As Moses, Charlton Heston thunderously rallied his people with the Ten Commandments in hand. The tablet of his political life was carved with something else - the Second Amendment.

So what did the man who played Moses have to say about the biblical Moses? The answer came this week in The Daily Mirror, The Times’ blog about the paper’s coverage of the past. After Charlton ...

He considers himself to have "won the parent lottery" with Charlton and his mother Lydia Clarke Heston, who were married for 64 years until the actor's death at age 84 back in 2008. (Lydia — a ...

Charlton Heston; The Legend: To set the stage here, it might be appropriate to note that despite my space background, or perhaps because of it, I’m not a celebrity star-struck sort of guy.

Charlton Heston, the Oscar-winning actor who achieved stardom playing larger-than-life figures including Moses, Michelangelo and Andrew Jackson and went on to become an unapologetic gun advocate ...

Every Passover, nearly without fail since 1973, ABC airs Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 epic drama “The Ten Commandments” starring biblical typecasted hottie Charlton Heston as Moses, (subjectively ...

As Moses, Charlton Heston thunderously rallied his people with the Ten Commandments in hand. The tablet of his political life was carved with something else — the Second Amendment.

Last December, Bob Dylan literally stopped the music on his “Theme Time Radio Hour” show to honor Charlton Heston. Following the soulful tune “Eve’s Ten Commandments,” Dylan mentioned ...

Charlton Heston stars as Moses in the 1956 epic film “The Ten Commandments.” The staff (shown in this image) that Heston’s character carried throughout most of the film was later gifted to ...

Charlton Heston, who has electrified the National Rifle Association with his rousing, musket-waving speeches, was re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term as the gun rights group's president Monday.

Charlton Heston is seen here as Moses during the parting of the Red Sea. "The Ten Commandments" premiered on Oct. 5, 1956. (CBS via Getty Images / Getty Images) ...