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Charlton Heston
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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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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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Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ed Sullivan Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Studio One
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards
The Simpsons
The Steve Allen Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
What's My Line?
The Outer Limits
Friends
Climax!
The Colgate Comedy Hour
MADtv
Dynasty
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Kennedy Center Honors
Your Show of Shows
The Merv Griffin Show
Wogan
seaQuest DSV
Suspense
The Philco Television Playhouse
Omnibus
Pebble Mill
The Weber Show
Noel's House Party
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Playhouse 90
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Armageddon
Wayne's World 2
Any Given Sunday
Hercules
The Legacy of Malthus
Cats & Dogs
Planet of the Apes
True Lies
In the Mouth of Madness
Almost an Angel
Tombstone
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
The $64,000 Question
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Buccaneer
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Order
The Far Horizons
The Naked Jungle
Lucy Gallant
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Midway
Jane Eyre
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Three Violent People
A Bolt of Lightning
Chiefs
The Savage
Forbidden Area
El Cid
Will Penny
Dark City
This Is Your Life
The Ten Commandments
Arrowhead
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Ben-Hur
Secret of the Incas
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