How old was Charlton Heston in the movie Ben-Hur?
Charlton Heston was 35 in Ben-Hur when he played the character 'Judah Ben-Hur'.
That was over 64 years ago in 1959.
In 2008 he died aged 84, starring in 155 films in his career, 131 of those after Ben-Hur was first released. If he were alive today he would be 100.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Ben-Hur, I think Charlton Heston looks:
Did you know?
- Director William Wyler has worked with Charlton Heston a total of 2 times in his career.
- Charlton Heston's first movie was as 'Peer Gynt' in Peer Gynt, released in 1941 when he was 16
- Ben-Hur scores 7.85 out of 10 on TMDB.
