Throughout their 64-year marriage, Lydia Heston never knew who would be joining her for breakfast. “Sometimes there was this man in medieval armor sitting at the table or someone reading the Dead Sea ...

There have been six different movie versions of the film Ben Hur, but the most famous is Charlton Heston’s version that was ...

Charlton Heston will reprise his role of “Ben Hur” for an upcoming remake of the movie. But instead of the months of work he put in on the first one in 1959, his role this time required only a couple ...

Charlton Heston, in what may be one of his final acting roles, is climbing aboard the chariot one more time, narrating and providing the voice of the title character in a new animated version of ...

"Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon" (Dey Street), by Marc Eliot Talk about your movie miracles: As a struggling stage actor Charlton Heston was down to posing nude for art classes to pay his rent ...

This 1959 version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, which had already seen screen versions in 1907 and 1926, went on to win 11 Academy Awards. Adapted by Karl Tunberg and a raft of uncredited ...

My colleagues are returning. Slowly. In the meantime, our office remains a ghostly work space. By David Vecsey Mr. Heston acted in some 100 films, but he is remembered chiefly for his roles as Moses, ...

This film franchise delivers on several levels. By Jamelle Bouie My colleagues are returning. Slowly. In the meantime, our office remains a ghostly work space. By David Vecsey Mr. Heston acted in some ...