Charlton Heston (1923-2008)
77.2 TOPICAL actor score · #136 of 1,977 actors
Charlton Heston (1923-2008) has a TOPICAL actor score of 77.2 - ranked 136 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are prime and career standing. They've won 2 acting honours from 2 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1952-1961. Best films: Ben-Hur (1959), The Ten Commandments (1956), Planet of the Apes (1968).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours90
Prime95
Their movies52
Credits87
Career standing93
- Acting honours2 wins, 2 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Kennedy Center Honors
- Prime1952-1961
- Credits93 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 22 scored films (16 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 93 languages
“He won an Academy Award, a David di Donatello Award, a Laurel Award, a Photoplay Award, a Golden Globe Award (plus three additional nominations), as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Charlton Heston's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Ben-Hur | 1959 | 1 |
| 286 | The Ten Commandments | 1956 | 1 |
| 390 | Planet of the Apes | 1968 | 1 |
| 493 | Touch of Evil | 1958 | 1 |
| 643 | Bowling for Columbine | 2002 | 4 |
| 1,028 | The Big Country | 1958 | 4 |
| 2,522 | Soylent Green | 1973 | 1 |
| 2,621 | El Cid | 1961 | 1 |
| 2,663 | Khartoum | 1966 | 1 |
| 2,809 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | 1965 | 1 |
| 2,848 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 1952 | 3 |
| 3,460 | In the Mouth of Madness | 1994 | 8 |
| 3,767 | Earthquake | 1974 | 1 |
| 4,013 | 55 Days at Peking | 1963 | 1 |
| 4,768 | Two-Minute Warning | 1976 | 1 |
| 4,878 | The Omega Man | 1971 | 1 |
| 5,403 | The Buccaneer | 1958 | 5 |
| 5,521 | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | 1970 | 4 |
| 5,613 | The President's Lady | 1953 | 2 |
| 5,700 | The Hawaiians | 1970 | 1 |
| 5,722 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | 1962 | 1 |
| 6,536 | While I Run This Race | 1967 | 1 |