
Charlton Heston
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Biography
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theater, and television. He 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.
Known For

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Ed Sullivan Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Studio One

The Oscars

General Electric Theater

Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Awards

The Simpsons

The Steve Allen Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

What's My Line?

The Outer Limits

Friends

Climax!

The Colgate Comedy Hour

MADtv

Dynasty

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The Kennedy Center Honors

Your Show of Shows

The Merv Griffin Show

Wogan

seaQuest DSV

Suspense

The Philco Television Playhouse

Omnibus

Pebble Mill

The Weber Show

Noel's House Party

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Playhouse 90

Armageddon

Wayne's World 2

Hercules

Any Given Sunday

The Legacy of Malthus

Cats & Dogs

Planet of the Apes

True Lies

In the Mouth of Madness

Tombstone

Almost an Angel

Robert Montgomery Presents

The $64,000 Question

Barry Norman in Celebrity City

The Buccaneer

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Naked Jungle

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

The Far Horizons

Lucy Gallant

The Order

Midway

Ben-Hur

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

This Is Your Life

Three Violent People

Jane Eyre

Dark City

Chiefs

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Arrowhead

El Cid

The Savage

Forbidden Area

The Ten Commandments

Secret of the Incas

Will Penny

A Bolt of Lightning
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