Editing Charlton Heston (section)

==Acting credits and accolades ==
{{main|Charlton Heston filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Charlton Heston}}
[[File:President George W. Bush Presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlton Heston.jpg|thumb|left|Heston is presented the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] in 2003]]
[[Richard Corliss]] wrote in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, "From start to finish, Heston was a grand, ornery anachronism, the sinewy symbol of a time when Hollywood took itself seriously, when heroes came from history books, not comic books. Epics like ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' or ''[[El Cid (film)|El Cid]]'' simply couldn't be made today, in part because popular culture has changed as much as political fashion. But mainly because there's no one remotely like Charlton Heston to infuse the form with his stature, fire, and guts."<ref>{{cite magazine |authorlink=Richard Corliss |last=Corliss |first=Richard |date=April 10, 2008 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1729693,00.html |title=Charlton Heston: The Epic Man |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625220045/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1729693,00.html |archive-date=June 25, 2008}}</ref> In his obituary for the actor, film critic [[Roger Ebert]] noted, "Heston made at least three movies that almost everybody eventually sees: ''Ben-Hur'', ''The Ten Commandments'' and ''Planet of the Apes''."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080410/PEOPLE/323773696|work=Chicago Sun-Times|title=Charlton Heston, Richard Widmark: Tough guys, strong presences|last=Ebert|first=Roger|authorlink=Roger Ebert|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=December 11, 2014|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116224709/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080410%2FPEOPLE%2F323773696|url-status=live}}</ref> Heston's cinematic legacy was the subject of ''Cinematic Atlas: The Triumphs of Charlton Heston'', an 11-film retrospective by the [[Film Society of Lincoln Center|Film Society]] of the [[Lincoln Center]] that was shown at the [[Film Society of Lincoln Center|Walter Reade Theatre]] from August 29 to September 4, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/charltonheston.html|title=Cinematic Atlas: The Triumphs of Charlton Heston|access-date=September 1, 2008|publisher=Film Society of the Lincoln Center|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901013532/http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/charltonheston.html|archive-date=September 1, 2008}}</ref>

On April 17, 2010, Heston was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/info/awards-hof/Western-Performers.aspx|title=Hall of Great Western Performers|access-date=April 19, 2010|publisher=National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum|archive-date=November 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101225647/http://nationalcowboymuseum.org/info/awards-hof/Western-Performers.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In his childhood hometown of [[St. Helen, Michigan]], a [[charter school|charter (independent) school]], Charlton Heston Academy, opened on September 4, 2012. It is housed in the former St. Helen Elementary School. Enrollment on the first day was 220 students in grades kindergarten through eighth.<ref>[http://charltonhestonacademy.com Charlton Heston Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719204345/http://charltonhestonacademy.com/ |date=July 19, 2012 }}, charltonhestonacademy.com; retrieved August 16, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/michigan/districts/charlton-heston-academy/charlton-heston-academy-153436 Charlton Heston Academy] ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]''</ref>

Charlton Heston was commemorated on a [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States|United States postage stamp]] issued on April 11, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uspsstamps.com/stamps/charlton-heston|title=Charlton Heston|website=USPSStamps.com|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-date=July 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702024210/http://uspsstamps.com/stamps/charlton-heston|url-status=live}}</ref> Charlton Heston was inducted as a Laureate of [[the Lincoln Academy of Illinois]] and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by Illinois Governor [[James R. Thompson]] in 1977 in the area of Performing Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-39|title=Laureates by Year – The Lincoln Academy of Illinois|work=The Lincoln Academy of Illinois |access-date=February 23, 2016|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204516/http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-39|url-status=live}}</ref>