Charlton Heston filmography
This is a listing of the film and television appearances of actor Charlton Heston. Several of his radio credits are listed as well.
Filmography
[edit]1941–1959
[edit]
Heston as President Andrew Jackson in 1953
Heston as Ben-Hur
Heston in 1961
Heston in 1963
Heston in 2001
1961–1970
[edit]1971–1980
[edit]1982–2003
[edit]Box office ranking
[edit]For several years, the Quigley Company's "Poll of Film Exhibitors" ranked Heston as one of the most popular stars in the US:
- 1953 - 23rd
- 1960 - 16th
- 1961 - 18th
- 1962 - 12th most popular
Television
[edit]1949–1960
[edit]| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15, 1949 | Suspense | "Suspicion" | ? |
| June 15, 1949 | Studio One | "Smoke" | |
| September 26, 1949 | "The Outward Room" | ||
| October 24, 1949 | "Battleship Bismark" | Gunnery Officer | |
| November 8, 1949 | Suspense | "Suspicion" | ? |
| November 21, 1949 | Studio One | "Of Human Bondage" | Philip Carey |
| December 12, 1949 | "Jane Eyre" | Edward Rochester | |
| February 27, 1950 | "The Willow Cabin" | Michael Knowle | |
| March 22, 1950 | The Clock | "The Hypnotist" | ? |
| June 5, 1950 | Studio One | "The Taming of the Shrew" | Petruchio |
| June 25, 1950 | The Philco Television Playhouse | "Hear My Heart Speak" | ? |
| October 30, 1950 | Studio One | "Wuthering Heights" | Heathcliff |
| December 4, 1950 | "Letter from Cairo" | ? | |
| October 2, 1951 | Suspense | "Santa Fe Flight" | |
| October 8, 1951 | Lux Video Theatre | "Route 19" | |
| October 13, 1951 | Your Show of Shows | "Episode: October 13, 1951" | Himself |
| October 22, 1951 | Studio One | "Macbeth" | Macbeth |
| November 12, 1951 | "A Bolt of Lightning" | James Otis | |
| November 23, 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | "One Is a Lonesome Number" | ? |
| December 22, 1951 | Your Show of Shows | "Episode dated 22 December 1951" | Himself |
| January 14, 1952 | Robert Montgomery Presents | "Cashel Byron's Profession" | Cashel Bryon |
| March 10, 1952 | Studio One | "The Wings of the Dove" | Merton Densher |
| August 22, 1952 | Curtain Call | "The Liar" | ? |
| December 29, 1952 | Robert Montgomery Presents | "The Closed Door" | Peter Handley |
| January 25, 1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | "Elegy" | ? |
| December 12, 1953 | Medallion Theatre | "A Day in Town" | |
| January 16, 1954 | Your Show of Shows | "Episode: January 16, 1954" | Himself |
| February 2, 1954 | Danger | "Freedom to Get Lost" | ? |
| March 3, 1955 | The George Gobel Show | "Episode: March 3, 1955" | Himself/Sketch Performer |
| June 12, 1955 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | "Episode #5.30" | Himself – Host |
| June 26, 1955 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | "Episode #5.31" | |
| August 7, 1955 | "Episode #5.36" | Himself | |
| August 28, 1955 | "Episode #5.38" | Himself – Host | |
| September 4, 1955 | "Episode #5.39" | ||
| September 26, 1955 | Robert Montgomery Presents | "Along Came Jones" | Melody Jones |
| October 9, 1955 | Omnibus | "The Birth of Modern Times" | Himself |
| October 14, 1955 | Person to Person | "Episode #3.7" | |
| December 11, 1955 | General Electric Theater | "The Seeds of Hate" | Tim |
| December 29, 1955 | Climax! | "Bailout at 43,000 Feet" | Lieutenant Paul Peterson |
| October 4, 1956 | Playhouse 90 | "Forbidden Area" | Major Jesse Price |
| October 28, 1956 | What's My Line? | "Episode #8.6" | Mystery Guest |
| December 2, 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | "Episode #2.11" | Himself |
| May 17, 1957 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | "Switch Station" | ? |
| June 27, 1957 | Climax! | "The Trial of Captain Wirtz" | Chipman |
| November 17, 1957 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #11.8" | Himself |
| December 11, 1957 | This Is Your Life | "Dennis Weaver" | |
| January 12, 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | "Beauty and the Beast" | The Beast |
| February 20, 1958 | Playhouse 90 | "Point of No Return" | Charles Gray |
| January 25, 1959 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #12.20" | Himself |
| March 15, 1959 | The Steve Allen Show | "Episode #4.26" | Himself – Guest |
| July 26, 1959 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #12.45" | Himself |
| December 27, 1959 | "Episode #13.15" | ||
| April 11, 1960 | The Steve Allen Show | "Episode #5.25" | Himself – Guest |
| May 1, 1960 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #13.31" | Actor – Dramatic Reading |
| May 5, 1960 | The Revlon Revue | "Tiptoe Through TV" | Himself |
| November 6, 1960 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "See America with Ed Sullivan: Chicago" | Actor – Dramatic Reading |
1961–1980
[edit]| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 17, 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | "The Fugitive Eye" | Paul Malone |
| November 15, 1963 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Patriots" | Thomas Jefferson |
| June 8, 1966 | A Whole Scene Going | "Episode #1.23" | Actor |
| January 31, 1968 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Elizabeth the Queen" | Robert Devereux |
| March 31, 1968 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #21.30" | Himself – Dramatic Reader |
| June 9, 1968 | "Episode #21.39" | Dramatic Reader | |
| June 4, 1970 | The Merv Griffin Show | "Episode: June 4, 1970" | Himself |
| October 1, 1970 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: October 1, 1970" | |
| August 18, 1971 | "Episode: August 18, 1971" | ||
| August 21, 1971 | The Irv Kupcinet Show | "Episode: August 21, 1971" | |
| November 26, 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel | "Episode #1.3" | |
| December 12, 1971 | Parkinson | "Episode #1.21" | |
| February 26, 1972 | Film Night | "Episode: February 26, 1972" | |
| May 7, 1972 | The Special London Bridge Special | (TV special) | Tennis Player |
| May 11, 1972 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: May 11, 1972" | Himself |
| December 12, 1972 | "Episode: December 12, 1972" | ||
| March 28, 1973 | "Episode: March 28, 1973" | ||
| August 23, 1973 | "Episode: August 23, 1973" | ||
| October 18, 1973 | Jack Paar Tonite | "Episode: October 18, 1973" | |
| October 23, 1973 | Dinah's Place | "Episode: October 23, 1973" | |
| May 29, 1974 | ABC's Wide World of Entertainment | "That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM" | |
| October 15, 1974 | The Mike Douglas Show | "Episode: October 15, 1974" | |
| May 3, 1976 | Dinah! | "Episode: May 3, 1976" | |
| September 17, 1976 | "Episode: September 17, 1976" | ||
| December 10, 1976 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: December 10, 1976" | |
| November 22, 1977 | Energy: A National Issue | (TV special) | Narrator (voice) |
| April 10, 1978 | America 2-Night | "60 Seconds of Fame" | Himself |
1981–1990
[edit]| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1981 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: December 15, 1981" | Himself |
| December 13, 1983 | Chiefs | (TV mini-series) | Hugh Holmes |
| October 17, 1984 | Nairobi Affair | (TV movie) | Lee Cahill |
| January 12, 1985 | Aspel & Company | "Episode #2.1" | Himself |
| October 9, 1985 | Dynasty | "The Californians" | Jason Colby |
| October 16, 1985 | "The Man" | ||
| November 13, 1985 | "The Titans" | ||
| November 20, 1985 | The Colbys | (Series regular — 48 episodes) | |
| December 4, 1985 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: December 4, 1985" | Himself |
| April 3, 1986 | Good Morning America | "Episode: April 3, 1986" | |
| November 9, 1986 | The Wonderful World of Disney | "Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration" | |
| March 28, 1987 | Saturday Night Live | "Charlton Heston / Wynton Marsalis" | Host |
| October 1, 1987 | Proud Men | (TV movie) | Charley Mac Leod Sr. |
| October 10, 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | "Episode #1.5" | Himself |
| December 25, 1987 | The Two Ronnies 1987 Christmas Special | (TV special) | Bar Customer |
| December 21, 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | (TV movie) | Sir Thomas More |
| February 20, 1989 | Original Sin | Louis Mancini | |
| January 22, 1990 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver | |
| August 17, 1990 | The Little Kidnappers | James MacKenzie |
1991–2003
[edit]| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20, 1991 | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1991 remake) | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| March 18, 1991 | Cults: Saying No Under Pressure | ||
| November 4, 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | (TV movie) | Sherlock Holmes |
| February 24, 1992 | A Thousand Heroes aka Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Captain Al Haynes | |
| December 1, 1992 | Noël | (TV special) | Narrator (voice) |
| November 10, 1993 | The Mystery of the Sphinx | "Charlton Heston /John Anthony West" | Host |
| December 4, 1993 | Saturday Night Live | "Charlton Heston /Paul Westerberg" | |
| April 13, 1994 | This Is Your Life | "Charlton Heston" | Himself |
| May 1, 1994 | SeaQuest DSV | "Abalon" | Abalon |
| December 26, 1994 | The Great Battles of the Civil War | (documentary) | Abraham Lincoln (voice) |
| January 22, 1995 | The Avenging Angel | (TV movie) | Brigham Young |
| April 16, 1995 | Texas aka James A. Michener's Texas | (TV mini-series) | Narrator (voice) |
| November 17, 1995 | Clive Anderson Talks Back | "Episode #10.8" | Himself |
| December 2, 1995 | Corazón, corazón | "Episode: December 2, 1995" | |
| January 22, 1996 | Àngels de nit | "Episode #1.2" | |
| February 25, 1996 | The Mysterious Origins of Man | (documentary) | Host[3] |
| February 25, 1996 | Ruby Wax Meets... | "Goldie Hawn" | Himself |
| December 2, 1996 | Corazón, corazón | "Episode: December 2, 1996" | |
| January 17, 1997 | Dennis Miller Live | "Gun Control" | |
| March 17, 1997 | Biography | "Sophia Loren: Actress Italian Style" | |
| June 4, 1997 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | "Episode:June 4, 1997" | |
| December 5, 1997 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | "Dam" | |
| January 1, 1998 | Private Screenings | "Charlton Heston" | |
| February 5, 1998 | Friends | "The One with Joey's Dirty Day" | |
| March 15, 1998 | Biography | "John Wayne: American Legend" | |
| July 13, 1998 | Secrets of War | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| August 13, 1998 | Biography | "Rex Harrison: The Man Who Would Be King" | Himself |
| September 1, 1998 | Bagpipe: Instrument of War – Part 1 | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| October 8, 1998 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | "Episode: October 8, 1998" | Himself |
| October 8, 1998 | Biography | "Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend" | |
| May 8, 1999 | The Howard Stern Radio Show | "Episode: May 8, 1999" | |
| September 1, 1999 | Bagpipe: Instrument of War – Part 2 | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| December 4, 1999 | Camino de Santiago | (TV mini-series) | Professor Marcelo Rinaldi |
| September 3, 2000 | The Outer Limits | "Final Appeal" | Chief Justice Haden Wainwright |
| December 14, 2000 | Cursed | "...And Then Larry Brought Charlton Heston Home" |
Himself |
| January 1, 2001 | Intimate Portrait | "Shirley Jones" | |
| August 18, 2001 | Biography | "Jennifer Jones: Portrait of a Lady" | |
| November 24, 2001 | Mad TV | (comedy) | |
| January 1, 2002 | Film Genre | "Epic" | |
| December 20, 2002 | 20/20 | "Episode: December 20, 2002" |
Radio
[edit]Selected appearances:
| Date | Series | Episode | Role | Co-star |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 21, 1952 | Hollywood Star Playhouse | "The Last Chance" | ||
| November 3, 1952 | Lux Radio Theatre | "Viva Zapata!" | Emiliano Zapata | Jean Peters |
| February 2, 1953 | Lux Radio Theatre | "Captain Carey, U.S.A." | Webster Carey | Wanda Hendrix |
| September 28, 1953 | "The President's Lady" | Andrew Jackson | Joan Fontaine | |
| June 7, 1954 | "The Naked Jungle" | Christopher Leiningen | Donna Reed | |
| December 14, 1954 | "Secret of the Incas" | Harry Steele | Nicole Maurey |
Further reading
[edit]- Heston, Charlton; Isbouts, Jean-Pierre (1998). Charlton Heston's Hollywood. New York: GT Publishing. ISBN 1-57719-357-1.
References
[edit]- ^ Rovin, Jeff (1980). The Films of Charlton Heston. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-0561-3.
- ^ a b Charlton Heston at IMDb — main filmography
- ^ Thomas, Dave (March 1996). "NBC's Origins Show". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ Charlton Heston at IMDb — filmography by TV series
- ^ "The Tarnished Prophet of the 16th Century". M. Kurt Goedelman. Archived from the original on 2010-09-27. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- ^ "Hollywood Star Playhouse". Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Lux Presents Hollywood". Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs. Archived from the original on 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2008-04-12.