LOS ANGELES ” Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing “Ben-Hur” and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the ’50s and ’60s, ...

Charlton Heston, whose chiseled-granite looks and commanding manner allowed him to portray some of history’s most extraordinary men from Moses and Michelangelo to John the Baptist and El Cid, has died ...

Legendary actor Charlton Heston passed away this Saturday evening at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife Lydia at his side. Heston was 84 years old. The cause of death was not released, although ...

Nobody wanted to see Charlton Heston in the business suit or polo shirt that other stars of the ’50s and ’60s wore. The present was too puny a place to confine him. But put him in a toga or a military ...

One of the last great epics not yet released on DVD, Anthony Mann's "El Cid," finally will be issued on disc Jan. 29 by Genius Products and the Weinstein Co. By Thomas K. Arnold, The Associated Press ...

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing “Ben-Hur” and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the ‘50s and ‘60s, has died. He ...

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He ...

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He ...