1923-10-04 Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theater, and television. He 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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Airports | 2025-09-17 | |
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« La Planète des singes » : une odyssée de l'espèce | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-03 |
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Charlton Heston : la démesure d'un géant | Self (archive footage) | 2023-02-24 |
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Les Mille et Une Vies de Yul Brynner | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2020-12-02 |
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Todos los nombres de Sara | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-12-15 |
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I Am Richard Pryor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-03-12 |
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Hail Satan? | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-04-17 |
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Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-04-14 |
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Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" | (archive footage) | 2019-02-21 |
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The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | 2017-02-01 |
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Bienvenido Mr. Heston | Self (archive footage) | 2016-11-25 |
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The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille | Self | 2016-02-11 |
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Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) | 2015-05-04 |
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Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2014-09-20 |
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self (archive footage) | 2013-08-04 |
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Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey | Self (archive footage) | 2011-07-14 |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee | 2010-05-05 |
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | (archive footage) | 2010-08-03 |
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Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses | Self - Host / Moses | 2008-03-31 |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self (archive footage) | 2007-06-20 |
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De Madrid a la Luna | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-24 |
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Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2005-09-13 |
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Remembering Reagan at His Ranch | Host | 2004-06-22 |
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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
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Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale | Self - Host | 2003-04-01 |
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Ben Hur | Ben Hur (voice) | 2003-02-15 |
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Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath | Self - Host | 2003-04-01 |
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Christmas in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-13 |
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Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden | Self - Host | 2003-04-01 |
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Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Self - Host | 2003-04-01 |
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Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den | Self - Host | 2003-04-01 |
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Lasting Love | 2003-02-06 | |
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The Making of The Ten Commandments | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-23 |
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Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah | Self - Host | 2003-04-01 |
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My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 | Josef Mengele | 2003-09-01 |
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
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Bowling for Columbine | Self - NRA President | 2002-10-09 |
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The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich | Narrator (voice) | 2002-10-10 |
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Last Party 2000 | Self | 2001-11-02 |
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Town & Country | Mr. Clayborne | 2001-04-27 |
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The Order | Professor Finley | 2001-05-05 |
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The Gun Deadlock | Self | 2001-06-18 |
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Cats & Dogs | The Mastiff (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
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Planet of the Apes | Zaius (uncredited) | 2001-07-25 |
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The Making of Midway | Self | 2001-10-03 |
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Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Yesterday's Tomorrows | Self | 1999-08-09 |
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Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Any Given Sunday | AFFA Football Commissioner | 1999-12-22 |
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Television: The First Fifty Years | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self - 'Taylor' | 1998-09-05 |
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Private Screenings: Charlton Heston | Self | 1998-11-06 |
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Gideon | Addison Sinclair | 1998-10-26 |
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Armageddon | Narration (voice) | 1998-07-01 |
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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self | 1998-03-17 |
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Alaska: Spirit of the Wild | Narrator (voice) | 1998-09-03 |
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Charlton Heston Presents the Bible | Self - Narrator | 1997-01-01 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self | 1997-05-12 |
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Hercules | Narrator (voice) | 1997-06-13 |
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Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis | Self - Host | 1997-12-01 |
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | 1997-07-27 |
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self | 1996-05-19 |
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Alaska | Perry | 1996-08-14 |
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Andersonville Diaries | Narrator | 1996-02-28 |
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The Dark Mist | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-01 |
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Liebe in Hollywood | Self | 1996-12-08 |
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The Mysterious Origins of Man | Self - Host | 1996-02-25 |
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Hamlet | Player King | 1996-12-25 |
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Charlton Heston: For All Seasons | Self | 1995-03-20 |
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The Avenging Angel | Brigham Young | 1995-01-22 |
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Texas | Narrator | 1995-04-16 |
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In the Mouth of Madness | Jackson Harglow | 1995-02-03 |
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self | 1994-05-22 |
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True Lies | Spencer Trilby | 1994-07-15 |
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A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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The Legacy of Malthus | Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage) | 1994-01-01 |
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The Bible According to Hollywood | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses | Self - Host | 1993-01-01 |
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The Mystery of the Sphinx | Narrator | 1993-11-10 |
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Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth | Self - Host | 1993-01-01 |
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Wayne's World 2 | Good Actor | 1993-12-10 |
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Tombstone | Henry Hooker | 1993-12-25 |
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Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Captain Al Haynes | 1992-02-24 |
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Solar Crisis | Adm. "Skeet" Kelso | 1992-08-06 |
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Noël | Narrator | 1992-12-03 |
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Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents | Host and Narrator | 1991-01-01 |
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The Crucifer of Blood | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-11-04 |
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Cults: Saying No Under Pressure | Narrator | 1991-03-18 |
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With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film | Self | 1990-02-05 |
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Almost an Angel | God | 1990-12-21 |
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Treasure Island | Long John Silver | 1990-01-22 |
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The Little Kidnappers | James MacKenzie | 1990-08-17 |
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
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Original Sin | Louis Mancini | 1989-02-20 |
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Call from Space | Alien (voice) | 1989-01-01 |
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A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More | 1988-12-21 |
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Eclipse of Reason | Narrator | 1987-01-01 |
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
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Proud Men | Charley MacLeod Sr. | 1987-10-01 |
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Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures | Self - Host | 1987-09-01 |
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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal | Self | 1986-07-31 |
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Directed by William Wyler | Self | 1986-05-01 |
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The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team | 1984-01-29 | |
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Nairobi Affair | Lee Cahill | 1984-01-01 |
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Let Poland Be Poland | Self - Co-Host | 1982-01-31 |
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Barry Norman in Celebrity City | Self | 1982-09-14 |
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Mother Lode | Silas McGee / Ian McGee | 1982-08-06 |
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This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special | Self | 1981-02-26 |
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The Mountain Men | Bill Tyler | 1980-06-01 |
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The Awakening | Matthew Corbeck | 1980-07-09 |
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Gray Lady Down | Captain Paul Blanchard | 1978-03-10 |
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The Prince and the Pauper | Henry VIII | 1977-06-03 |
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Energy: A National Issue | Narrator (voice) | 1977-11-22 |
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America at the Movies | Narrator | 1976-09-22 |
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Two-Minute Warning | Capt. Peter Holly | 1976-11-12 |
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The Last Hard Men | Sam Burgade | 1976-04-22 |
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Midway | Capt. Matthew Garth | 1976-06-18 |
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Airport 1975 | Alan Murdock | 1974-10-18 |
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The Four Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1974-10-31 |
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Earthquake | Stewart Graff | 1974-11-15 |
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A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' | Self | 1973-01-01 |
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Soylent Green | Detective Robert Thorn | 1973-04-18 |
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The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | 1973-12-11 |
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The Call of the Wild | John Thornton | 1972-11-30 |
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Skyjacked | Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara | 1972-05-24 |
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Antony and Cleopatra | Marc Antony | 1972-03-18 |
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The Special London Bridge Special | Tennis Player | 1972-01-01 |
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Vietnam! Vietnam! | Narrator (voice) | 1971-09-01 |
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The Omega Man | Robert Neville | 1971-08-01 |
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The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man | Self - Narrator | 1971-01-01 |
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Julius Caesar | Marc Antony | 1970-06-04 |
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The Hawaiians | Whip Hoxworth | 1970-06-17 |
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 1970-03-24 |
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Taylor | 1970-04-23 |
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Number One | Ron "Cat" Catlan | 1969-08-21 |
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Elizabeth the Queen | Lord Essex | 1968-01-31 |
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies | Self | 1968-01-01 |
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Planet of the Apes | George Taylor | 1968-02-07 |
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While I Run This Race | Narrator | 1967-01-01 |
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Counterpoint | Lionel Evans | 1967-12-22 |
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Will Penny | Will Penny | 1967-12-19 |
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Planet of the Apes Test Reel | Thomas | 1966-03-01 |
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Khartoum | Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon | 1966-06-09 |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | John the Baptist | 1965-04-09 |
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The War Lord | Chrysagon | 1965-11-17 |
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The Agony and the Ecstasy | Michelangelo | 1965-09-16 |
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La verifica incerta | (archive footage) | 1965-04-30 |
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Major Dundee | Major Amos Charles Dundee | 1965-03-15 |
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55 Days at Peking | Maj. Matt Lewis | 1963-05-06 |
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The Five Cities of June | Narrator | 1963-06-30 |
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The Patriots | Thomas Jefferson | 1963-11-15 |
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The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time | Self | 1963-01-01 |
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The Pigeon That Took Rome | Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator | 1962-06-19 |
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Diamond Head | Richard 'King' Howland | 1962-12-27 |
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El Cid | El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar | 1961-10-24 |
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare | John Sands | 1959-11-17 |
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Ben-Hur | Judah Ben-Hur | 1959-11-18 |
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The Big Country | Steve Leech | 1958-09-30 |
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Touch of Evil | Ramon Miguel Vargas | 1958-03-30 |
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Fun in the Big Country | Self | 1958-01-01 |
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The Buccaneer | Gen. Andrew Jackson | 1958-12-11 |
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The Ten Commandments | Moses | 1956-10-05 |
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Stars of Cabaret | Self (archive footage) | 1956-01-01 |
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Forbidden Area | Col. Jesse Price | 1956-10-04 |
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Three Violent People | Colt Saunders | 1956-12-01 |
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The Far Horizons | Lt. William Clark | 1955-07-04 |
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The Private War of Major Benson | Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson | 1955-08-02 |
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Lucy Gallant | Casey Cole | 1955-10-20 |
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The Naked Jungle | Christopher Leiningen | 1954-03-03 |
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Secret of the Incas | Harry Steel | 1954-06-06 |
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Arrowhead | Ed Bannon | 1953-08-03 |
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Bad for Each Other | Dr. Tom Owen | 1953-12-24 |
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Pony Express | Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | 1953-06-15 |
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The President's Lady | Andrew Jackson | 1953-05-21 |
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Three Lives | Self | 1953-09-17 |
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The Savage | James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet | 1952-09-01 |
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Ruby Gentry | Boake Tackman | 1952-12-25 |
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The Greatest Show on Earth | Brad Braden | 1952-02-16 |
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A Bolt of Lightning | James Otis | 1951-11-12 |
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Dark City | Danny Haley | 1950-10-17 |
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Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | 1950-03-08 |
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Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | 1949-12-12 |
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Peer Gynt | Peer Gynt | 1941-08-24 |
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"Studio One" Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff |
