Fraser Clarke Heston (born February 12, 1955) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor. He is the son of actors Charlton Heston and Lydia Clarke, and has a sister, Holly Ann Heston.
As a baby, he made his film debut as the infant Moses (his father played the grown Moses) in the Cecil B. DeMille epic The Ten Commandments.[1]
Work with his father[edit]
While in the process of writing Wind River, a romantic adventure novel about 19th-century fur trappers, Heston was convinced by producer Martin Shafer to turn the story into a film script. Discovering that film-writing came naturally for him, 22-year-old Heston wrote his first screenplay, The Mountain Men, for Columbia Pictures, which became the feature film.[citation needed]
Frasier Heston produced his father's TV adaptation of A Man For All Seasons (1988). He directed his father as Long John Silver in a 1990 adaptation of Treasure Island for TNT and helmed The Crucifer of Blood starring his father as Sherlock Holmes the following year.[2]
Other work[edit]
After directing 2nd unit work in Spain on City Slickers, Heston directed 'Needful Things (1993) and Alaska.
Credits[edit]
Acting credit[edit]
- The Ten Commandments (1956) - The Infant Moses
- The Search for Michael Rockefeller (2010, documentary) - Narrator
Director credits[edit]
- Mother Lode (1982) (uncredited)
- Treasure Island (1990, TV movie)
- The Crucifer of Blood (1991, TV movie)
- City Slickers (1991, Pamplona, Spain crew, 2nd unit director)
- Needful Things (1993)
- Alaska (1996)
- The Search for Michael Rockefeller (2010, documentary)
Producer credits[edit]
- Mother Lode (1982)
- A Man for All Seasons (1988, TV movie)
- Treasure Island (1990, TV movie)
- The Crucifer of Blood (1991, TV movie)
- Charlton Heston Presents the Bible (1997, video documentary, executive producer)
- Ben Hur (2003, video, executive producer)
- The Search for Michael Rockefeller (2010, documentary)
Screenplay credits[edit]
- The Mountain Men (1980)
- Mother Lode (1982)
- Treasure Island (1990, TV movie)
- The Crucifer of Blood (1991, TV movie)
- The Search for Michael Rockefeller (2010, documentary)
Personal life[edit]
Fraser and his wife Marilyn Heston have been married since 1980. The couple have one son, John Alexander Clarke (Jack) Heston (born 1991).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Young Heston making his mark". The Hour. Norwalk, Connecticut. United Press International. July 21, 1980. p. 24. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ^ Lybarger, Dan. "Fraser Heston remembers The Ten Commandments". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ Lusk, Darian (August 13, 2020). "Charlton Heston's Grandson Looks Just Like The Legend". Nicki Swift. Retrieved May 28, 2022.