Claude Lewis Heater Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Claude Heater (born October 25, 1927), is an American opera singer and writer on religion. He began his career as a concert baritone in the United States in 1954. He then sang as a baritone with opera houses in Europe from 1956 to 1961. He retrained his voice as a tenor, and from 1964 on had great success in the dramatic tenor repertoire at major theatres internationally. After retiring from the stage in the 1970s, he devoted his time to the study of religion. He is also known for portraying the role of Jesus (uncredited in the titles) in the 1959 film classic Ben-Hur.
From Louella Parson's newspaper column, of July 31, 1958: "The very difficult task of casting the role of Jesus in 'Ben-Hur' has been completed in Rome and came about in a most unusual way. 'Henry Hennigson', production manager, went to the concert of a young American singer in Rome and heard Claude Heater, whose voice is not only magnificent but he has a beautiful spiritual face. Hennigson told William Wyler and Sam Zimbalist about young Heater and as a result he was tested and given the role. Now here is the strange part: They had to go to Europe to find this boy, who was born in Oakland, California".
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Charlton Heston and Claude Heater were two of the guests at a screening of "Ben-Hur" as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 75th anniversary series in 2002.
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