Charlton Heston
Cast

Charlton Heston

1923 – 2008
Active years (films on this site)
1952–2002
Genres
DramaAdventureRomanceFamilyCrime
Schools and movements
Classical HollywoodNew HollywoodEarly and Pioneering CinemaDocumentary and Essay Film

Directors worked with

Cecil B. DeMille2 filmsWilliam Wyler2 filmsFranklin J. Schaffner2 filmsKing Vidor1 filmOrson Welles1 filmSam Peckinpah1 filmMichael Moore1 film

Biography

Charlton Heston 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, 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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

National / local

10 films on this site

  1. Ruby Gentry 1952 · King Vidor · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
  2. The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 · Cecil B. DeMille · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
  3. The Ten Commandments 1956 · Cecil B. DeMille · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
  4. The Big Country 1958 · William Wyler · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
  5. Touch of Evil 1958 · Orson Welles · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
  6. Ben-Hur 1959 · William Wyler · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
  7. Major Dundee 1965 · Sam Peckinpah · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
  8. The War Lord 1965 · Franklin J. Schaffner · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
  9. Planet of the Apes 1968 · Franklin J. Schaffner · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
  10. Bowling for Columbine 2002 · Michael Moore · IMDb 7.9 · Cast