The Earth Will Not Miss Us, But We Will Miss Charlton Heston

Posted on April 12, 2008. Filed under: Blogroll, Links, Raves, Video |

Charlton Heston on Global Climate Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozO4YB98mCY

Charlton Heston as Moses

Statement by the Family of Charlton Heston

“…Legendary actor, civil rights leader and political activist Charlton Heston passed away today, at the age of 84. He died at his home with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, at his side. Mr. Heston was loved by his two children, Fraser Clarke Heston and Holly Heston Rochell, and his three grandchildren, Jack Alexander Heston, Ridley Rochell and Charlie Rochell. …”

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080405/clsa013.html

Charlton Heston, Epic Film Star and Voice of N.R.A., Dies at 84

“Charlton Heston, who appeared in some 100 films in his 60-year acting career but who is remembered chiefly for his monumental, jut-jawed portrayals of Moses, Ben-Hur and Michelangelo, died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 84. …”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/movies/06heston.html?ex=1223179200&en=4439127603464d75&ei=5087&excamp=GGMVcharltonheston&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=MO-S-E-GG-NA-CT-charlton_heston

Bigger than life.

A real presence on the movie screen.

The passing of Charlton Heston reminds me that few of the very greats of Hollywood that I saw as kid in movies are still with us.

We all miss him.

Charlton Heston (1924 – 2008) discusses Alzheimers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1pIpInprIU

Background Articles and Videos

Actor Charlton Heston dies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZAsRjFcVoc&NR=1

Remembering Charlton Heston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1psFUAJBBOs&feature=related

Charlton Heston

“Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008)^[1]^[2]^[3] was an American Academy Award–winning actor of film, theater and television.^[4] Heston is known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur, the role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a liberal Democrat, he later supported conservative politics and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. …”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston

Obituary: Charlton Heston

“…Heston once said of himself, “I have played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses in my career. If that doesn’t create an ego problem, nothing does.”

But, while his screen giants gave him the stature to champion his causes, Charlton Heston, along with many critics, felt his best film performance was as the shy, awkward ranch hand in Will Penny.

And while Charlton Heston will always be identified with heroes who lived before the birth of his country, it was perhaps the American pioneer who was closest to his heart. “

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2496037.stm

Remembering Charlton Heston aka Charles Carter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DX_J0Ya3Sw

Charlton Heston, Much More Than a Great Actor

http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/charlton-heston-much-more-than-a-great-actor/

Charlton Heston, a star who defied the Hollywood liberals, dies at 83

“…He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild and marched with Martin Luther King against segregation. “That guy Heston has to watch it,” remarked Frank Sinatra. “If he’s not careful, he’ll get actors a good name.”

During the 1972 American presidential election, Heston declared his support for Richard Nixon, the Republican candidate, having campaigned previously for John Kennedy.

In subsequent years he became known for his conservatism, resigning from Actors Equity over what he saw as the “obscenely racist” refusal of the union to allow a white actor to play a Eurasian role.

In a speech in 1997 Heston argued that a liberal culture war was being waged against “the God-fearing, law-abiding, Caucasian, middle-class Protestant, or even worse, evangelical Christian, Midwestern or Southern, or even worse, rural, apparently straight, or even worse, admitted heterosexual, gun-owning, or even worse, NRA card-carrying, average working stiff, or even worse, male, working stiff because, not only don’t you count, you are a downright obstacle to social progress.” …”

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3695075.ece