
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

The Ed Sullivan Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Studio One

General Electric Theater

The Simpsons

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

What's My Line?

The Outer Limits

Friends

Climax!

The Colgate Comedy Hour

MADtv

Golden Globe Awards

The Steve Allen Show

Dynasty

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Merv Griffin Show

Wogan

seaQuest DSV

Suspense

The Philco Television Playhouse

Omnibus

Pebble Mill

Shirley Temple's Storybook

The Weber Show

Your Show of Shows

Noel's House Party

Playhouse 90

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Armageddon

The Oscars

Wayne's World 2

Any Given Sunday

Hercules

The Legacy of Malthus

Cats & Dogs

Planet of the Apes

True Lies

Hallmark Hall of Fame

In the Mouth of Madness

Tombstone

Almost an Angel

The Buccaneer

The $64,000 Question

Barry Norman in Celebrity City

Saturday Night Live

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Far Horizons

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

The Order

The Naked Jungle

Lucy Gallant

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Dark City

This Is Your Life

Arrowhead

The Ten Commandments

Forbidden Area

Jane Eyre

Chiefs

Will Penny

Secret of the Incas

Midway

Three Violent People

The Savage

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

Ben-Hur

El Cid
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