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Acting

Charlton Heston

Career: Active from 1941 to 2019, with a break from 2004 to 2018, busiest in 1965 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 88
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Touch of Evil
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 93 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Charlton Heston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.0, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.2, average 2.2
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 11
Political Intrigue 11
Historical Setting 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Social Commentary 4
Survival Story 4
Character Study 4
Period Piece 4
Family Saga 3
Slow Burn 3
Star-Studded Cast 3
Nostalgic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

133

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 67

Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"

as (archive footage)

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

67

as (archive footage)

2000s

8 titles · average score 47

Ben Hur

65

as Ben Hur (voice)

My Father

66

as Josef Mengele

The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich

as Narrator (voice)

The Order

28

as Professor Finley

Planet of the Apes

46

as Zaius (uncredited)

Cats & Dogs

49

as The Mastiff (voice)

Town & Country

31

as Mr. Clayborne

The Weber Show

TV show · as Charlton Heston

1990s

29 titles · average score 62

Camino de Santiago

TV show · as Professor Marcelo Rinaldi

Gideon

64

as Addison Sinclair

Friends

79

TV show · as Charlton Heston

The Mystery of the Sphinx

74

as Narrator

Solar Crisis

42

as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

62

as Captain Al Haynes

Noël

57

as Narrator

The Crucifer of Blood

51

as Sherlock Holmes

Cults: Saying No Under Pressure

as Narrator

Treasure Island

69

as Long John Silver

The Little Kidnappers

70

as James MacKenzie

Almost an Angel

46

as God

1980s

13 titles · average score 58

Call from Space

as Alien (voice)

A Man for All Seasons

70

as Sir Thomas More

Korea: The Unknown War

TV show · as General Douglas MacArthur (voice)

Proud Men

71

as Charley MacLeod Sr.

Eclipse of Reason

as Narrator

The Colbys

62

TV show · as Jason Colby

Nairobi Affair

54

as Lee Cahill

Chiefs

80

TV show · as Hugh Holmes

Mother Lode

57

as Silas McGee / Ian McGee

Dynasty

66

TV show · as Jason Colby

The Mountain Men

41

as Bill Tyler

The Awakening

21

as Matthew Corbeck

1970s

21 titles · average score 55

Gray Lady Down

58

as Captain Paul Blanchard

The Prince and the Pauper

58

as Henry VIII

Midway

54

as Capt. Matthew Garth

The Last Hard Men

51

as Sam Burgade

Two-Minute Warning

39

as Capt. Peter Holly

Earthquake

52

as Stewart Graff

Airport 1975

46

as Alan Murdock

Soylent Green

69

as Detective Robert Thorn

The Call of the Wild

55

as John Thornton

Skyjacked

48

as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara

The Omega Man

59

as Robert Neville

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

47

as Taylor

1960s

22 titles · average score 68

Number One

52

as Ron "Cat" Catlan

Planet of the Apes

82

as George Taylor

Counterpoint

64

as Lionel Evans

Will Penny

81

as Will Penny

Khartoum

82

as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

Major Dundee

72

as Major Amos Charles Dundee

The Agony and the Ecstasy

79

as Michelangelo

The War Lord

65

as Chrysagon

55 Days at Peking

60

as Maj. Matt Lewis

Diamond Head

56

as Richard 'King' Howland

The Pigeon That Took Rome

54

as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator

El Cid

79

as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar

1950s

33 titles · average score 66

Ben-Hur

86

as Judah Ben-Hur

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

62

as John Sands

Touch of Evil

89

as Ramon Miguel Vargas

The Ten Commandments

81

as Moses

Three Violent People

59

as Colt Saunders

The Far Horizons

55

as Lt. William Clark

The Naked Jungle

76

as Christopher Leiningen

Secret of the Incas

56

as Harry Steel

Pony Express

50

as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

The Greatest Show on Earth

55

as Brad Braden

Ruby Gentry

61

as Boake Tackman

Dark City

66

as Danny Haley

1940s

5 titles · average score 65

Jane Eyre

as Edward Rochester

Suspense

62

TV show

Studio One

65

TV show · as James Otis / Petruchio

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show

Peer Gynt

67

as Peer Gynt