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Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Acting1923Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned half a century. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Charly. On television, he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin's autobiographic Return to Earth, played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors, and portrayed Henry Ford in Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987). His last well-known film appearances were as Uncle Ben in the 2002–2007 Spider-Man film trilogy.

Acting History

2010
2007
Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Spider-Man 2
as Ben Parker
2002
Spider-Man
as Ben Parker
13th Child
as Mr. Shroud
2001
Falcon Down
as Buzz Thomas
Mach 2
as Vice President Pike
1999
Family Tree
as Larry
The Outer Limits
TVas Theodore Harris• 1 eps
1998
Race
as Jack Durmann
Assignment Berlin
as Colonel Cliff Garret
Lusitania
as Narrator
1996
Escape from L.A.
as President
1995
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth
1994
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James
1992
Lincoln
as Noah Brooks (voice)
Wind
as Morgan Weld
1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver
1990
Dead Reckoning
as Daniel Barnard
1989
1987
Malone
as Charles Delaney
1986
1985
Shaker Run
as Judd Pierson
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. William Vandam
1984
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
1983
Brainstorm
as Alex Terson
Class
as Mr. Burroughs
Star 80
as Hugh Hefner
Falcon Crest
TVas Michael Ranson• 28 eps
1982
Two of a Kind
as Frank Minor
1980
The Pilot
as Mike Hagan
Dominique
as David Ballard
The Pilot
Director
1979
The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot
1978
Overboard
as Mitch Garrison
1977
Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice)
1976
Obsession
as Michael Courtland
Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop
Shoot
as Rex
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
1975
My Father's House
as Tom Lindholm Jr.
Out of Season
as Joe Tanner
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1974
Man on a Swing
as Lee Tucker
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Narrator(voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 9 eps
1972
J.W. Coop
as J.W. Coop
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
J.W. Coop
Director
J.W. Coop
Producer
J.W. Coop
Writer
1971
Film '72
TVas Self
1970
Too Late the Hero
as Lt. Sam Lawson
1968
The Devil's Brigade
as Major Alan Crown
The Sunshine Patriot
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
Charly
as Charlie Gordon
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 2 eps
1967
The Honey Pot
as William McFly
1966
Batman
TVas Shame• 5 eps
1965
Love Has Many Faces
as Pete Jordon
Masquerade
as David Frazer
Up from the Beach
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
1964
The Best Man
as Joe Cantwell
633 Squadron
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
1963
My Six Loves
as Rev. Jim Larkin
Sunday in New York
as Adam Tyler
PT 109
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
The Outer Limits
TVas Alan Maxwell• 1 eps
1962
The Interns
as Dr. John Paul Otis
The Twilight Zone
TVas Christian Horn / Jerry Etherson• 1 eps
1961
The Big Show
as Josef Everard
Underworld U.S.A.
as Tolly Devlin
All in a Night's Work
as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self / Self - Co-Host
1960
Playhouse 90
TVas Lieutenant• 1 eps
1959
Gidget
as The Big Kahuna
Battle of the Coral Sea
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
As the Sea Rages
as Clements
1958
The Naked and the Dead
as Robert Hearn
Natchez
as Danny Carson
1956
Autumn Leaves
as Burt Hanson
1955
Picnic
as Alan Benson
1943
Corvette K-225
as Lookout
We've Never Been Licked
as Adams (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/9/1923
Day of Death
9/10/2011
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA