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{{Infobox actor
| name = Charlton Heston
| image = Charlton Heston Civil Rights March 1963.jpg
| caption = Charlton Heston at the [[1963]] [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|Civil Rights March]]
| birthname = John Charles Carter
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1924|10|4}}
| location = [[Evanston, Illinois]]
| yearsactive = [[1941]]-[[2003]]
| spouse = Lydia Clarke (1944-)
| academyawards = '''[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]'''<br>1959 ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' <br> '''[[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]]'''<br>1978 Outstanding Contributions to Humanitarian Causes
| goldenglobeawards = '''[[Cecil B. DeMille Award]]'''<br>1967 Lifetime Achievement
| goldenraspberryawards = '''[[Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]'''<br>2001 ''[[Cats & Dogs]]'' ; ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' ; ''[[Town & Country]]''
| sagawards = '''[[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award|Life Achievement Award]]'''<br>1972 Lifetime Achievement
}}
'''Charlton Heston''' (born [[October 4]], [[1924]]) is an American [[film]] [[actor]]. In a long career he was mostly known for playing [[Hero|heroic]] roles such as [[Moses]] in ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'', [[Colonel George Taylor]] in ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'', and [[Judah Ben-Hur]] in ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]''. Early in his career he was one of a handful of Hollywood stars to publicly speak out against [[racism]] and was active in the [[civil rights]] movement. During the latter part of his movie career he starred in films such as [[The Omega Man]] and [[Soylent Green]] that had a strong environmental message. He was president of the [[National Rifle Association]] from 1998 to 2003.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Heston was born '''John Charles Carter''' in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]], the son of Lila ([[married and maiden names|née]] Charlton) and Russell Whitford Carter, a [[mill]] operator.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/81/Charlton-Heston.html Film Reference Biography.]</ref> When he was ten, his parents [[divorce]]d. Shortly thereafter, his mother married Chester Heston. The new family moved to well-off [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]], Illinois, a northern suburb of [[Chicago]]. Heston (his new surname) attended [[New Trier High School]].

He enrolled in the school's drama program, where he performed with such outstanding results that he earned a drama scholarship to [[Northwestern University]] from the Winnetka Community Theatre in which he was also active. While still in high school, he played in the silent 16 mm amateur film adaptation of ''[[Peer Gynt]]'' made by David Bradley. Several years later the same team produced the first sound version of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Julius Caesar (1950 film)|Julius Caesar]]'', in which Heston played [[Mark Antony]].
[[Image:Charlton Heston as Antony, 1950, B&W image by Chalmers Butterfield.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Charlton Heston as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, 1950]]

In 1944, Heston left college and enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. He served for two years as a [[B-25]] radio operator/gunner stationed in the [[Alaska]]n [[Aleutian Islands]] with the [[Eleventh Air Force]], rising to the rank of [[Staff Sergeant]].

While in the service, he married fellow Northwestern student Lydia Marie Clarke in 1944. After the war, the two lived in [[Hell's Kitchen, New York City]], where they worked as [[Model (person)|model]]s. They have a son, Fraser Clarke Heston and an adopted daughter, Holly Ann Heston.

Seeking a way to make it in [[theater]], Charlton and Lydia Heston decided in 1947 to manage a playhouse in [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], [[North Carolina]]. In 1948, they went back to New York where Heston was offered a supporting role in a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival of Shakespeare's ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'', starring [[Katharine Cornell]], for which he earned acclaim.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} He also had success in [[television]], playing a number of roles in [[CBS]]'s [[Studio One (television series)|Studio One]], one of the most popular [[anthology drama]]s of the 1950s.

===Acting career===
Heston's most frequently played roles on stage include the title role in ''[[Macbeth]]'', [[Sir Thomas More]] in ''[[A Man For All Seasons]]'', and [[Mark Antony]] in both ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' and ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''. He also cited ''[[Mister Roberts]]'' as one of his favorite roles, and tried unsuccessfully to revive the show in the early '90s.
[[Image:Charlton Heston in Ben Hur trailer.jpg|right|thumb|200px|from the trailer for the film ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959)]]
He was unable to use his birth name, John Carter, as an actor because it bore too close a resemblance to the name of the hero in [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' first novel ''[[A Princess of Mars]]'', which was in development at the time although the production fell through. In 1950, he earned recognition for his appearance in his first professional movie, ''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]''. His breakthrough came in 1952 with his role of a circus manager in ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth]]''. Heston was [[Billy Wilder]]'s first choice to play JJ Sefton in ''[[Stalag 17]]'' (1953). The role was eventually given to [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Oscar]] winner [[William Holden]]. But the muscular, 6 ft 3 in, square jawed Heston became an icon by portraying [[Moses]] in ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'', a part he was chosen for reportedly because director [[Cecil B. DeMille]] thought that he bore an uncanny resemblance to the statue of Moses by [[Michelangelo]].

He played leading roles in a number of fictional and historical epics&mdash;such as ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'', ''[[55 Days at Peking]]'', ''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (film)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]'' (as Michelangelo himself), and ''[[Khartoum (film)|Khartoum]]''&mdash;during his long career. He once quipped, "They seem to think I have a [[Medieval]] face!"{{Fact|date=November 2007}} He won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his [[1959 in film|1959]] performance in the title role of ''Ben-Hur'', one of 11 earned by that film. Heston accepted the role in ''Ben-Hur'' after [[Burt Lancaster]], another similarly tall, muscular, square jawed, blonde, blue eyed actor, turned it down. Lancaster, an [[atheist]],{{Fact|date=October 2007}} wanted nothing to do with the film because he considered it a "piece of religious crap."{{Fact|date=October 2007}}. Many years later, Lancaster charged that if Heston became [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]] in heroic roles it was his own fault, because "he accepted the limitation." However, Lancaster later took on the role of Moses in a TV version of Moses' life.
[[Image:Heston.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The handprints of Charlton Heston in front of [[The Great Movie Ride]] at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] theme park.]]
Heston starred in a number of [[science fiction]] films and [[disaster film]]s between [[1968]] and [[1974]], some of which, like ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'', ''[[The Omega Man]]'', ''[[Soylent Green]]'', and ''[[Earthquake (movie)|Earthquake]]'', were hugely successful at the time of their release and have since become classics.

Heston fought at times for his artistic choices. In 1958, he maneuvered [[Universal International]] into allowing [[Orson Welles]] to direct him in ''[[Touch of Evil]]'', and in 1965 he fought the studio in support of [[Sam Peckinpah]], when an attempt was made to interfere with his direction of ''[[Major Dundee]]'', despite the fact that Peckinpah was so temperamental that at one point the normally even-keeled Heston found himself threatening the diminutive director with his cavalry sabre when he felt that Peckinpah was mistreating his cast{{Fact|date=January 2008}}. Heston was also president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] from 1966 to 1971.

In 1970, he portrayed Mark Antony again, this time in a [[Technicolor]] film version of Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar''. His co-stars in the nearly all-star cast included [[Jason Robards]] as Brutus, [[Richard Johnson]] as Cassius, [[John Gielgud]] as Caesar, [[Diana Rigg]] as Portia, [[Robert Vaughn]] as Casca, and [[Richard Chamberlain]] as Octavius.

In 1971 he made his directorial debut with ''[[Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film)|Antony and Cleopatra]]'', an adaptation of the [[William Shakespeare]] play that he had performed during his earlier theater career, and portrayed Mark Antony once more. Hidegarde Neil was Cleopatra, and [[Eric Porter]] was Enobarbus. After receiving scathing reviews, the film never went to theaters, and now rarely turns up on television. It has not been released on DVD.

Beginning with 1973's ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'', Heston's time as a Hollywood leading man began to draw to a close and he was seen in an increasing number of supporting roles and cameos. He starred in the prime-time soap, ''[[The Colbys]]'' from 1985 to 1987, his only stint on series television. With his son Fraser, he also starred in and produced several TV movies, including remakes of "Treasure Island" and "A Man For All Seasons". Heston received excellent reviews for his 1992 series on the A&E cable network, "Charlton Heston Presents The Bible", which achieved great success on video and DVD. In 1993, he appeared in a cameo role in ''[[Wayne's World 2]]'', in a scene wherein main character Wayne Campbell ([[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]]) requests that a small role be filled by a better actor than the performer currently filling it. That same year, he hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. He subsequently had cameos in the films ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'' and ''[[True Lies]]''.

In 2001, Heston also made a cameo appearance in [[Tim Burton]]'s [[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|remake of ''Planet of the Apes]]''. In the film, he plays an elderly, dying ape who introduces arms to his species by giving a pistol to his son.

===Off screen===
Heston had a [[hip replacement]] in 1998, shortly after he was elected President of the [[National Rifle Association]]. He was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in 1998. It went into [[remission (medicine)|remission]] in the next year following a course of [[radiation therapy|radiation treatment]]. In August 2002, Heston publicly announced that he was diagnosed with symptoms consistent with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/08/09/heston.illness/ ''Charlton Heston has Alzheimer's symptoms''.] CNN News. 9 August 2002.</ref> In July 2003, he received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the nation's highest civilian honor, from President [[George W. Bush]] at the [[White House]]. In March 2005, various newspapers reported that family and friends of Heston were apparently shocked by the rapid progression of his illness, and that he was sometimes unable to get out of bed. In August 2005, a rumor circulated that Heston had been hospitalized with [[pneumonia]] at a Los Angeles hospital, but this was never confirmed by the family. In April 2006, various news sources reported that Heston's illness was at an advanced stage and his family were worried he might not survive the year. According to his son Fraser, his father is doing as well as can be expected and is now infirm at his [[Beverly Hills]] home.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

Heston is the chairman and co-founder of [[Agamemnon Films]].

====Political activism====
[[Image:Heston Baldwin Brando Civil Rights March 1963.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Charlton Heston (left) with [[Marlon Brando]], [[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]], and [[Harry Belafonte]] at Civil Rights March 1963]]

In his earlier years, Heston was a [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], campaigning for Presidential candidates [[Adlai Stevenson]] in 1956 and [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1960. A [[civil rights]] activist, he accompanied [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] during the civil rights march held in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1963, even going so far as to wear a sign that read "''All Men Are Created Equal''". Heston later claimed it a point of pride that he helped in the civil rights cause "long before Hollywood found it fashionable", as he often says in his speeches. Heston had also planned to campaign for [[Lyndon Johnson]], but was unable to do so when filming on ''[[Major Dundee]]'' went over schedule.

In 1968, following the assassination of Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]], Heston appeared on ''The Joey Bishop Show'' and, along with fellow actors [[Gregory Peck]], [[Kirk Douglas]] and [[James Stewart (actor)|James Stewart]], called for public support for President Johnson's [[Gun Control Act of 1968]]. He later claimed he was "young and foolish"{{Fact|date=November 2007}} In 1969, Heston was asked by some Democrats to run for the California State Senate, a move that would have likely had bipartisan support in the state{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. He declined because he wanted to continue acting.

He was also an opponent of [[McCarthyism]] and [[racial segregation]], which he saw as only helping the cause of [[Communism]] worldwide. He opposed the [[Vietnam War]] and considered [[Richard Nixon]] a disaster for America. He turned down [[John Wayne]]'s offer of a role in ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]'', because the film was a right-wing allegory for the [[Cold War]]{{Fact|date=January 2008}}.

By the 1980s, however, Heston had begun to support more [[Conservatism|conservative]] positions on such issues as [[affirmative action]] and [[gun rights]] and changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican. He has campaigned for Republican candidates and Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]], [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]].

In 1996 Charlton Heston attended the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]], an annual gathering of conservative movement organizations. There he posed for a group photo that included [[Gordon Lee Baum]], the founder of the [[Council of Conservative Citizens]] (CCC) and former [[White Citizens Council]] organizer. Former conservative Republican Senator [[George Allen]] (VA) also appears in the photo<ref>Blumenthal, Max. [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060911/george_allen ''Beyond Macaca: The Photograph That Haunts George Allen''.] 29 August 2006.</ref> which was published in the Summer 1996 issue of the CCC's newsletter, the ''Citizens Informer''.

He is an honorary life member of the [[National Rifle Association|NRA]] and was its president and spokesman from 1998 until his resignation in 2003. As NRA president, he is perhaps best known, while raising a hand-made Brooks flintlock rifle over his head at the 2000 NRA convention, for saying that presidential candidate [[Al Gore]] would take away his [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] rights "from my cold, dead hands." (In announcing his resignation in 2003, he would again raise a rifle over his head, this time repeating only the famous five words of his 2000 speech.)

Heston has been harshly criticized by advocates of gun control. [[Michael Moore]] interviewed Heston in his home in the [[2002]] [[documentary film]] ''[[Bowling for Columbine]]''. Moore asked questions regarding an NRA meeting held in [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Colorado]] in April 1999, shortly after the [[Columbine high school massacre]] in nearby Littleton and the timing/planning of the convention where Heston made the "From My Cold Dead Hands" speech mere weeks after and within the same vicinity as the very publicized shooting and death of 6-year-old [[Kayla Rolland]] in her first grade classroom near [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]], [[Michigan]]. Moore begins the interview by showing Heston that he is a fellow member of the NRA, gaining his interest. Heston eventually makes his excuses and walks away from Moore mid-interview when Moore repeatedly suggests that Heston should apologize to the people of Flint for holding the meeting mentioned above. Many of the festivities and activities of the convention in Denver were cancelled; an annual meeting was still held in compliance with NRA bylaws, as well as the applicable federal and New York state laws for a corporation such as the NRA.<ref>Flynn, Kevin. [http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/shooting/0422nra3.shtml ''NRA curtails convention''.] Rocky Mountain News. 22 April 1999.</ref>

Actor [[George Clooney]] joked about Heston having [[Alzheimer's Disease]] and defended his comments saying that Heston deserved whatever was said about him for his involvement with the NRA;<ref>[http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30590 ''What's up with George Clooney?''] WorldNetDaily.com. 20 January 2003.</ref> Heston responded by saying that Clooney lacked "class," and said he felt sorry for Clooney, as Clooney had as much of a chance of developing Alzheimer's as anyone else.<ref>[http://www.thebostonchannel.com/entertainment/1931445/detail.html ''Heston Slams Clooney For Alzheimer's Joke''.] TheBostonChannel.com. 23 January 2003.</ref>

Heston has also been accused of being homophobic, having drawn comparisons as to why it is alright to leave "homosexual men alone in tents with young boys"{{Fact|date=January 2008}} but it is not alright to allow innocent gun owners to own their guns. He denied that [[Michelangelo]], whom he played in ''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy]]'', was homosexual{{Fact|date=January 2008}}. In 1995 he denied a claim by screenwriter [[Gore Vidal]] that there had been a gay subtext to his most famous film, ''[[Ben Hur]]'', though Gore, one of the screenwriters, recalls writing that implication into it, and agreeing never to mention the subtext to Heston though he did so to [[Stephen Boyd]].<ref>Vidal, Gore. ''Palimpsest-A Memoir''. 1995. pp.303-307</ref> However, Heston has never directly or openly professed to disdain homosexuals.

According to his autobiography ''In the Arena'', Heston also recognised the right of freedom of speech exercised by others. In an address to students at [[Harvard Law School]] entitled ''Winning the Cultural War'', Heston expressed his disdain for [[political correctness]] and its chilling effect on free speech, stating "If Americans believed in political correctness, we'd still be King George's boys - subjects bound to the British crown."<ref>Heston, Charlton. [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/charltonhestonculturalwar.htm ''Winning the Cultural War''.] 16 February 1999.</ref> He has also stated that "Political correctness is tyranny with manners".<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000032/bio Internet Movie Database]</ref>

Heston is an opponent of [[abortion]] and gave the introduction to a [[1987]] [[pro-life]] documentary by [[Bernard Nathanson]] called ''Eclipse of Reason'' which focuses on late-term abortions. Heston also served on the Advisory Board of [[Accuracy in Media]] (AIM), a conservative media watchdog group founded by the late [[Reed Irvine]].

===Heston in popular culture===
The [[Bills]] were a youth [[subculture]] that thrived in Léopoldville (modern-day [[Kinshasa]], capital of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]) in the late [[1950s]], basing much of their image and outlook on the [[cowboy]]s of [[United States|American]] [[Western (genre)|Western movies]], especially Heston's film ''Pony Express'' (1953).

In the video game "[[Postal²]]", there are many allusions to Heston, such as a difficulty level called "Hestonworld" and the "Postal Dude" considering him as "his President".

Spotswoode's voice in the film ''[[Team America: World Police]]'' is an homage to Heston. The Switchfoot song, ''Might Have Ben Hur'' is dedicated to Charlton Heston.

Heston was frequently parodied, and often "portrayed", on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', by [[Phil Hartman]].

On the [[sketch comedy]] show [[MADtv]], Heston was parodied by then-cast member [[Pat Kilbane]].

Heston was parodied by the animated show ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'' on multiple occasions. The line "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty apes!" (from ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'') was spoken by the show's lead characters Daggett and Norbert in several episodes, and in one episode the two quoted a passage of dialogue from ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959).

In the animated TV show [[Family Guy]], Heston is accidentally shot by character [[Joe Swanson]]. Joe is horrified and apologizes profusely. As he collapses, Heston replies "That's OK, son - it's your right as an American citizen!"

Anglo-Irish band [[Stump (band)|Stump]] released a single entitled ''Charlton Heston'' about his film ''The Ten Commandments''. The song contains the short chorus "They'd always ask us to describe, How Charlton Heston put his vest on" amidst humorous descriptions of scenes from the film. <ref>[http://www.phespirit.info/music/notes/charlton_heston.htm Lyrics to Charlton Heston by Stump]</ref>

Boston [[hardcore punk]] band [[Slapshot (band)|Slapshot]] has a song called "Shoot Charlton Heston". It has appeared, amongst others, on their greatest hits album.

Heston was mentioned in the song "The Idiots Are Taking Over" by the [[punk rock]] band [[NoFX]], in the line "And I'm starting to feel a lot like Charlton Heston, stranded on a primate planet."

Heston is referenced in the song "My Favorite Mutiny" by hip-hop group [[The Coup]] on their album [[Pick a Bigger Weapon]], and in "In the Music" by [[The Roots]] from their album [[Game Theory (album)]].

==Filmography==

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*''[[Peer Gynt]]'' ([[1941]]) (student film)
*''[[Julius Caesar (1950 film)]]'' ([[1950]])
*''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]'' (1950)
*''[[The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' ([[1952]])
*''The Savage'' (1952)
*''Ruby Gentry'' (1952)
*''[[The President's Lady (film)|The President's Lady]]'' ([[1953]])
*''Pony Express'' (1953)
*''Arrowhead'' (1953)
*''Bad for Each Other'' (1953)
*''[[The Naked Jungle]]'' ([[1954]])
*''[[Secret of the Incas]]'' (1954)
*''The Far Horizons'' ([[1955]])
*''[[The Private War of Major Benson]]'' (1955)
*''Lucy Gallant'' (1955)
*''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' ([[1956]])
*''[[Three Violent People]]'' ([[1957]])
*''[[Touch of Evil]]'' ([[1958]])
*''[[The Big Country]]'' (1958)
*''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1958)
*''The Wreck of the Mary Deare'' ([[1959]])
*''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959)
*''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'' ([[1961]])
*''The Pigeon That Took Rome'' ([[1962]])
*''[[Diamond Head (film)|Diamond Head]]'' ([[1963]])
*''[[55 Days at Peking]]'' (1963)
*''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' ([[1965]])
*''[[Major Dundee]]'' (1965)
*''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (film)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]'' (1965)
*''[[The War Lord]]'' (1965)
*''[[Khartoum (film)|Khartoum]]'' ([[1966]])
*''[[Maugli (film)|Maugli]]'' ([[1967]]) (narrator in English version)
*''Counterpoint'' ([[1968]])
*''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968)
*''[[Will Penny]]'' (1968)
*''[[Number One (1969 film)|Number One]]'' ([[1969]])
*''The Festival Game'' ([[1970]]) (documentary)
*''King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis'' (1970) (documentary)
*''[[Beneath the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1970)
*''[[Julius Caesar (1970 film)|Julius Caesar]]'' (1970)
*''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]'' (1970)
*''[[The Omega Man]]'' ([[1971]])
*''[[Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film)|Antony and Cleopatra]]'' ([[1972]])
*''[[Skyjacked (1972 film)|Skyjacked]]'' (1972)
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*''[[The Call of the Wild]]'' (1972)
*''[[Soylent Green]]'' ([[1973]])
*''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1973)
*''[[Airport 1975]]'' ([[1974]])
*''[[Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]'' (1974)
*''[[The Four Musketeers (film)|The Four Musketeers]]'' (1974)
*''[[The Last Hard Men (film)|The Last Hard Men]]'' ([[1976]])
*''[[Midway (film)|Midway]]'' (1976)
*''America at the Movies'' (1976) (documentary) (narrator)
*''[[Two-Minute Warning]]'' (1976)
*''Crossed Swords'' ([[1977]])
*''[[Gray Lady Down]]'' ([[1978]])
*''The Mountain Men'' ([[1980]]) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081187/]
*''The Awakening'' (1980)
*''Mother Lode'' ([[1982]])
*''Chiefs'' (1983) (mini-series)
*''The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal'' ([[1985]]) (documentary)
*''Directed by William Wyler'' ([[1986]]) (documentary)
*''[[Solar Crisis (film)|Solar Crisis]]'' ([[1990]])
*''[[Treasure Island (film)]]'' ([[1990]])
*''Almost an Angel'' (1990)
*''Genghis Khan'' ([[1992]]) (unfinished)
*''[[Wayne's World 2]]'' ([[1993]])
*''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'' (1993)
*''[[A Century of Cinema]]'' ([[1994]]) (documentary)
*''[[True Lies]]'' (1994)
*''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]'' ([[1995]])
*''[[Friends]]'' ([[1995]]) (Guest as Himself)
*''[[The Avenging Angel]]'' (1995) (TV)
*''The Dark Mist'' ([[1996]]) (narrator)
*''[[Alaska (film)|Alaska]]'' (1996)
*''Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right'' (1996) (documentary)
*''[[Hamlet (1996 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1996) (1 Player)
*''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' ([[1997]]) (narrator)
*''Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's'' (1997) (documentary)
*''[[Armageddon (film)|Armageddon]]'' ([[1998]]) (narrator)
*''[[Gideon (film)|Gideon]]'' ([[1999]])
*''[[Any Given Sunday]]'' (1999)
*''[[Town & Country (film)|Town & Country]]'' ([[2001]])
*''[[Cats & Dogs]]'' (2001) (voice)
*''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (2001)
*''Last Party 2000'' (2001) (documentary)
*''[[The Order (2001 film)|The Order]]'' (2001)
*''[[Bowling for Columbine]]'' ([[2002]]) (documentary)
*''My Father, Rua Alguem 5555'' ([[2003]])

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===Short Subjects===

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*''Introducing Charlton Heston'' ([[1950]])
*''Three Lives'' ([[1953]])
*''The Five Cities of June'' ([[1963]]) (narrator)
*''The Egyptologists'' ([[1965]]) (narrator)
*''While I Run This Race'' ([[1967]]) (narrator)
*''Think Twentieth'' (1967)
*''The American Film: 1966 White House Festival of the Arts'' (1967) (narrator)
*''All About People'' (1967) (narrator)
*''Rowan & Martin at the Movies'' ([[1968]])
*''The Movie Experience: A Matter of Choice'' (1968) (narrator)
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*''Rod Laver's Wimbledon'' ([[1969]]) (narrator)
*''The Heart of Variety'' (1969)
*''The Last Man Alive'' ([[1971]])
*''Our Active Earth'' ([[1972]]) (narrator)
*''A Look at the World of Soylent Green'' ([[1973]])
*''Lincoln's Gettysburg Address'' (1973) (narrator)
*''The Fun of Your Life'' ([[1975]]) (narrator)
*''They Were There'' ([[1976]])
*''Call from Space'' ([[1989]]) (voice)
*''Alaska: Spirit of the Wild'' ([[1997]]) (narrator)

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==Books==
Heston has written several books, including autobiographies and religious books:

* ''The Actor's Life'' (ISBN 0-671-83016-3)
* ''In the Arena: An Autobiography'' (ISBN 1-57297-267-X)
* ''The Courage to be Free'' (ISBN 978-0970368805)
* ''Beijing Diary'' (ISBN 0-671-68706-9)
* ''To Be a Man: Letters to My Grandson'' (ISBN 0-7432-1311-4)
* ''Charlton Heston Presents the Bible'' (ISBN 1-57719-270-2)
* ''Charlton Heston's Hollywood: 50 Years in American Film'' with Jean-Pierre Isbouts (ISBN 1-57719-357-1)

==References==
{{wikisource author|Charlton Heston}}
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons|Charlton Heston}}
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*{{imdb name|id=0000032|name=Charlton Heston}}
*[http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Charlton_Heston/197312 Hollywood.com entry on Charlton Heston]
*[http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&cf=gen&id=1800014244 Yahoo Movies entry on Charlton Heston]
*http://www.reelclassics.com/Actors/Heston/heston.htm

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