credits of
Charlton Heston
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 performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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September 17th, 2025 | Airports | TBD | TBD | |
May 3rd, 2024 | Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction | Self (archive footage) | 8.4 | |
February 24th, 2023 | Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing | Self (archive footage) | 8.5 | |
December 2nd, 2020 | Yul Brynner, the Magnificent | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
December 15th, 2019 | Todos los nombres de Sara | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 4 | |
April 17th, 2019 | Hail Satan? | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 7 | |
April 14th, 2019 | Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 7 | |
March 12th, 2019 | I Am Richard Pryor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 6.9 | |
February 21st, 2019 | Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" | (archive footage) | TBD | |
February 1st, 2017 | The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
November 25th, 2016 | Bienvenido Mr. Heston | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
February 11th, 2016 | The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille | Self | 6.2 | |
May 4th, 2015 | Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) | 6.2 | |
February 23rd, 2015 | Children of the Civil Rights | Self (archival footage) | 7 | |
December 12th, 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
September 20th, 2014 | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
August 4th, 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 | |
July 14th, 2011 | Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey | Self (archive footage) | 7.6 | |
August 3rd, 2010 | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 6.1 | |
May 5th, 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee | 6.6 | |
September 7th, 2009 | Hollywood sul Tevere | TBD | TBD | |
March 31st, 2008 | Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses | Self - Host / Moses | TBD | |
June 20th, 2007 | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 | |
October 24th, 2006 | De Madrid a la Luna | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
September 13th, 2005 | Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 6.6 | |
July 25th, 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
June 22nd, 2004 | Remembering Reagan at His Ranch | Host | TBD | |
November 13th, 2003 | Christmas in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 10 | |
September 23rd, 2003 | The Making of The Ten Commandments | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
September 1st, 2003 | My Father | Josef Mengele | 8 | |
April 1st, 2003 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den | Self - Host | 6 | |
April 1st, 2003 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale | Self - Host | TBD | |
April 1st, 2003 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath | Self - Host | TBD | |
April 1st, 2003 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah | Self - Host | TBD | |
April 1st, 2003 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden | Self - Host | 5 | |
April 1st, 2003 | Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Self - Host | TBD | |
February 15th, 2003 | Ben Hur | Ben Hur (voice) | 5.7 | |
February 6th, 2003 | Lasting Love | TBD | TBD | |
November 26th, 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
October 10th, 2002 | The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich | Narrator (voice) | 10 | |
October 9th, 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | Self - NRA President | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 2002 | The Making of 'Tombstone' | Self | 8 | |
November 2nd, 2001 | Last Party 2000 | Self | 6.8 | |
October 3rd, 2001 | The Making of Midway | Self | 9 | |
July 26th, 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Zaius (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
June 23rd, 2001 | Cats & Dogs | The Mastiff (voice) | 5.4 | |
June 18th, 2001 | The Gun Deadlock | Self | 7 | |
May 5th, 2001 | The Order | Professor Finley | 5.1 | |
April 27th, 2001 | Town & Country | Mr. Clayborne | 4.5 | |
January 1st, 2000 | Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints | Self | 9 | |
December 22nd, 1999 | Any Given Sunday | AFFA Football Commissioner | 6.8 | |
August 9th, 1999 | Yesterday's Tomorrows | Self | 8.5 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | 8.3 | |
November 6th, 1998 | Private Screenings: Charlton Heston | Self | TBD | |
October 26th, 1998 | Gideon | Addison Sinclair | 6.1 | |
September 5th, 1998 | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self - 'Taylor' | 7.1 | |
September 3rd, 1998 | Alaska: Spirit of the Wild | Self - Narrator (voice) | 6.9 | |
July 1st, 1998 | Armageddon | Narration (voice) | 6.8 | |
March 17th, 1998 | Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self | 7 | |
December 1st, 1997 | Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis | Self - Host | 8 | |
July 27th, 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 7 | |
June 13th, 1997 | Hercules | Narrator (voice) | 7.5 | |
May 12th, 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self | 7.7 | |
January 1st, 1997 | Charlton Heston Presents the Bible | Self - Narrator | 10 | |
December 25th, 1996 | Hamlet | Player King | 7.3 | |
December 8th, 1996 | Love in Hollywood | Self | 10 | |
August 14th, 1996 | Alaska | Perry | 5.8 | |
May 19th, 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self | 6.4 | |
February 28th, 1996 | Andersonville Diaries | Narrator | 9 | |
February 25th, 1996 | The Mysterious Origins of Man | Self - Host | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 1996 | The Lord Protector | Narrator (voice) | 4.7 | |
April 16th, 1995 | Texas | Narrator | 5 | |
March 20th, 1995 | Charlton Heston: For All Seasons | Self | 5 | |
February 3rd, 1995 | In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow | 7.2 | |
January 22nd, 1995 | The Avenging Angel | Brigham Young | 5 | |
July 15th, 1994 | True Lies | Spencer Trilby | 7.1 | |
May 22nd, 1994 | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self | 9 | |
January 1st, 1994 | The Legacy of Malthus | Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) | 9 | |
January 1st, 1994 | The Bible According to Hollywood | Self | 7 | |
January 1st, 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Self | 8.3 | |
December 25th, 1993 | Tombstone | Henry Hooker | 7.6 | |
December 10th, 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Good Actor | 6.1 | |
November 10th, 1993 | The Mystery of the Sphinx | Narrator | 7.7 | |
January 1st, 1993 | Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth | Self - Host | TBD | |
January 1st, 1993 | Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses | Self - Host | TBD | |
December 3rd, 1992 | Noël | Narrator | 4.6 | |
August 6th, 1992 | Solar Crisis | Adm. "Skeet" Kelso | 4.4 | |
February 24th, 1992 | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Captain Al Haynes | 5.9 | |
January 1st, 1992 | Symphony for the Spire | TBD | 8.5 | |
November 4th, 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | Sherlock Holmes | 6.6 | |
March 18th, 1991 | Cults: Saying No Under Pressure | Narrator | 8 | |
January 1st, 1991 | Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents | Host and Narrator | 8 | |
December 21st, 1990 | Almost an Angel | God | 5.8 | |
December 14th, 1990 | A Night on Mount Edna | Self | 8 | |
August 17th, 1990 | The Little Kidnappers | James MacKenzie | 5.7 | |
June 7th, 1990 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver | 6.6 | |
February 5th, 1990 | With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film | Self | 7 | |
September 24th, 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 7.8 | |
February 20th, 1989 | Original Sin | Louis Mancini | 4.8 | |
January 1st, 1989 | Call from Space | Alien (voice) | 8.5 | |
December 21st, 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More | 7 | |
October 1st, 1987 | Proud Men | Charley MacLeod Sr. | 8 | |
September 1st, 1987 | Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures | Self - Host | TBD | |
May 18th, 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 6 | |
January 1st, 1987 | Eclipse of Reason | Narrator | TBD | |
July 31st, 1986 | The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | Self | 7.3 | |
May 1st, 1986 | Directed by William Wyler | Self | TBD | |
January 29th, 1984 | The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team | Self - Performer | TBD | |
January 1st, 1984 | Nairobi Affair | Lee Cahill | 5.6 | |
September 14th, 1982 | Barry Norman in Celebrity City | Self | TBD | |
August 6th, 1982 | Mother Lode | Silas McGee / Ian McGee | 5.7 | |
May 18th, 1982 | The Orson Welles Story | Self | 9 | |
January 31st, 1982 | Let Poland Be Poland | Self - Co-Host | TBD | |
February 26th, 1981 | This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special | Self | TBD | |
July 9th, 1980 | The Awakening | Matthew Corbeck | 5.5 | |
June 1st, 1980 | The Mountain Men | Bill Tyler | 5.9 | |
March 10th, 1978 | Gray Lady Down | Captain Paul Blanchard | 6.4 | |
November 22nd, 1977 | Energy: A National Issue | Narrator (voice) | 5 | |
June 3rd, 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | Henry VIII | 6.1 | |
November 12th, 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Capt. Peter Holly | 6.2 | |
September 22nd, 1976 | America at the Movies | Narrator | 6.5 | |
June 18th, 1976 | Midway | Capt. Matthew Garth | 6.6 | |
April 22nd, 1976 | The Last Hard Men | Sam Burgade | 6.2 | |
November 15th, 1974 | Earthquake | Stewart Graff | 6.1 | |
October 31st, 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 6.5 | |
October 18th, 1974 | Airport 1975 | Alan Murdock | 5.8 | |
December 11th, 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 6.7 | |
April 18th, 1973 | Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1973 | A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' | Self | 7 | |
November 30th, 1972 | The Call of the Wild | John Thornton | 6.1 | |
May 24th, 1972 | Skyjacked | Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara | 6.2 | |
March 18th, 1972 | Antony and Cleopatra | Marc Antony | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1972 | The Special London Bridge Special | Tennis Player | 8 | |
September 1st, 1971 | Vietnam! Vietnam! | Narrator (voice) | 6 | |
August 1st, 1971 | The Omega Man | Robert Neville | 6.2 | |
January 1st, 1971 | The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man | Self - Narrator | 7 | |
June 17th, 1970 | The Hawaiians | Whip Hoxworth | 5.5 | |
June 4th, 1970 | Julius Caesar | Marc Antony | 5.8 | |
April 23rd, 1970 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Taylor | 6.1 | |
March 24th, 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
August 21st, 1969 | Number One | Ron "Cat" Catlan | 4.9 | |
February 7th, 1968 | Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | 7.7 | |
January 31st, 1968 | Elizabeth the Queen | Lord Essex | 10 | |
January 1st, 1968 | Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Self | 4.5 | |
December 22nd, 1967 | Counterpoint | Lionel Evans | 6.2 | |
December 19th, 1967 | Will Penny | Will Penny | 6.7 | |
January 1st, 1967 | While I Run This Race | Narrator | 6 | |
June 9th, 1966 | Khartoum | Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon | 6.3 | |
March 1st, 1966 | Planet of the Apes Test Reel | Thomas | TBD | |
November 17th, 1965 | The War Lord | Chrysagon | 6.2 | |
October 25th, 1965 | Night of the Dragon | Narrator | TBD | |
September 16th, 1965 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Michelangelo | 7.1 | |
April 30th, 1965 | Uncertain Verification | (archive footage) | 6.6 | |
April 9th, 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | John the Baptist | 6.4 | |
March 15th, 1965 | Major Dundee | Major Amos Charles Dundee | 6.7 | |
November 15th, 1963 | The Patriots | Thomas Jefferson | 8 | |
June 30th, 1963 | The Five Cities of June | Narrator | 6.5 | |
May 6th, 1963 | 55 Days at Peking | Maj. Matt Lewis | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1963 | The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 1963 | Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting | Self | TBD | |
December 27th, 1962 | Diamond Head | Richard 'King' Howland | 5.5 | |
June 19th, 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator | 5.3 | |
October 24th, 1961 | El Cid | El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar | 6.8 | |
November 18th, 1959 | Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur | 7.9 | |
November 17th, 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare | John Sands | 6.3 | |
December 11th, 1958 | The Buccaneer | Gen. Andrew Jackson | 6.5 | |
August 13th, 1958 | The Big Country | Steve Leech | 7.6 | |
March 30th, 1958 | Touch of Evil | Ramon Miguel Vargas | 7.7 | |
January 1st, 1958 | Fun in the Big Country | Self | TBD | |
December 1st, 1956 | Three Violent People | Colt Saunders | 6 | |
October 5th, 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Moses | 7.8 | |
October 4th, 1956 | Forbidden Area | Col. Jesse Price | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 1956 | Stars of Cabaret | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
October 20th, 1955 | Lucy Gallant | Casey Cole | 7 | |
August 2nd, 1955 | The Private War of Major Benson | Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson | 6.7 | |
July 4th, 1955 | The Far Horizons | Lt. William Clark | 6.3 | |
June 6th, 1954 | Secret of the Incas | Harry Steel | 5.8 | |
March 3rd, 1954 | The Naked Jungle | Christopher Leiningen | 6.5 | |
December 24th, 1953 | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Tom Owen | 6 | |
September 17th, 1953 | Three Lives | Self | 7.5 | |
August 3rd, 1953 | Arrowhead | Ed Bannon | 6.1 | |
June 15th, 1953 | Pony Express | Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | 5.7 | |
May 21st, 1953 | The President's Lady | Andrew Jackson | 6.9 | |
December 25th, 1952 | Ruby Gentry | Boake Tackman | 6.3 | |
September 1st, 1952 | The Savage | James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet | 6.3 | |
February 16th, 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Brad Braden | 6.4 | |
November 12th, 1951 | A Bolt of Lightning | James Otis | 7 | |
October 30th, 1950 | Studio One: Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 9 | |
October 17th, 1950 | Dark City | Danny Haley | 6.5 | |
June 5th, 1950 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | TBD | |
March 8th, 1950 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | 6 | |
December 12th, 1949 | Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | TBD | |
August 24th, 1941 | Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt | 7.4 |