Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston
Heston at the March on Washington in 1963
Born	John Charles Carter[1] (1923-10-04)October 4, 1923 Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
Died	April 5, 2008(2008-04-05) (aged 84) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church Columbarium Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Northwestern University
Occupations	Actor activist
Years active	1941–2003
Works	Filmography
Political party	Republican (after 1987) Democratic (before 1987)
Spouse	Lydia Clarke ​ (m. 1944)​
Children	2, including Fraser Clarke Heston
56th President of the National Rifle Association
In office 1998–2003
Preceded by	Marion P. Hammer
Succeeded by	Kayne Robinson
16th President of the Screen Actors Guild
In office 1965–1971
Preceded by	Dana Andrews
Succeeded by	John Gavin
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army Air Corps
Years of service	1944–1946
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Unit	77th Bombardment Squadron
Battles/wars	World War II

Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. He had many big roles, such as playing Moses in the movie The Ten Commandments, astronaut Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes (1968) and Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), the dystopian The Omega Man (1971), and Soylent Green (1973). Heston played Judah Ben-Hur in the Academy Award-winning Ben-Hur.

1. ↑ Eliot, Marc. Hollywood's Last Icon: Charlton Heston, HarperCollins Publishing © 2017; ISBN 978-0-06-242043-5 (553 pages); pp. 11–12 address birthname controversy: "Then, as if to erase everything that reminded her son of Russell, Lilla told him his name was no longer John Charles Carter; from now on he was Charlton Heston."