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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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The Ed Sullivan Show
Saturday Night Live
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Studio One
General Electric Theater
Robert Montgomery Presents
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
The Merv Griffin Show
Wogan
seaQuest DSV
Suspense
The Philco Television Playhouse
Bambi
Omnibus
Pebble Mill
The Weber Show
Your Show of Shows
Noel's House Party
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Playhouse 90
Armageddon
The Oscars
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
Tombstone
Almost an Angel
The $64,000 Question
Barry Norman in Celebrity City
The Buccaneer
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Order
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
The Far Horizons
The Naked Jungle
Lucy Gallant
Dark City
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
Chiefs
Jane Eyre
Will Penny
A Bolt of Lightning
The Savage
The Ten Commandments
This Is Your Life
Ben-Hur
Midway
Three Violent People
Forbidden Area
Secret of the Incas
El Cid
Arrowhead
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