Name
Charlton Heston
Birthplace
No Man's Land, Illinois
Birth date
October 4, 1923
Death date
April 5, 2008 (age 84)
Occupation
Actor, Activist
Charlton Heston is one of Hollywood's greatest leading men and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty years. He's renowned for his roles in the biblical films The Ten Commandments (1956) and Ben-Hur (1959), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other notable films include The Greatest Show on Earth, Planet of the Apes, and Touch of Evil.