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
Saturday Night Live
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Studio One
General Electric Theater
Robert Montgomery Presents
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
The Merv Griffin Show
Wogan
seaQuest DSV
Suspense
The Philco Television Playhouse
Bambi
Omnibus
Pebble Mill
The Weber Show
Your Show of Shows
Noel's House Party
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Playhouse 90
Armageddon
The Oscars
Wayne's World 2
Any Given Sunday
Hercules
The Legacy of Malthus
Cats & Dogs
Planet of the Apes
True Lies
In the Mouth of Madness
Tombstone
Almost an Angel
The Buccaneer
The $64,000 Question
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Far Horizons
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
The Naked Jungle
The Order
Lucy Gallant
The Savage
A Bolt of Lightning
Three Violent People
This Is Your Life
El Cid
Arrowhead
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Midway
Forbidden Area
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Jane Eyre
Chiefs
Secret of the Incas
The Ten Commandments
Ben-Hur
Will Penny
Dark City
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