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''. 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, ''

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, which became the feature film.

Credits

Acting credit

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'' (1956) - The Infant Moses *'' The Search for Michael Rockefeller'' (2010, documentary) - Narrator

Director credits

*'' Mother Lode'' (1982) (uncredited) *''

'' (1990, TV movie) *''

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'' (1991, TV movie) *''

City Slickers ''City Slickers'' is a 1991 American comedy film, directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, and Jack Palance, with supporting roles by Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, and Noble Willingham with Jake G ...

'' (1991,

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, Spain crew, 2nd unit director) *''

Needful Things ''Needful Things'' is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first novel King wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. It was made into a film of the same name in 1993 which was directed by Frase ...

'' (1993) *''

'' (1996) *'' The Search for Michael Rockefeller'' (2010, documentary)

Producer credits

*'' Mother Lode'' (1982) *'' A Man for All Seasons'' (1988, TV movie) *''

'' (1990, TV movie) *''

'' (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

*''

'' (1980) *'' Mother Lode'' (1982) *''

'' (1990, TV movie) *''

'' (1991, TV movie) *'' The Search for Michael Rockefeller'' (2010, documentary)

Personal life

Fraser and his wife Marilyn Heston have been married since 1980. The couple have one son, John Alexander Clarke (Jack) Heston (born 1991).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heston, Fraser Clarke 1955 births American male child actors American male screenwriters People from Greater Los Angeles Living people Film directors from California Film producers from California Screenwriters from California