An Autobiography (1995); Charlton Heston Presents the Bible (1997); To Be a Man: Letters to My Grandson (1997); Charlton Heston's Hollywood: 50 Years in American Film (1998) with Jean-Pierre Isbouts; The Courage to Be Free (2000), speeches References Further reading excerpt and text search excerpt and text search; biography by scholar focused on political roles Chapter 7 is on Charlton Heston External links Reel Classics BBC News Obituary 'From Our Files: An Interview with Charlton Heston' by Phil Elderkin, The Christian Science Monitor, November 4, 1959. Charlton Heston papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |- 1923 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American Episcopalians 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American Episcopalians 21st-century American male actors 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers Activists for African-American civil rights Activists from California American anti-abortion activists American anti–Vietnam War activists American artists' models American autobiographers American gun rights activists American male film actors American male non-fiction writers American male stage actors American male television actors American male voice actors American people of British descent American people of Canadian descent American people of English descent American people of Scottish descent American television directors Best Actor Academy Award winners Burials in California California Democrats California Republicans Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners Clan Fraser Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres David di Donatello winners Deaths from pneumonia in California Film directors from California Film directors from Illinois Film directors from Michigan Gun politics in the United States Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award winners Kennedy Center honorees Male actors from California Male actors from Illinois Male actors from Michigan Male Western (genre) film actors New Trier High School alumni Northwestern University School of Communication alumni Paramount Pictures contract players People from Beverly Hills, California People from Roscommon County, Michigan People from Wilmette, Illinois Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Presidents of the National Rifle Association Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award United States Army Air Forces non-commissioned officers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Writers from California Writers from Illinois Writers from Michigan Conservatism in the United States United Service Organizations entertainers Presidents of the American Film Institute