John Charles Carter
| Sign | Libra |
| Born | Oct 4, 1923 Evanston, IL |
| Died | Apr 5, 2008 Beverly Hills, CA |
| Age | Died at 84 |
| Final Resting PlaceSaint Matthew's Episcopal Church Columbarium | |
Charlton Heston | |
| Job | Actor, film director, activist |
| Years active | 1941-2003 |
| Top Roles | Maj. Matt Lewis, Moses / God, Christopher Leiningen, Gen. Andrew Jackson, Maj. Amos Charles Dundee |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Historical, Adventure, Action, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Period Piece, Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | Cecil B. DeMille (Director), Henry Wilcoxon, William Wyler (Director), Walter Mirisch (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Buster Keaton, H.E. Aitken, George Sidney see more.. |
Charlton Heston Overview:
Legendary actor, Charlton Heston, was born John Charles Carter on Oct 4, 1923 in Evanston, IL. Heston died at the age of 84 on Apr 5, 2008 in Beverly Hills, CA and was laid to rest in Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church Columbarium Cemetery in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, CA.
MINI BIO:
Deep-voiced, light-haired American star, a big man with barrel chest and noble bearing. He started in outdoor action films, but could express anguish, sincerity, and zeal with equal conviction, assets which prompted Cecil B. DeMille to set him up for a lifetime of epic service by casting him as Moses in The 10 Commandments. Ben-Hur won him an Academy Award; small-scale successes like Will Penny revealed more of the man beneath the muscle. Prolonging his star status past 60 with character leads, he accepted craggy cameos in the 1990s. Married actress Lydia Clarke in 1944. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Charlton Heston was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Actor for Ben-Hur (as Judah Ben-Hur) in 1959. He also won two Honorary Awards in 1977 and 1977 Charlton Heston .
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1959 | Best Actor | Ben-Hur (1959) | Judah Ben-Hur | Won |
Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)
| Year | Award | Description |
| 1977 | JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD | Charlton Heston |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Charlton Heston's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #119 on Jan 18, 1962. In addition, Heston was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum .
BlogHub Articles:
- Mister Epic
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 17, 2021 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversHis close friends call him "Chuck". But to filmgoers all over the world he is known as , a six-foot two-inch giant of a man and the star of such mighty epics as The Greatest Show on Earth, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, and El-Cid. Heston was recently asked why it was that he always a... Read full article
TCM Summer Under the Stars: Day Thirty —
By shadowsandsatin on Aug 29, 2020 From Shadows and SatinForever Ben. When many people think of ?s film career, they think of his biblical epics, like Ben Hur or The Ten Commandments or El Cid. But Heston produced a body of work that encompassed a wide range of roles in a variety of films, from noir to westerns, and from science fiction to ... Read full article
EASTER WITH : Dark City, 1950
on Apr 22, 2020 From Caftan WomanDark City, 1950 opens with leaving a store with a boxed gift in hand. The sign on the shop window reads "Remember her at Easter." Aha, we have another movie to add to our Easter/Passover Heston perennials, The Ten Commandments, 1956 and Ben-Hur, 1959. Danny Haley () i... Read full article
The Omega Man: as the Last (Uninfected) Human on Earth
By Rick29 on Jan 27, 2019 From Classic Film & TV Cafefires at a window. The Cafe staff recently conducted a poll on Twitter asking film fans to select their favorite adaptation of Richard Matheson’s sci fi-horror novel I Am Legend. To our surprise, the overwhelming choice was The Omega Man (1971), which starred a... Read full article
1968 Fest – Making A Monkey Out Of – Planet Of The Apes (1968)
By Michael on Apr 30, 2018 From Durnmoose Movie MusingsI find it hard to believe that in all the time that I’ve been writing this blog I’ve not written about one of my all-time favorite movies.Fortunately this 1968-fest gives me a chance to rectify that. I can’t remember how young I was when I first saw Planet of the Apes. One of the g... Read full article
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Charlton Heston Quotes:
Nefretiri: A child was wrapped in it.
Moses: Who was this child?
Nefretiri: Bithiah drew him from the river. Memnet was with her.
Moses: Who was this child?
Nefretiri: Memnet is dead. No one needs know who you are. I love you. I killed for you. I'll kill anyone who comes between us.
Moses: Why did you kill for me, Nefretiri? If you love me, do not lie.
Nefretiri: Hold me in your arms. Hold me close. You were not born prince of Egypt, Moses. You are the son of Hebrew slaves.
Moses: Love can not drown truth, Nefretiri. You do believe it, or you would not have killed Memnet.
Nefretiri: I love you. That's the only truth, I know.
Moses: Did this child, of the Nile, have a mother?
Nefretiri: Memnet called her Yochabel.
Moses: I will ask Bithiah.
[Moses then left Nefretiri, to speak with Bithiah]
Bithiah: How could you doubt me? You did not doubt me, as you took your first step. It's a wicked lie, spun by Rameses.
Moses: Did Rameses spin this?
[while he was asking Bithiah, Moses shows her the Hebrew cloth, that Memnet had kept hidden, as a secret and quiet for 30 years. In reality, it was infant Moses' swaddling cloth, 30 years earlier]
Bithiah: The word of your mother, against a piece of cloth found by Memnet?
Moses: How did you know it was Memnet?
Bithiah: Who else? Memnet nursed Rameses. She will pay, for spreading his lies.
Moses: She has paid.
Bithiah: She is dead?
Moses: At the hand of Nefretiri.
Moses: Memnet spoke of a woman named Yochabel. Did you ever know her?
Bithiah: [Trying to hide the truth] No.
Moses: Yours, was the face I saw, above my cradle. The only mother, I've ever
Moses: Let my people go!
John: Are you the new soldier fella?
Maj. Bernard 'Barney' Benson: Yeah.
John: You got a lot of ribbons, what do they stand for?
Maj. Bernard 'Barney' Benson: Good conduct.
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