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Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

ActingBorn September 9, 1923Died September 10, 2011 (age 88)Los 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.

Filmography

2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2007
Spider-Man 3

as Ben Parker

Movie
2004Movie
2004
Spider-Man 2

as Ben Parker

Movie
2002
13th Child

as Mr. Shroud

Movie
2002
Spider-Man

as Ben Parker

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Falcon Down

as Buzz Thomas

Movie
2001
Mach 2

as Vice President Pike

Movie
1999
Family Tree

as Larry

Movie
1998
Assignment Berlin

as Colonel Cliff Garret

Movie
1998
Race

as Jack Durmann

Movie
1998
Lusitania

as Narrator

Movie
1996
Escape from L.A.

as President

Movie
1995
Dazzle

as Mike Kilkullen

Movie
1995
Dazzle

as Mike Kilkullen

TV
1995Movie
1995
The Sunset Boys

as Ted Roth

Movie
1995
The Outer Limits

as Theodore Harris

TV
1994
The American Revolution

as George Washington

TV
1994
Renaissance Man

as Colonel James

Movie
1994TV
1992
Lincoln

as Noah Brooks (voice)

Movie
1992
Wind

as Morgan Weld

Movie
1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

as Dr. W.F. Carver

Movie
1990
Dead Reckoning

as Daniel Barnard

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Malone

as Charles Delaney

Movie
1986Movie
1985
Shaker Run

as Judd Pierson

Movie
1985
The Key to Rebecca

as Maj. William Vandam

Movie
1983
Star 80

as Hugh Hefner

Movie
1983
Brainstorm

as Alex Terson

Movie
1983
Class

as Mr. Burroughs

Movie
1982
Two of a Kind

as Frank Minor

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Falcon Crest

as Michael Ranson

TV
1980
The Pilot

as Mike Hagan

Movie
1980
Dominique

as David Ballard

Movie
1979
The Little Prince

as Narrator / Pilot

Movie
1978
Overboard

as Mitch Garrison

Movie
1977TV
1977
Fraternity Row

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1976
Obsession

as Michael Courtland

Movie
1976
Midway

as Cmdr. Jessop

Movie
1976
Shoot

as Rex

Movie
1976
Return to Earth

as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

Movie
1975
Kennedys Don't Cry

as Self - Narrator

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1975Movie
1975
My Father's House

as Tom Lindholm Jr.

Movie
1975
Out of Season

as Joe Tanner

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Man on a Swing

as Lee Tucker

Movie
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire

as Narrator(voice)

Movie
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1973Movie
1973Movie
1972Movie
1972
J.W. Coop

as J.W. Coop

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1970
Too Late the Hero

as Lt. Sam Lawson

Movie
1968
The Sunshine Patriot

as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby

Movie
1968
Charly

as Charlie Gordon

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
The Devil's Brigade

as Major Alan Crown

Movie
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1967
The Honey Pot

as William McFly

Movie
1966
Batman

as Shame

TV
1965
Up from the Beach

as Sgt. Edward Baxter

Movie
1965
Masquerade

as David Frazer

Movie
1965
Love Has Many Faces

as Pete Jordon

Movie
1964
633 Squadron

as Wing Commander Roy Grant

Movie
1964
The Best Man

as Joe Cantwell

Movie
1963
Sunday in New York

as Adam Tyler

Movie
1963
The Outer Limits

as Alan Maxwell

TV
1963
PT 109

as Lt. John F, Kennedy

Movie
1963
My Six Loves

as Rev. Jim Larkin

Movie
1962
The Interns

as Dr. John Paul Otis

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961
The Big Show

as Josef Everard

Movie
1961
All in a Night's Work

as Warren Kingsley, Jr.

Movie
1961
Underworld U.S.A.

as Tolly Devlin

Movie
1961Movie
1959
As the Sea Rages

as Clements

Movie
1959
Battle of the Coral Sea

as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Christian Horn

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Jerry Etherson

TV
1959
Gidget

as The Big Kahuna

Movie
1958Movie
1958
The Naked and the Dead

as Robert Hearn

Movie
1958
Natchez

as Danny Carson

Movie
1958Movie
1956
Playhouse 90

as Danny Carson

TV
1956
Playhouse 90

as Lieutenant

TV
1956
Autumn Leaves

as Burt Hanson

Movie
1955
Picnic

as Alan Benson

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1943
Corvette K-225

as Lookout

Movie
1943
We've Never Been Licked

as Adams (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 9, 1923
Day of DeathSeptember 10, 2011
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
Popularity1.2
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