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[[Image:Charlton Heston Civil Rights March 1963.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Charlton Heston at the 1963 Civil Rights March.]] | [[Image:Charlton Heston Civil Rights March 1963.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Charlton Heston at the 1963 Civil Rights March.]] | ||
| − | '''Charlton Heston''' (October 4, 1924 - April 5, 2008) was a [[Hollywood]] actor and | + | '''Charlton Heston''' (October 4, 1924 - April 5, 2008) was a famous [[Hollywood]] actor known for playing larger than life roles including [[Moses]], [[Michaelangelo]], [[Marc Antony]], [[John the Baptist]], and [[Andrew Jackson]]. |
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| + | He was President of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] from 1966 to 1971 and the president of the [[National Rifle Association]] from 1998 to 2001. A strapping man with chiseled features, he is best remembered for his portrayals of [[Moses]] in ''The Ten Commandments'', Taylor in the 1968 version of ''Planet of the Apes'', and Rodrigo in ''El Cid''. His movie ''Ben Hur'' is also a classic. He was a very passionate man, and rigorously defended the [[Second Amendment]] right to bear arms and was an early supporter of the [[civil rights movement]] where he walked with [[Martin Luther King]]. He did not like the form that ongoing [[affirmative action]] took believing that removed the equality that was being sought. Making a moving public speech to America in 2002 that he had been diagnosed with symptoms related to [[alheizmers]] disease, he was seldom seen in public after that. Married to the same wife for 64 years, his entire adult life, he is survived by his wife and two children. | ||
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| + | His autobiography ''In the Arena'' was written in 1995 in which he discussed his views on all of his major movies as well as | ||
==Selected Films== | ==Selected Films== | ||
Revision as of 17:17, April 7, 2008
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1924 - April 5, 2008) was a famous Hollywood actor known for playing larger than life roles including Moses, Michaelangelo, Marc Antony, John the Baptist, and Andrew Jackson.
He was President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1966 to 1971 and the president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2001. A strapping man with chiseled features, he is best remembered for his portrayals of Moses in The Ten Commandments, Taylor in the 1968 version of Planet of the Apes, and Rodrigo in El Cid. His movie Ben Hur is also a classic. He was a very passionate man, and rigorously defended the Second Amendment right to bear arms and was an early supporter of the civil rights movement where he walked with Martin Luther King. He did not like the form that ongoing affirmative action took believing that removed the equality that was being sought. Making a moving public speech to America in 2002 that he had been diagnosed with symptoms related to alheizmers disease, he was seldom seen in public after that. Married to the same wife for 64 years, his entire adult life, he is survived by his wife and two children.
His autobiography In the Arena was written in 1995 in which he discussed his views on all of his major movies as well as
Selected Films
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- El Cid (1961)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes
- The Omega Man (1971)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
- Soylent Green (1973)
- Tombstone (1993)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)