Charlton Heston (left) with James Baldwin, Marlon Brando, and Harry Belafonte at the Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1963. Sidney Poitier is in the background.

Heston at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C with Sidney Poitier (left) and Harry Belafonte.

Heston by Jerry Avenaim in 2001

Heston poses for his wife Lydia at their hilltop Beverly Hills home, just after winning an Oscar for his role in Ben-Hur, 1960.

Charlton Heston as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, 1950

Heston with President Ronald Reagan during a meeting for the Presidential Task Force on the Arts and Humanities in the White House Cabinet Room, 1981

From the film trailer of Ben-Hur