He had a great career filled with highlights like The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, El Cid, The Agony And the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes and many others. In spite of this, my favourite Charlton Heston moment comes from a not-so-terrific-but-still-watchable film called Midway - probably 'cause I saw it in the theater when I was a kid way back in 1976.

On the eve of battle he 'comforts' his son by saying ...

"You're being paid to fly fighter planes, not sit in your bunk and cry over your girl's picture! You better shape up, Tiger, or some hotshot Jap pilot's gonna flame your *ass*!"

One of my favourite actors - a man's man as they say.