This is a listing of the film and television appearances of actor Charlton Heston. Several of his radio credits are listed as well.
For several years, the Quigley Company's "Poll of Film Exhibitors" ranked Heston as one of the most popular stars in the US:
| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15, 1949 | Suspense | "Suspicion" | ? |
| June 15, 1949 | Studio One | "Smoke" | |
| September 26, 1949 | "The Outward Room" | ||
| October 24, 1949 | "Battleship Bismark" | Gunnery Officer | |
| November 8, 1949 | Suspense | "Suspicion" | ? |
| November 21, 1949 | Studio One | "Of Human Bondage" | Philip Carey |
| December 12, 1949 | "Jane Eyre" | Edward Rochester | |
| February 27, 1950 | "The Willow Cabin" | Michael Knowle | |
| March 22, 1950 | The Clock | "The Hypnotist" | ? |
| June 5, 1950 | Studio One | "The Taming of the Shrew" | Petruchio |
| June 25, 1950 | The Philco Television Playhouse | "Hear My Heart Speak" | ? |
| October 30, 1950 | Studio One | "Wuthering Heights" | Heathcliff |
| December 4, 1950 | "Letter from Cairo" | ? | |
| October 2, 1951 | Suspense | "Santa Fe Flight" | |
| October 8, 1951 | Lux Video Theatre | "Route 19" | |
| October 13, 1951 | Your Show of Shows | "Episode: October 13, 1951" | Himself |
| October 22, 1951 | Studio One | "Macbeth" | Macbeth |
| November 12, 1951 | "A Bolt of Lightning" | James Otis | |
| November 23, 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | "One Is a Lonesome Number" | ? |
| December 22, 1951 | Your Show of Shows | "Episode dated 22 December 1951" | Himself |
| January 14, 1952 | Robert Montgomery Presents | "Cashel Byron's Profession" | Cashel Bryon |
| March 10, 1952 | Studio One | "The Wings of the Dove" | Merton Densher |
| August 22, 1952 | Curtain Call | "The Liar" | ? |
| December 29, 1952 | Robert Montgomery Presents | "The Closed Door" | Peter Handley |
| January 25, 1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | "Elegy" | ? |
| December 12, 1953 | Medallion Theatre | "A Day in Town" | |
| January 16, 1954 | Your Show of Shows | "Episode: January 16, 1954" | Himself |
| February 2, 1954 | Danger | "Freedom to Get Lost" | ? |
| March 3, 1955 | The George Gobel Show | "Episode: March 3, 1955" | Himself/Sketch Performer |
| June 12, 1955 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | "Episode #5.30" | Himself – Host |
| June 26, 1955 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | "Episode #5.31" | |
| August 7, 1955 | "Episode #5.36" | Himself | |
| August 28, 1955 | "Episode #5.38" | Himself – Host | |
| September 4, 1955 | "Episode #5.39" | ||
| September 26, 1955 | Robert Montgomery Presents | "Along Came Jones" | Melody Jones |
| October 9, 1955 | Omnibus | "The Birth of Modern Times" | Himself |
| October 14, 1955 | Person to Person | "Episode #3.7" | |
| December 11, 1955 | General Electric Theater | "The Seeds of Hate" | Tim |
| December 29, 1955 | Climax! | "Bailout at 43,000 Feet" | Lieutenant Paul Peterson |
| October 4, 1956 | Playhouse 90 | "Forbidden Area" | Major Jesse Price |
| October 28, 1956 | What's My Line? | "Episode #8.6" | Mystery Guest |
| December 2, 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | "Episode #2.11" | Himself |
| May 17, 1957 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | "Switch Station" | ? |
| June 27, 1957 | Climax! | "The Trial of Captain Wirtz" | Chipman |
| November 17, 1957 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #11.8" | Himself |
| December 11, 1957 | This Is Your Life | "Dennis Weaver" | |
| January 12, 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | "Beauty and the Beast" | The Beast |
| February 20, 1958 | Playhouse 90 | "Point of No Return" | Charles Gray |
| January 25, 1959 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #12.20" | Himself |
| March 15, 1959 | The Steve Allen Show | "Episode #4.26" | Himself – Guest |
| July 26, 1959 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #12.45" | Himself |
| December 27, 1959 | "Episode #13.15" | ||
| April 11, 1960 | The Steve Allen Show | "Episode #5.25" | Himself – Guest |
| May 1, 1960 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #13.31" | Actor – Dramatic Reading |
| May 5, 1960 | The Revlon Revue | "Tiptoe Through TV" | Himself |
| November 6, 1960 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "See America with Ed Sullivan: Chicago" | Actor – Dramatic Reading |
| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 17, 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | "The Fugitive Eye" | Paul Malone |
| November 15, 1963 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "The Patriots" | Thomas Jefferson |
| June 8, 1966 | A Whole Scene Going | "Episode #1.23" | Actor |
| January 31, 1968 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Elizabeth the Queen" | Robert Devereux |
| March 31, 1968 | The Ed Sullivan Show | "Episode #21.30" | Himself – Dramatic Reader |
| June 9, 1968 | "Episode #21.39" | Dramatic Reader | |
| June 4, 1970 | The Merv Griffin Show | "Episode: June 4, 1970" | Himself |
| October 1, 1970 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: October 1, 1970" | |
| August 18, 1971 | "Episode: August 18, 1971" | ||
| August 21, 1971 | The Irv Kupcinet Show | "Episode: August 21, 1971" | |
| November 26, 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel | "Episode #1.3" | |
| December 12, 1971 | Parkinson | "Episode #1.21" | |
| February 26, 1972 | Film Night | "Episode: February 26, 1972" | |
| May 7, 1972 | The Special London Bridge Special | (TV special) | Tennis Player |
| May 11, 1972 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: May 11, 1972" | Himself |
| December 12, 1972 | "Episode: December 12, 1972" | ||
| March 28, 1973 | "Episode: March 28, 1973" | ||
| August 23, 1973 | "Episode: August 23, 1973" | ||
| October 18, 1973 | Jack Paar Tonite | "Episode: October 18, 1973" | |
| October 23, 1973 | Dinah's Place | "Episode: October 23, 1973" | |
| May 29, 1974 | ABC's Wide World of Entertainment | "That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM" | |
| October 15, 1974 | The Mike Douglas Show | "Episode: October 15, 1974" | |
| May 3, 1976 | Dinah! | "Episode: May 3, 1976" | |
| September 17, 1976 | "Episode: September 17, 1976" | ||
| December 10, 1976 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: December 10, 1976" | |
| November 22, 1977 | Energy: A National Issue | (TV special) | Narrator (voice) |
| April 10, 1978 | America 2-Night | "60 Seconds of Fame" | Himself |
| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1981 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: December 15, 1981" | Himself |
| December 13, 1983 | Chiefs | (TV mini-series) | Hugh Holmes |
| October 17, 1984 | Nairobi Affair | (TV movie) | Lee Cahill |
| January 12, 1985 | Aspel & Company | "Episode #2.1" | Himself |
| October 9, 1985 | Dynasty | "The Californians" | Jason Colby |
| October 16, 1985 | "The Man" | ||
| November 13, 1985 | "The Titans" | ||
| November 20, 1985 | The Colbys | (Series regular — 48 episodes) | |
| December 4, 1985 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | "Episode: December 4, 1985" | Himself |
| April 3, 1986 | Good Morning America | "Episode: April 3, 1986" | |
| November 9, 1986 | The Wonderful World of Disney | "Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration" | |
| March 28, 1987 | Saturday Night Live | "Charlton Heston / Wynton Marsalis" | Host |
| October 1, 1987 | Proud Men | (TV movie) | Charley Mac Leod Sr. |
| October 10, 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | "Episode #1.5" | Himself |
| December 25, 1987 | The Two Ronnies 1987 Christmas Special | (TV special) | Bar Customer |
| December 21, 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | (TV movie) | Sir Thomas More |
| February 20, 1989 | Original Sin | Louis Mancini | |
| January 22, 1990 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver | |
| August 17, 1990 | The Little Kidnappers | James MacKenzie |
| Date | Title | Episode | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 20, 1991 | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1991 remake) | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| March 18, 1991 | Cults: Saying No Under Pressure | ||
| November 4, 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | (TV movie) | Sherlock Holmes |
| February 24, 1992 | A Thousand Heroes aka Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Captain Al Haynes | |
| December 1, 1992 | Noël | (TV special) | Narrator (voice) |
| November 10, 1993 | The Mystery of the Sphinx | "Charlton Heston /John Anthony West" | Host |
| December 4, 1993 | Saturday Night Live | "Charlton Heston /Paul Westerberg" | |
| April 13, 1994 | This Is Your Life | "Charlton Heston" | Himself |
| May 1, 1994 | SeaQuest DSV | "Abalon" | Abalon |
| December 26, 1994 | The Great Battles of the Civil War | (documentary) | Abraham Lincoln (voice) |
| January 22, 1995 | The Avenging Angel | (TV movie) | Brigham Young |
| April 16, 1995 | Texas aka James A. Michener's Texas | (TV mini-series) | Narrator (voice) |
| November 17, 1995 | Clive Anderson Talks Back | "Episode #10.8" | Himself |
| December 2, 1995 | Corazón, corazón | "Episode: December 2, 1995" | |
| January 22, 1996 | Àngels de nit | "Episode #1.2" | |
| February 25, 1996 | The Mysterious Origins of Man | (documentary) | Host [3] |
| February 25, 1996 | Ruby Wax Meets... | "Goldie Hawn" | Himself |
| December 2, 1996 | Corazón, corazón | "Episode: December 2, 1996" | |
| January 17, 1997 | Dennis Miller Live | "Gun Control" | |
| March 17, 1997 | Biography | "Sophia Loren: Actress Italian Style" | |
| June 4, 1997 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | "Episode:June 4, 1997" | |
| December 5, 1997 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | "Dam" | |
| January 1, 1998 | Private Screenings | "Charlton Heston" | |
| February 5, 1998 | Friends | "The One with Joey's Dirty Day" | |
| March 15, 1998 | Biography | "John Wayne: American Legend" | |
| July 13, 1998 | Secrets of War | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| August 13, 1998 | Biography | "Rex Harrison: The Man Who Would Be King" | Himself |
| September 1, 1998 | Bagpipe: Instrument of War – Part 1 | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| October 8, 1998 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | "Episode: October 8, 1998" | Himself |
| October 8, 1998 | Biography | "Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend" | |
| May 8, 1999 | The Howard Stern Radio Show | "Episode: May 8, 1999" | |
| September 1, 1999 | Bagpipe: Instrument of War – Part 2 | (documentary) | Narrator (voice) |
| December 4, 1999 | Camino de Santiago | (TV mini-series) | Professor Marcelo Rinaldi |
| September 3, 2000 | The Outer Limits | "Final Appeal" | Chief Justice Haden Wainwright |
| December 14, 2000 | Cursed | "...And Then Larry Brought Charlton Heston Home" | Himself |
| January 1, 2001 | Intimate Portrait | "Shirley Jones" | |
| August 18, 2001 | Biography | "Jennifer Jones: Portrait of a Lady" | |
| November 24, 2001 | Mad TV | (comedy) | |
| January 1, 2002 | Film Genre | "Epic" | |
| December 20, 2002 | 20/20 | "Episode: December 20, 2002" |
Selected appearances:
| Date | Series | Episode | Role | Co-star |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 21, 1952 | Hollywood Star Playhouse | "The Last Chance" | ||
| November 3, 1952 | Lux Radio Theatre | "Viva Zapata!" | Emiliano Zapata | Jean Peters |
| February 2, 1953 | Lux Radio Theatre | "Captain Carey, U.S.A." | Webster Carey | Wanda Hendrix |
| September 28, 1953 | "The President's Lady" | Andrew Jackson | Joan Fontaine | |
| June 7, 1954 | "The Naked Jungle" | Christopher Leiningen | Donna Reed | |
| December 14, 1954 | "Secret of the Incas" | Harry Steele | Nicole Maurey |
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