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Charlton Heston - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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American Film Actor.
Real name - John Charlton Carter.
Born October 4, 1924 (Evanston, Illinois, USA).
Charlton began his acting career as a model. After his parents divorced and his mother's remarriage to Chester Hesten, he and his family moved to a suburb of Chicago. He took part in the productions of an amateur theater, tried his hand at directing while studying in college. In 1944, he left school for the army, where he served for two years, and then married Lydia Clarke, a university classmate who worked as a model.
After completing his military service, Heston went to New York, where he won public recognition, playing a role in the Broadway production of Antony and Cleopatra.
Heston was an active campaigner for human rights in the 1960s and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King in March 1963 in Washington.
A World War II veteran, Heston was a true patriot. He visited soldiers in Vietnam in 1966 and spoke words of support to American soldiers as they entered Iraq in 2003.
The actor died in Beverly Hills on April 5, 2008 from cancer and Alzheimer's.
