
Charlton Heston
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Biography
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston 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

Shirley Temple's Storybook

The Weber Show

Your Show of Shows

Playhouse 90

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Armageddon

Wayne's World 2

Any Given Sunday

Hercules

Cats & Dogs

Planet of the Apes

True Lies

In the Mouth of Madness

Tombstone

Almost an Angel

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Buccaneer

The $64,000 Question

The Greatest Show on Earth

Lucy Gallant

The Naked Jungle

The Far Horizons

The Order

Will Penny

The Philco Television Playhouse

Arrowhead

Chiefs

Secret of the Incas

El Cid

The Savage

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Jane Eyre

Forbidden Area

This Is Your Life

The Ten Commandments

Dark City

Three Violent People

Ben-Hur

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
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