Charlton Heston

American actor

Photo by: 20th Century Fox studios · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:October 4, 1923

Died:April 5, 2008

Age at death:84

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Alzheimer's Disease

Zodiac Sign:Libra

Height:1.89 m (6′2″)

Born in:Evanston, United States

Buried in:United States

Languages:English

Activist Musician Military Personnel Stage Actor Film Screenwriter Military Officer Screenwriter Writer Actor Social Activist Civil Rights Advocate Film Director Autobiographer Voice Actor Director Television Actor Film Actor Political Activist

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Famous For

Movies & TV

Ben-HurPlanet of the ApesPlanet of the ApesTrue LiesThe Ten Commandments

Songs & Albums

Moses

Awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom (2003)commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1997)Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1978)Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1966)Academy Award for Best Actor (1960)

Charlton Heston

American actor

Biography

Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, historical drama films, science-fiction films, and action films. He won an Academy Award, a David di Donatello Award, a Laurel Award, a Photoplay Award, a Golden Globe Award (plus three additional nominations), as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards. He received numerous honorary accolades including a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 1960, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1967, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1971, an honorary Saturn Award in 1975, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award in 1978, the ShoWest Convention Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003. Heston gained stardom for his leading roles as Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956) and as the title role of Ben-Hur (1959), the latter of which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. His other notable credits include The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Secret of the Incas (1954), Touch of Evil (1958), The Big Country (1958), El Cid (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Khartoum (1966), Planet of the Apes (1968), Julius Caesar (1970), The Omega Man (1971), Antony and Cleopatra (1972), Soylent Green (1973), The Three Musketeers (1974), Airport 1975 (1974), Earthquake (1974), and Crossed Swords (1978). He later acted in Mother Lode (1982), Tombstone (1993), True Lies (1994), Alaska (1996), and Hamlet (1996). In the 1950s and early 1960s, he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors who openly denounced racism and he was also an active supporter of the civil rights movement. In 1987, Heston left the Democratic Party and became a Republican, founding a conservative political action committee and supporting Ronald Reagan. Heston was a five-term president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), from 1998 to 2003. After announcing that he had Alzheimer's disease in 2002, he retired from acting and the NRA presidency.

This biography uses content from the Wikipedia article “Charlton Heston”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Quotes

“Let me make a short, opening, blanket comment. There are no "good guns". There are no "bad guns". Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people.”

— Interview on Meet the Press (May 18, 1997)

“Now, I doubt any of you would prefer a rolled up newspaper as a weapon against a dictator or a criminal intruder. Yet in essence, that is what you have asked our loved ones to do, through an ill-contrived and totally naive campaign against the Second Amendment.”

— Speech to the National Press Club (September 14, 1997)

“You could say that the paparazzi and the tabloids are sort of the "assault weapons" of the First Amendment. They're ugly, a lot of people don't like them, but they're protected by the First Amendment — just as "assault weapons" are protected by the Second Amendment.”

— Interview Fox News Channel (September 15, 1997)

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Photos

Publicity photo of Charlton Heston for film The President's Lady.

Actor Charlton Heston, president, American Film Institute, addresses the honored guests during the gala celebration at the Capital Center, during Inauguration Day in Landover, Maryland, USA.

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Charlton Heston in Amsterdam. Hier eet hij een haring Datum : 5 april 1968 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : acteurs, filmsterren, haringen Persoonsnaam : Charlton Heston Fotograaf : Nijs, Jac. de / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer : 921-2290

Bota firmada por el actor norteamericano Charlton Heston en 1975.

Charlton Heston poses for his wife at their hilltop Beverly Hills home yesterday less than 24 hours after winning an Oscar as the best actor of 1959 for his role in "Ben-Hur," the movie that won total of 11 Oscars.

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Charlton Heston in Nederland om premiere film "55 Dagen Peking" ("55 Days at Peking") bij te wonen Datum : 19 juni 1963 Locatie : Noord-Holland, Schiphol Trefwoorden : acteurs, filmsterren Persoonsnaam : Charlton Heston Fotograaf : Gelderen, Hugo van / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer : 915-2790

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Charlton Heston in Amsterdam. Charlton Heston Datum : 5 april 1968 Locatie : Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Trefwoorden : acteurs, filmsterren, portretten Persoonsnaam : Charlton Heston Fotograaf : Nijs, Jac. de / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer : 921-2292

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Charlton Heston in Nederland om premiere film "55 Dagen Peking" ("55 Days at Peking") bij te wonen Datum : 19 juni 1963 Locatie : Noord-Holland, Schiphol Trefwoorden : acteurs, filmsterren, portretten Persoonsnaam : Charlton Heston Fotograaf : Gelderen, Hugo van / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer : 915-2787

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Charlton Heston in Nederland om premiere film "55 Dagen Peking" ("55 Days at Peking") bij te wonen. Heston tijdens persconferentie Datum : 19 juni 1963 Locatie : Noord-Holland, Schiphol Trefwoorden : acteurs, filmsterren, persconferenties Persoonsnaam : Charlton Heston Fotograaf : Gelderen, Hugo van / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer : 915-2788