Charlton Heston – Reached The Rank Of Staff Sergeant

Being a legendary actor is not the only attribute of Charlton Heston. Long before Heston came to make it big in the silver screen, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1944. He had an equally successful career in the military as he reached the rank of Staff Sergeant. In the two years of his service, he worked as an aerial gunner and was trained as a radio operator to work in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands.

After he got discharged from the army, he landed roles in movies such as The Ten Commandments, The Big Country, and Touch of Evil which proved to be the ladder to his success. Heston was also nominated as the President of the National Rifle Association until he had to retire due to his Alzheimer’s disease.