I liked him as long as he wasn't overtly political. When he went all batshit crazy for the NRA, then he lost all credibility to me, which I'm sure mattered a lot to him.
His best movie in my humble opinion was "The Omega Man" - if you haven't seen it, please read Max's movie review in the weeklies archives. In his prime, Heston could out-badass Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger with both his hands and feet tied.
R.I.P.