Born | October 4, 1923 |
Birth Place | No Man's Land, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Film director, Actor |
Years active | Actor, film director |
Spouse | Lydia Clarke (1944–2008) |
Award | Academy Award for Best Actor |
Died | April 5, 2008 |
Death Place | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
Heston is recognized for having played heroic roles. He was won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to talk openly against racism and was an active follower of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a reasonable Democrat, he later supported traditional Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.
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