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"Dark City" was Heston's first major Hollywood film role. Neither this nor several other films following, however, would garner him much attention until he landed the role of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" in 1956. Soon after this he played the title role in the legendary "Ben-Hur" in 1959, which he won the Oscar for Best Actor for. Heston soon after starred in "El Cid" and won praise yet again for his portrayal of Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy" in 1965. (1965). He also worked in a number of westerns, including "Major Dundee" and "Will Penny," and also had a leading role in the original version of "Planet of the Apes" in 1968. (He also had a cameo in the 2001 remake.)A number of sci-fi films followed, along with several disaster movies that were popular in the 1970s.
Heston has been President of The Screen Actors Guild twice, and is a supporter of the US Republican Party. He was a vocal Civil Rights activist in the 1960s, and had marched beside Martin Luther King Jr. on a several occasions. In 1997, he was elected the 1st Vice-President of The National Rifle Association, and in 1998 became President of the association.
Heston continues to take on role in films on occasion. He spent three weeks in a Utah rehab facility in 1999 to battle a drinking problem. Both he and his wife recently battled cancer and both are currently in remission. He has recently voiced to the public that he is in the early stages of Alzheimer's.
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