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Charlton Heston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlton Heston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlton Heston (
October 4,
1924 –
April 5,
2008)
[1][2] was an
American Academy Award-winning
film actor.
Heston was known for playing
heroic roles, such as
Moses in
The Ten Commandments,
Colonel George Taylor in
Planet of the Apes and Judah Ben-Hur in
Ben-Hur. Early in his career, he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to publicly speak out against
racism and was active in the
civil rights movement. During the latter part of his movie career, he starred in films such as
The Omega Man and
Soylent Green, which have a strong environmental message. He was president of the
National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.