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Charlton Heston
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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.
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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.
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Saturday Night Live
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ed Sullivan Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Studio One
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
What's My Line?
The Outer Limits
Friends
Climax!
The Colgate Comedy Hour
MADtv
Golden Globe Awards
The Steve Allen Show
Dynasty
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Merv Griffin Show
seaQuest DSV
Suspense
Omnibus
The Weber Show
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Your Show of Shows
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Playhouse 90
Armageddon
Wayne's World 2
Hercules
Any Given Sunday
Cats & Dogs
Planet of the Apes
True Lies
In the Mouth of Madness
Almost an Angel
Tombstone
Robert Montgomery Presents
The $64,000 Question
The Buccaneer
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Naked Jungle
The Far Horizons
The Order
Lucy Gallant
This Is Your Life
Forbidden Area
Ben-Hur
Arrowhead
The Ten Commandments
Three Violent People
The Savage
Will Penny
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Jane Eyre
Chiefs
The Philco Television Playhouse
Secret of the Incas
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
El Cid
Dark City
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