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Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) is known for his heroic roles in films such as 1961’s El Cid, 1956’s The Ten Commandments, 1968’s Planet of the Apes and 1959’s Ben-Hur, for which he won the Oscar® for Best Actor. At one point, Heston had starred in three of the top eight movies of all-time. Those movies were Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and The Greatest Show on Earth. Heston remained a leading man from 1950 until the early 1980s. After that he started appearing in supporting roles in such movies as True Lies, Any Given Sunday and Tombstone.
His IMDb page shows 131 acting credits from 1941-2010. This page will rank Charlton Heston movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Charlton Heston Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Charlton Heston Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Charlton Heston
1. Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter….Charlton’s name comes from his mom’s maiden name, Charlton, and his stepfather’s last name, Heston.
2. Charlton Heston turned down the role of “Police Chief Brody” in Jaws. Other movies he turned down over the years….John Wayne’s The Alamo, A Man For All Seasons, The Wild Bunch, The Omen, Deliverance and Stalag 17
3. Charlton Heston only received one Oscar® nomination in his acting career but he made it count as won the Oscar® for Ben-Hur…..luckily Burt Lancaster turned down the role.
4. Charlton Heston had two parts in The Ten Commandments……Moses and he provided the voice of God……years later he was hired by the F.B.I during the April 1993 Waco stand-off with cult leader David Koresh, to play the voice of God while communicating with him. However the plan was never used.
5. Charlton Heston played President Andrew Jackson twice in two separate unrelated films: The President’s Lady in 1953 and The Buccaneer in 1958.
6. Charlton 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. He was also president of the NRA from 1998 to 2003.
7. Charlton Heston was married to Lydia Clarke from 1944 until his death in 2008…they had two children.
8. In his 1985 autobiography “In The Arena” Charlton Heston wrote that 1972’s The Call of the Wild was easily his worst film, and hoped the public would never have to watch the film.
9. His line “Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!” from Planet of the Apes, is ranked by the American Film Institute as the 66th best movie quote of all-time.
10. Two links from SteveLensman are highly recommended. One is all about Ben-Hur and the other about all Charlton Heston movies. Charlton Heston Movies
Steve’s Charlton Heston You Tube Video
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@Cogerson…Thanks for keeping these old Hollywood stars alive! Great stuff, as usual!
I have Heston’s first top three rated movies, plus “Apes”,”Khartoum”, and a VHS copy of his “Eternal Vigilance” — his speech to the National Rifle Association when he was president of that organization.
Heston was not only a great actor, he was a great citizen.
Thanks Barbsbitsnpieces. When I started doing these pages, I started getting requests to do a Heston movie page. I kept putting them off, but when I started his page, I realized what a great career the man had achieved. One of the most amazing stats about him….he only received one Oscar nomination his entire career….granted he won for Ben-Hur…but only one nomination…it just does not seem fair. One of the movies that I keep seeing everywhere since I wrote this page is Khartoum…I am going to have to check that one out. Thanks for stopping by and for the follow
Very nice page, Heston was the man. Give me his Moses, his Ben, his Cid any day. I even liked when he played the Saints QB in Number One.
Thanks for the compliment YankeesRule. I vaguely remember Heston in Number One….it only took the Saints about 40 years to make the movie ending come true in real life….thanks for stopping by and reading my movie page.
Hi Cogerson; I see Heston as more of a star than an actor. I’ve never been overly impressed by his acting ability but he has that Star magnitude. He really projects amazing charisma on the screen. He’s been in some great movies. “Planet of the Apes” is one of my favorites.
Rob
Hey Rob, I agree with your assessment about him as star more than an actor….after reading one of his autobiographies “In the Arena” I have gained lots more respect for him as an actor……his autobiography was heavy on family stories on the sets of his movies…and it showed how important his wife and kids were to his overall success…..I agree that Planet of the Apes was one of his greatest movies…..he had a cameo in the Tim Burton remake…too bad he will not be in the new with James Franco…..thanks for the comments
What a nice surprise!! Charlton Heston :))
Amazingly awesome actor! I’ve seen the Ten Commandents countless times and can watch it countless more times! Same with the Planet Of The Apes! Same with Ben Hur!!
I’m so excited, is it obvious? Love this page and CH! Thank you cogerson! You ROCK just in case I haven’t mentioned that lately!
Thanks for the compliments Sunshine625…..I watched the Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur so many times when I was younger….I actually really confuse the two movies when thinking about scenes from them….Planet of the Apes is a classic as well….as always I greatly appreciate you stopping by and reading my movie page
I liked Chuck in Tombstone and True Lies, he was a legend well before I started watching movies. I liked his opening to Armaeggedon.
hey hinton1966…..you mention all his later films….and they were all supporting or narrative….but I can respect that….but you might want to check out some of the movies in his Movie Score Top Ten…..thanks for stopping by.