
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

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

What's My Line?

The Outer Limits

Friends

Climax!

MADtv

The Steve Allen Show

Golden Globe Awards

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

Bambi

Omnibus

Pebble Mill

The Weber Show

Noel's House Party

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Playhouse 90

Armageddon

The Oscars

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

The $64,000 Question

The Buccaneer

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Barry Norman in Celebrity City

The Greatest Show on Earth

Lucy Gallant

The Naked Jungle

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

The Far Horizons

The Order

Will Penny

A Bolt of Lightning

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Forbidden Area

The Savage

This Is Your Life

Ben-Hur

Jane Eyre

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents

Three Violent People

Chiefs

Midway

The Ten Commandments

Secret of the Incas

Arrowhead

Dark City

El Cid
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