Heroic actor died after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. April 6, 2008 — -- Charlton Heston, who divided the Red Sea as Hollywood's Moses and divided America as leader of the National Rifle ...

Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's most iconic action heroes of the '50s, responsible for such roles as George Taylor in Planet of the Apes and the titular Ben-Hur. Throughout his decade-spanning ...

Charlton Heston, 83, one of the most prominent and politically active movie stars of his era, who won an Academy Award and played the hero in many major epics, died last night at his home in Beverly ...

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 ...

"The award-winning author of Walt Disney draws on firsthand diaries, letters and estate records in a portrait of the Hollywood icon, political activist and NRA president that explores Heston's storied ...