Did Charlton Heston ever star in a horror film?
Charlton Heston starred in only one horror film, The Awakening (1980).
He played archaeologist Matthew Corbeck in this latter-day mummy film.
The name of the spaceship in Silent Running (1971) was The Valley Forge. It got its name from the location used for filming some of its interiors, a decommissioned aircraft carrier called the U.S.S. Valley Forge.
Clara Blandick, who often played aunts, such as Aunt Polly in Tom Sawyer (1930) played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Sean Young was originally cast as Vicki Vale in Batman (1989). She fractured her shoulder in a riding accident two weeks before the start of principal filming. Kim Basinger took over.
Chuck Yeager was Fred the bartender in The Right Stuff (1983).
John Lupton played Jesse James in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966), but nobody played Frankenstein’s daughter. Narda Onyx played Maria Frankenstein, the baron’s granddaughter.
The cinematographer on Jonathan Demme’s movies was usually Tak Fujimoto. He was the cinematographer on the following Demme films: Caged Heat (1974) Crazy Mama (1975) Last Embrace (1979) Melvin and Howard (1980) Swing Shift (1984) Something Wild (1986) Married to the Mob (1988) The Silence of the Lambs (1991)