Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston
In 1963
Birth name	John Charles Carter
Nickname	Chuck
Birth	4 October 1923 Evanston , Illinois United States
Nationality	U.S.
Deaths	5 April 2008 (84 years) Beverly Hills United States
Occupation (s)	Actor Director Scriptwriter
Notable Films	The Greatest Show on Earth The Ten Commandments Ben-Hur El Cid The 55 Days at Peking Planet of the Apes Soylent Green Antony and Cleopatra
Honors	Oscar for best actor for Ben-Hur in 1959 , Golden Globe Award in 1967 , Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1971 , Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his humanitarian efforts in 1977 , Razzies for worst performance in 2001.

Charlton Heston (whose real name was John Charles Carter) is an actor , director and screenwriter American born on 4 October 1923 in Evanston , in the Illinois , and died on 5 April 2008 in Beverly Hills.

Become a legend of cinema after his performance in Ben Hur , for which he will get the Oscar for best actor, he is a symbol of American cinema of the 1960s. First heroes bigger than life, he associated his name with the biggest Hollywood blockbusters such as The Ten Commandments , El Cid or The 55 Days at Peking , before distinguishing themselves in films whose expectations are more known Planet of the Apes , The Omega Man and Soylent Green. There was also a pioneer of disaster film with 747 in peril and Earthquake. Because of its impressive size and his face hard, Charlton Heston was the ideal interpreter throughout his life and manly character, most of the time, honest and good.

While it is politically committed against racism, and one of Hollywood figures of the civil rights movement in the sixties, his commitment and his Republican activism within the NRA in defense firearms, at the end of his life causing controversy in the United States.

Suffering from Alzheimer's disease from 2002 , he decided to stop all activity film and politics.

In 2003, George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the highest civilian honor to the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.

He died on 5 April 2008.

Summary 1 Biography 1.1 Acting career 1.2 Commitment Policy 1.3 Sickness and death 2 Filmography 2.1 As actor 2.1.1 The 1940 2.1.2 The 1950 2.1.3 The 1960 2.1.4 The 1970 2.1.5 The 1980 2.1.6 The 1990 2.1.7 The 2000s 2.2 As director 2.3 As screenwriter 3 Awards 4 Replica 5 Notes and references 6 Annexes 6.1 Linkages external

/ / Biography

Charlton Heston was born in 1923 in Evanston , just north of Chicago in the Illinois. His family ancestry is English and Scottish , there was also a member of Clan Fraser. He goes on stage for the first time at the age of 5 years and embodies the Father Christmas in a room held in his school allow it to be a model.

Acting career

In 1947 , Charlton Heston plays to Broadway in a play by William Shakespeare , Antony and Cleopatra. Cecil B. DeMille remarks and assigned a leading role as a circus manager in The Greatest Show on Earth (The Greatest Show on Earth) in 1952 ^{Political involvement}

Charlton Heston is experiencing a significant political commitment throughout his career.

He thus committed in the 1960s in favor of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and participated in the civil rights march in 1963 with Martin Luther King.

Union member of the Screen Actors Guild actor , he was elected to the Steering Committee in 1960 , then became the third vice-president in 1961 and chairman for six consecutive terms from 1965 to 1971 . At that time, he faced the problem of foreign films to be broadcast in the U.S. and helped to solve it. It supports Senate Bill 393 , proposed legislation in the California governor Ronald Reagan in 1968 , to remove a tax on the film industry . In late 1969 , Heston defended before Congress the establishment of a fee for the creation of a television license fee in order to enhance domestic production, but also the quality of TV programs .

It will support three Democratic presidential candidates (including Adlai Stevenson against Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy against Richard Nixon ) before becoming a Republican in 1972, with the support of his friend, the former actor Ronald Reagan

.

In 1987 , known for its commitment pro-life , it supports the film Bernard Nathanson , Eclipse of Reason , against abortion by the introduction of the film.

He was also an honorary life member of the National Rifle Association of America (National Association of Firearms , NRA) which has been the president of 1998 to 2003 . This association, for which Charlton Heston was very involved by participating in numerous TV clips, staunchly defends the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution authorizing the possession of firearms for individuals. The Presidency of Charlton Heston will be marked by a struggle against the presidency of Bill Clinton who wanted to restrict the possession of firearms , but also by an interview with Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine , in which the actor appears for the last time in a movie.

In July 2003 , he received from President George W. Bush 's Presidential Medal of Freedom , one of the highest civilian honors U.S. .