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- NAME: Charlton Heston
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor
- BIRTH DATE: October 04, 1923
- DEATH DATE: April 05, 2008
- PLACE OF BIRTH: No Man's Land, Illinois
- PLACE OF DEATH: Beverly Hills, California
- Originally: John Charlton Carter
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Charlton Heston was an American film actor best known for his roles in Antony and Cleopatra, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur and Planet of the Apes (1968).
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Play NowCharlton Heston. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 08:31, May 20, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/charlton-heston-9337556.
Charlton Heston. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/charlton-heston-9337556 [Accessed 20 May 2013].
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"Charlton Heston," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/charlton-heston-9337556 [accessed May 20, 2013].
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Charlton Heston [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 20] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/charlton-heston-9337556.
Charlton Heston, http://www.biography.com/people/charlton-heston-9337556 (last visited May 20, 2013).
Charlton Heston. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/charlton-heston-9337556. Accessed May 20, 2013.
Heston married Lydia Marie Clarke in 1944. They have a son, director Fraser Clarke Heston and an adopted daughter, Holly Ann Heston.
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