*** FILE *** American film star Charlton Heston and his wife Lydia pictured last night at a Paris theatre, on Sept. 05, 1963, during the gala-premiere of his film "Fifty five days in Peking". Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, died Saturday April 5, 2008 according to a statement from the actor's family. He was 84. (AP Photo, FILE)