The Ten Commandments (1956) The climax of Cecil B. DeMille’s glorious career — and the kickoff of Heston’s. There are few scenes in film history more indelible than his Moses parting the Red Sea.

Most mortals would be intimidated by meeting the actor who played Moses, Judah Ben-Hur and John the Baptist. But Charlton Heston was an extraordinarily genial and accessible gentleman who made you ...

Charlton Heston, the Oscar-winning actor who achieved stardom playing larger-than-life figures including Moses, Michelangelo and Andrew Jackson and went on to become an unapologetic gun advocate and ...

Moses in The Ten Commandments, Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur, and George Taylor, whose plaintive cry at the end of 1968's Planet of the Apes marked one of Hollywood's greatest twist endings. Charlton ...

Beneath the Planet of the Apeswas released just a few years after the original film, but Charlton Heston was hesitant to reprise his role in the sequel. After the smashing success of 1968's Planet of ...

Oscar-winning actor, political activist and American Icon Charlton Heston has taken his Final Taxi at age 84. I have so many favorite memories of this wonderful film actor. Just after President ...

Our most recent glimpse of Charlton Heston came in the closing moments of Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine." He looked frail and confused, and let slip that he thought Americans gun down one ...

This film franchise delivers on several levels. By Jamelle Bouie My colleagues are returning. Slowly. In the meantime, our office remains a ghostly work space. By David Vecsey Mr. Heston acted in some ...

My colleagues are returning. Slowly. In the meantime, our office remains a ghostly work space. By David Vecsey Mr. Heston acted in some 100 films, but he is remembered chiefly for his roles as Moses, ...

SOME said it was the nose: high, majestic, aquiline, magnificently broken in a high-school football game. Some said it was the jaw, rugged as Mount Rushmore and packed almost too full of white, ...

We can't unsee Chief Brody parting the sea. A lean, well-paced story with old-school action and just enough charm to hook you in. Party on, Chuck. Wait, how true is this title? Charlton Heston is a ...