Charlton Heston

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Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theatre and television.

Heston 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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Movie		Character	Year
	The Greatest Show On Earth	Brad Braden	1952
	The Ten Commandments	Moses	1956
	The Big Country	Steve Leech	1958
	The Buccaneer	Gen. Andrew Jackson	1958
	The Wreck of the Mary Deare	John Sands	1959
	Ben-Hur	Judah Ben-Hur	1959
	El Cid	El Cid	1961
	Diamond Head	Richard 'King' Howland	1963
	Planet of the Apes	George Taylor	1968
	Will Penny	Will Penny	1968
	Beneath the Planet of the Apes	Taylor	1970
	The Omega Man	Robert Neville	1971
	Call of the Wild	John Thornton	1972
	Soylent Green	Detective Robert Thorn	1973
	The Three Musketeers	Cardinal Richelieu	1973
	Earthquake	Stewart Graff	1974
	The Mountain Men	Bill Tyler	1980
	Almost An Angel	God	1990
	The Crucifer of Blood	Sherlock Holmes	1991
	Tombstone	Henry Hooker	1993
	True Lies	Spencer Trilby	1994
	In the Mouth of Madness	Jackson Harglow	1994
	Hamlet	Player King	1996
	Hercules	Narrator (voice)	1997
	Behind the Planet of the Apes	Himself - 'Taylor' (also archive footage)	1998
	Planet of the Apes	Zaius	2001
	Bowling for Columbine	Himself - NRA President	2002