Editing Charlton Heston (section)

===1985–2000: Later film roles ===
From 1985 until 1987, he starred in his only prime time stint on a television series in the soap, ''[[The Colbys]]''. With his son Fraser, he produced and starred in several TV movies, including remakes of ''[[Treasure Island (1990 film)|Treasure Island]]'' and ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''. In 1992, Heston appeared on the [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E cable network]] in a short series of videos, ''Charlton Heston Presents the [[Bible]]'', reading passages from the [[Authorized Version|King James version]].

In 1993, Heston teamed up with [[John Anthony West]] and [[Robert M. Schoch]] in an [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[NBC]] special, ''[[The Mystery of the Sphinx]]''. West and Schoch had proposed a much earlier date for the construction of the [[Great Sphinx]] than the one which is generally accepted. They had suggested that the main type of [[weathering]] evident on the Great Sphinx and surrounding enclosure walls could only have been caused by prolonged and extensive rainfall and that the whole structure was carved out of [[limestone]] bedrock by an ancient advanced culture (such as the [[Heavy Neolithic]] [[Qaraoun culture]]).<ref name="Schoch (1992)">Schoch, Robert M. (1992). [http://www.robertschoch.net/Redating%20the%20Great%20Sphinx%20of%20Giza.htm "Redating the Great Sphinx of Giza"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204134600/http://www.robertschoch.net/Redating%20the%20Great%20Sphinx%20of%20Giza.htm |date=February 4, 2016 }} in ''Circular Times'' (ed. Collette M. Dowell); retrieved December 17, 2008.</ref> Never taking himself too seriously, he also made a few appearances as "Chuck" in [[Dame Edna Everage]]'s shows, both on stage and on television. Heston appeared in 1993 in a cameo role in ''[[Wayne's World 2]]'', in a scene where Wayne Campbell ([[Mike Myers]]) requests casting a better actor for a small role. After the scene is reshot with Heston, Campbell weeps in awe. That same year, Heston hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. He had cameos in the films ''[[Hamlet (1996 film)|Hamlet]]'', ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'', and ''[[True Lies]]''.

He starred in many theatre productions at the [[Los Angeles Music Center]], where he appeared in ''[[Detective Story (play)|Detective Story]]'' and ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play)|The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]'', and as [[Sherlock Holmes]] in ''[[The Crucifer of Blood]]'', opposite [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]] as [[Dr. Watson]]. In 2001, he made a cameo appearance as an elderly, dying chimpanzee in [[Tim Burton]]'s [[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|remake of ''Planet of the Apes'']]. His last film role was as [[Josef Mengele]] in ''[[Rua Alguem 5555: My Father]]'', which had limited release (mainly to festivals) in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cockrell|first=Eddie|title=My Father Rua Alguem 5555|date=February 12, 2004|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/my-father-rua-alguem-5555-1200536498/|access-date=April 3, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804073700/http://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/my-father-rua-alguem-5555-1200536498/|url-status=live}}</ref> Heston's distinctive voice landed him roles as a film narrator, including the opening scenes of ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' and [[Disney]]'s ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''. He played the title role in ''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'' three times and cited it as one of his favorite roles. In the early 1990s, he tried unsuccessfully to revive and direct the show with [[Tom Selleck]] in the title role.<ref>Heston, Charlton: ''In The Arena'', Simon & Schuster, 1995, p. 479; {{ISBN|0-684-80394-1}}.</ref> In 1998, Heston had a cameo role playing himself in the American television series ''[[Friends]]'', in the episode "[[The One with Joey's Dirty Day]]". In 2000, he played Chief Justice Haden Wainwright in ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' episode "Final Appeal".