Charlton Heston - Famous Actor

Charlton Heston Net Worth

$40,000,000

Famous American actor Charlton Heston had a net worth of $40 million at the time of his death; his Hollywood career spanned over six decades, and his most iconic movies include ‘Ben-Hur,’ ‘Planet of the Apes,’ and ‘Soylent Green.’

Key facts:

  • Charlton Heston had a career in Hollywood lasting six decades.
  • He won an Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in 'Ben-Hur' in 1959.
  • Along with 'Ben-Hur,' some of his most iconic roles were in 'The Ten Commandments' and 'Planet of the Apes.'
  • Heston also directed films and starred in a multitude of genres, including Westerns, epics, and science-fiction films.
  • In addition to his career in entertainment, he was also known for his political activism, particularly for his position as president of the National Rifle Association.

Basic Information About Charlton Heston

CategoryCelebrities › Actors
ProfessionsActor, Film director, Political activist, Voice Actor
Net worth$40,000,000
Date of birth1923-10-04
Place of birthEvanston
Date of death2008-04-05 (aged 84)
NationalityUnited States of America
Curiosities and TrademarksHis deep, commanding voice
Roles in biblical epics (De Tien Geboden (1956), Ben Hur (1959), and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965))
Frequently played heroic or larger-than-life characters
Lean yet muscular physique
SpouseLydia Clarke - (17 March 1944 - 5 April 2008) (his death) (2 children)
GenderMale
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Social Media↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

What Movie Awards did Charlton Heston win?


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Charlton Heston awards

Award Name State Movie / Series Name Year
Razzie Award - Worst Supporting ActorWinnerTransformers: Age of Extinction2015
Razzie Award - Worst Supporting ActorWinnerThe Expendables 32015
Razzie Award - Worst Supporting ActorWinnerPlanet of the Apes2002
Razzie Award - Worst Supporting ActorWinnerCats & Dogs2002

Charlton Heston roles

Movie / Series Role
True LiesSpencer Trilby (uncredited)
Planet of the ApesZaius (uncredited)
TombstoneHenry Hooker
ArmageddonNarration by
Soylent GreenDetective Thorn
HerculesNarrator (voice)
Get ShortyMike Vargas (archive footage) (uncredited)
Planet of the ApesGeorge Taylor
In the Mouth of MadnessJackson Harglow
Wayne's World 2Good Actor
Any Given SundayAFFA Football Commissioner
HamletPlayer King
The Greatest Story Ever ToldJohn the Baptist
The Omega ManNeville
Beneath the Planet of the ApesTaylor
Airport 1975Alan Murdock
Cats & DogsThe Mastiff (voice)
The Last Hard MenSam Burgade
The Three MusketeersCardinal Richelieu
MidwayCapt. Matt Garth
I Am Not Your NegroSelf (archive footage)
El CidEl Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
EarthquakeGraff
Bowling for ColumbineSelf
The ChaseGeorge Taylor (archive footage) (uncredited)
FriendsCharlton Heston 1 episode, 1998
Space Ghost Coast to CoastSelf 1 episode, 1997
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host / ... 2 episodes, 1983-1993
DynastyJason Colby 4 episodes, 1985
The Bold and the BeautifulCharlton Heston / ... 7 episodes, 1993
The Outer LimitsChief Justice Haden Wainwright 1 episode, 2000
The Daily ShowSelf 1 episode, 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf 2 episodes, 1994-1996
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf / ... 2 episodes, 1970-1971
The Two RonniesBar Customer: Pinocchio II Segment 1 episode, 1987
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest 3 episodes, 1993-1998

Charlton Heston's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
Julius Caesar (1950)$50 /week
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)$50,000
Touch of Evil (1958)7.5% of the gross
The Buccaneer (1958)$250,000
Planet of the Apes (1968)$250,000 against a percentage of the gross, totaling $2 million
Julius Caesar (1970)$100,000 + 15% of the gross
Two-Minute Warning (1976)250,000 $
Mother Lode (1982)400,000 $ acting fee, 177,000 $ directing fee + net profit points
The Colbys (1985)$90,000 per episode

Charlton Heston's Quotes

  • [from a taped announcement concerning his having symptoms of Alzheimer's disease] For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience. I can part the Red Sea, but I can't part with you, which is why I won't exclude you from this stage in my life . . . For now, I'm not changing anything. I'll insist on work when I can; the doctors will insist on rest when I must. If you see a little less spring to my step, if your name fails to leap to my lips, you'll know why. And if I tell you a funny story for the second time, please laugh anyway.
  • [on Sam Peckinpah] Sam is the only person I've ever physically threatened on a set.
  • If you need a ceiling painted, a chariot race run, a city besieged, or the Red Sea parted, you think of me.
  • You can take my rifle ... when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
  • [after hearing an unkind remark made about his condition by George Clooney, nephew of Rosemary Clooney] It's funny how class can skip a generation, isn't it?

Charlton Heston's photos

Interesting Facts about Charlton Heston

  1. Went to British Columbia to promote guns, arguing it is man's "God-given right" to own guns.
  2. Alumnus of New Trier Township High School East, Winnetka, Illinois, where tennis was among his extracurricular activities. Other New Trier graduates include Ralph Bellamy, Rock Hudson, Hugh B. O'Brien, Ann-Margret, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Virginia Madsen and Liz Phair.
  3. Ranked #28 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
  4. Originally a Democrat who campaigned for Presidential candidates Adlai Stevenson and John F. Kennedy, he gradually switched to becoming a conservative Republican during the 1960s.
  5. Father of director Fraser C. Heston and Holly Heston Rochell.
  6. Elected first vice-president of the National Rifle Association of America (1997).
  7. Co-chairman of the American Air Museum in Britain.
  8. Elected president of the National Rifle Association of America. [June 1998]
  9. Was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1966-1971.
  10. Has stated that he sees no contradiction with his work as a Civil Rights activist in the 1960s and his advocacy for gun ownership rights in the 1990s, insisting that he is simply promoting "freedom in the truest sense."
  11. Volunteered his time and effort to the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, and even marched alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a number of occasions, including the 1963 March on Washington. In the original (uncut) version of King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970), he was narrator.
  12. He and his wife, Lydia Clarke, both battled cancer. He survived prostate cancer and she, breast cancer.
  13. He was considered, along with English actor Ronnie Barker, for the role of Claudius in the British series I, Claudius (1976), but the role went to the less famous Derek Jacobi instead.
  14. On August 9, 2002, he issued a statement in which he advised his physicians have recently told him he may have a neurological disorder whose symptoms are consistent with Alzheimer's disease.
  15. Elected as the president of the National Rifle Association, he was re-elected to an unprecedented 4th 3-year term in 2001.
  16. After his starring role in the 1968 version of Apenplaneet (1968), he had an uncredited cameo in the 2001 remake, Planet of the Apes (2001), as Gen. Thade's dying father.
  17. His professional name of Charlton Heston came from a combination of his mother's maiden name (Lila Charlton) and his stepfather's last name (Chester Heston).
  18. Prior to starring in The Omega Man (1971), a remake of Vincent Price's film The Last Man on Earth (1964), Heston and Price appeared together in Cecil B. DeMille's De Tien Geboden (1956).
  19. Said that Apenplaneet (1968) was the most physically demanding film he had ever done.
  20. Along with Linda Harrison, he is one of only two actors to appear in both Apenplaneet (1968) and Planet of the Apes (2001).

References & Fact Checks ✅

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  • Date taken: 1953
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlton_Heston_in_The_Ten_Commandments_film_trailer.jpg
  • Original Source: The Ten Commandments trailer
  • Author: Trailer screenshot, from DVD The Ten Commandments, 50th Anniversary Collection Paramount, 2006
  • Date taken: 1956
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  • Date taken: 28 April 1958 publication
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  • Date taken: 1959
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  • Date taken: 1961
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  • Date taken: 28 August 1963
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    Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989

    Collection: White House Photographic Collection, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
  • Date taken: 15 June 1981
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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heston.jpg
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