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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.
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ed Sullivan Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Studio One
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards
The Simpsons
The Steve Allen Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
What's My Line?
The Outer Limits
Friends
Climax!
The Colgate Comedy Hour
MADtv
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
Omnibus
Pebble Mill
The Weber Show
Noel's House Party
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Playhouse 90
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Armageddon
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
Almost an Angel
Tombstone
Robert Montgomery Presents
The $64,000 Question
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
The Buccaneer
The Greatest Show on Earth
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
The Far Horizons
The Order
The Naked Jungle
Lucy Gallant
Three Violent People
Ben-Hur
This Is Your Life
The Ten Commandments
El Cid
A Bolt of Lightning
Chiefs
Arrowhead
Forbidden Area
Jane Eyre
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Dark City
The Savage
Will Penny
Secret of the Incas
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Midway
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