Birthname: 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, Ramon Miguel 'Mike' Vargas, Boake Tackman, George Taylor |
| 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 .
Charlton Heston BlogHub Articles:
Charlton Heston - 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 Charlton Heston, 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 — Charlton Heston
By shadowsandsatin on Aug 29, 2020 From Shadows and SatinForever Ben. When many people think of Charlton Heston?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 Charlton Heston: Dark City, 1950
on Apr 22, 2020 From Caftan WomanDark City, 1950 opens with Charlton Heston 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 (Charlton Heston) i... Read full article
The Omega Man: Charlton Heston as the Last (Uninfected) Human on Earth
By Rick29 on Jan 27, 2019 From Classic Film & TV CafeCharlton Heston fires 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 Charlton Heston a... Read full article
1968 Fest – Making A Monkey Out Of Charlton Heston – 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:
Will Penny: [to Catherine] It's just a case of too soon old and too late smart.
George Taylor: Doctor, would an ape make a human doll that TALKS?
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