Claude Heater, Opera Singer Who Played Jesus in 'Ben-Hur,' Dies at 92

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Claude Heater, the famed opera singer who appeared with his face unseen as Jesus Christ in William Wyler's epic 1959 production of 'Ben-Hur,' has died. He was 92.

production manager Henry Henigson, who was struck by the singer's "magnificent" voice and "beautiful spiritual face," Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons wrote in 1958.

newspaper in 1992. During production, he noted that "there were people on the set who would see me, drop to one knee and make the sign of Christ." , Heater is shown front and center in a costume test photo. And in 2003, he and Heston reunited at a screening at the Motion Picture Academy in Los Angeles, the last two remaining actors from the film, winner of 11 Academy Awards, including best picture.

at the Bavarian State Opera, serving as the leading dramatic tenor at that opera house through 1968. He would perform often as Tristan in Wagner's After retiring from the stage in the '70s, Heater taught opera for 30 years out of his San Francisco studio; served as general director of the Oakland Opera of California; ran for Congress as a write-in Republican candidate in 1992; and wrote a 2007 book, , about what he felt were inconsistencies with his Mormon experience.

 

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Ben-Hur is my mother's favorite movie of all time.

que lamentable por su familias y personas que lo amaron sea DIOS que lo tenga en su reino .

The original Todd Hocheiser.

RIP

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R.I.P. 🙏🏻

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