David Nezelek
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April 17th 2008 01:59
Planet of the Apes
Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter on October 4,1923, in (or around) Evanston, Illinois. He chose his stage and screen name by combining his mother's and step-father's surnames.
He made his first Broadway appearance in Antony and Cleopatra, in 1947.
In Antony and Cleopatra
A few years later he was Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956).
The Ten Commandments
Michelangelo's Moses
Mr. Heston was then on to battling Roman oppressors, figuratively and literally, in Ben Hur (1959), for which he won the Best Actor Oscar.
Ben Hur
Subsequent roles included, in part, El Cid (1961) Charles Gordon in Khartoum (1966) (with Laurence Olivier), the tender Will Penny (1967) and the classic sci-fi movie, Planet of the Apes.
Planet of the Apes
He was an individual, not a boxed, pre-fab personality.
Touch of Evil
The Omega Man
The Omega Man (with Rosalind Cash)
It was in 2002 that Mr. Heston announced publicly that he was suffering from symptoms similar to Alzheimers. One of his last public statements was, “I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure.”
Charlton Heston
He passed on April 5, 2008, with his wife of 64 years, Lydia, at his side.
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