as Narration (voice)
Gideon
1998as Addison Sinclair
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998as Self - 'Taylor'
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
1998as Narrator (voice)
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
1998as Self
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998as Self
Hercules
1997as Narrator (voice)
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
1997as Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
1997as Self - Narrator
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997as Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997as Self
Hamlet
1996as Player King
The Mysterious Origins of Man
1996as Self - Host
The Lord Protector
1996as Narrator (voice)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996as Self
Alaska
1996as Perry
Love in Hollywood
1996as Self
Andersonville Diaries
1996as Narrator
In the Mouth of Madness
1995as Jackson Harglow
The Avenging Angel
1995as Brigham Young
Texas
1995as Narrator
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995as Self
True Lies
1994as Spencer Trilby
The Legacy of Malthus
1994as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
A Century of Cinema
1994as Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994as Self
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994as Self
Tombstone
1993as Henry Hooker
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
1993as Self - Host
The Mystery of the Sphinx
1993as Narrator
Wayne's World 2
1993as Good Actor
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
1993as Self - Host
Noël
1992as Narrator
Solar Crisis
1992as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992as Captain Al Haynes
Symphony for the Spire
1992
The Crucifer of Blood
1991as Sherlock Holmes
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
1991as Host and Narrator
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure
1991as Narrator
Almost an Angel
1990as God
Treasure Island
1990as Long John Silver
A Night on Mount Edna
1990as Self
The Little Kidnappers
1990as James MacKenzie
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990as Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989as Self
Call from Space
1989as Alien (voice)
Original Sin
1989as Louis Mancini
A Man for All Seasons
1988as Sir Thomas More
Eclipse of Reason
1987as Narrator
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987as Self
Proud Men
1987as Charley MacLeod Sr.
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
1987as Self - Host
Directed by William Wyler
1986as Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986as Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984as Self - Performer
Nairobi Affair
1984as Lee Cahill
The Orson Welles Story
1982as Self
Mother Lode
1982as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
Let Poland Be Poland
1982as Self - Co-Host
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982as Self
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
1981as Self
The Mountain Men
1980as Bill Tyler
The Awakening
1980as Matthew Corbeck
Gray Lady Down
1978as Captain Paul Blanchard
The Prince and the Pauper
1977as Henry VIII
Energy: A National Issue
1977as Narrator (voice)
Midway
1976as Capt. Matthew Garth
Two-Minute Warning
1976as Capt. Peter Holly
The Last Hard Men
1976as Sam Burgade
America at the Movies
1976as Narrator
Earthquake
1974as Stewart Graff
Airport 1975
1974as Alan Murdock
The Four Musketeers
1974as Cardinal Richelieu
Soylent Green
1973as Detective Robert Thorn
The Three Musketeers
1973as Cardinal Richelieu
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973as Self
The Call of the Wild
1972as John Thornton
Antony and Cleopatra
1972as Marc Antony
The Special London Bridge Special
1972as Tennis Player
Skyjacked
1972as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
The Omega Man
1971as Robert Neville
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
1971as Self - Narrator
Vietnam! Vietnam!
1971as Narrator (voice)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970as Taylor
Julius Caesar
1970as Marc Antony
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970as Self (archive footage)
The Hawaiians
1970as Whip Hoxworth
Number One
1969as Ron "Cat" Catlan
Planet of the Apes
1968as George Taylor
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968as Self
Elizabeth the Queen
1968as Lord Essex
While I Run This Race
1967as Narrator
Counterpoint
1967as Lionel Evans
Will Penny
1967as Will Penny
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966as Thomas
Khartoum
1966as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965as John the Baptist
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965as Michelangelo
The War Lord
1965as Chrysagon
Major Dundee
1965as Major Amos Charles Dundee
Uncertain Verification
1965as (archive footage)
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963as Self
The Patriots
1963as Thomas Jefferson
55 Days at Peking
1963as Maj. Matt Lewis
The Five Cities of June
1963as Narrator
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting
1963as Self
Diamond Head
1962as Richard 'King' Howland
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
El Cid
1961as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Ben-Hur
1959as Judah Ben-Hur
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959as John Sands
The Big Country
1958as Steve Leech
Touch of Evil
1958as Ramon Miguel Vargas
The Buccaneer
1958as Gen. Andrew Jackson
Fun in the Big Country
1958as Self
The Ten Commandments
1956as Moses
Three Violent People
1956as Colt Saunders
Forbidden Area
1956as Col. Jesse Price
Stars of Cabaret
1956as Self (archive footage)
The Far Horizons
1955as Lt. William Clark
Lucy Gallant
1955as Casey Cole
The Private War of Major Benson
1955as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
The Naked Jungle
1954as Christopher Leiningen
Secret of the Incas
1954as Harry Steel
Bad for Each Other
1953as Dr. Tom Owen
Pony Express
1953as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Arrowhead
1953as Ed Bannon
The President's Lady
1953as Andrew Jackson
Three Lives
1953as Self
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952as Brad Braden
Ruby Gentry
1952as Boake Tackman
The Savage
1952as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
A Bolt of Lightning
1951as James Otis
Dark City
1950as Danny Haley
Julius Caesar
1950as Mark Antony
The Taming of the Shrew
1950as Petruchio
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950as Heathcliff
Jane Eyre
1949as Edward Rochester
Peer Gynt
1941as Peer Gynt
Night of the Dragon
as Narrator
Television (56)
Talking Pictures
2013as Self (archive footage)
The Weber Show
2000as Charlton Heston
Camino de Santiago
1999as Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War
1998as Self - Narrator (voice)
Secrets of War: Shadows of The Reich
1998as Self - Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998as Self
The Outer Limits
1995as Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
MADtv
1995as Self
Eco-Challenge
1995
Friends
1994as Charlton Heston
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
seaQuest DSV
1993as Abalon
Pebble Mill
1991as Self
Noel's House Party
1991as Star guest
Korea: The Unknown War
1988as General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
The Dame Edna Experience
1987as Self
The Colbys
1985as Jason Colby
Chiefs
1983as Hugh Holmes
Wogan
1982as Self
Dynasty
1981as Jason Colby
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975as Self
Dinah!
1974as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971as Self
Film '72
1971as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
F.D.R.
1965as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self - Guest
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961as Paul Malone (archive footage)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958as Beast
The Steve Allen Show
1956as Self - Actor
Playhouse 90
1956as Col. Jesse Price
The $64,000 Question
1955as Substitute Host
Climax!
1954as Lt. Paul Peterson
The Oscars
1953as Self
General Electric Theater
1953as Tim
Omnibus
1952as Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Thomas Jefferson
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950as Cashel Bryon
What's My Line?
1950as Self - Mystery Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950as Self
Your Show of Shows
1950as Self - Guest Performer
Suspense
1949
Bambi
1948as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self - Nominee
Science Fiction Film Awards
as Himself
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