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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 9, 1923
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Cliff Robertson
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Uncle Ben (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Ben Parker |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Ben Parker |
| 2004 | Riding the Bullet | Farmer |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Ben Parker |
| 2002 | 13th Child | Mr. Shroud |
| 2002 | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self - Actor |
| 2002 | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self |
| 2001 | Falcon Down | Buzz Thomas |
| 2001 | Mach 2 | Vice President Pike |
| 2001 | 'Obsession' Revisited | Self |
| 1999 | Family Tree | Larry |
| 1998 | Race | Jack Durmann |
| 1998 | Assignment Berlin | Colonel Cliff Garret |
| 1998 | Lusitania | Narrator |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | President |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self |
| 1995 | Dazzle | Mike Kilkullen |
| 1995 | The Sunset Boys | Ted Roth |
| 1995 | American Cinema | Narrator |
| 1995 | Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice | Narrator |
| 1994 | Renaissance Man | Colonel James |
| 1992 | Wind | Morgan Weld |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Noah Brooks (voice) |
| 1991 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | Dr. W.F. Carver |
| 1990 | Dead Reckoning | Daniel Barnard |
| 1989 | William Holden: The Golden Boy | Self |
| 1987 | Malone | Charles Delaney |
| 1987 | Ford: The Man and the Machine | Henry Ford |
| 1986 | Galapagos: My Fragile World | Narrator |
| 1986 | Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story | Mel Fisher |
| 1985 | Shaker Run | Judd Pierson |
| 1985 | The Key to Rebecca | Maj. William Vandam |
| 1983 | Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph | Narrator |
| 1983 | Class | Mr. Burroughs |
| 1983 | Star 80 | Hugh Hefner |
| 1983 | Brainstorm | Alex Terson |
| 1982 | Two of a Kind | Frank Minor |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1980 | The Pilot | Mike Hagan |
| 1980 | Dominique | David Ballard |
| 1979 | The Little Prince | Narrator / Pilot |
| 1978 | Overboard | Mitch Garrison |
| 1977 | Fraternity Row | Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | The American Indian's Sacred Ground | Self - Host |
| 1976 | Obsession | Michael Courtland |
| 1976 | Midway | Cmdr. Jessop |
| 1976 | Shoot | Rex |
| 1976 | Return to Earth | Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr. |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | J. Higgins |
| 1975 | Out of Season | Joe Tanner |
| 1975 | My Father's House | Tom Lindholm Jr. |
| 1974 | J.W. Coop | J.W. Coop |
| 1974 | Man on a Swing | Lee Tucker |
| 1974 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Johnny Nolan |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh | Narrator |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock | Narrator |
| 1973 | The Man Without a Country | Philip Nolan |
| 1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Ace Eli Walford |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Narrator (voice) |
| 1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Cole Younger |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Lt. Sam Lawson |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Major Alan Crown |
| 1968 | Charly | Charlie Gordon |
| 1968 | The Sunshine Patriot | Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby |
| 1967 | The Honey Pot | William McFly |
| 1965 | Masquerade | David Frazer |
| 1965 | Love Has Many Faces | Pete Jordon |
| 1965 | Up from the Beach | Sgt. Edward Baxter |
| 1964 | The Best Man | Joe Cantwell |
| 1964 | 633 Squadron | Wing Commander Roy Grant |
| 1963 | PT 109 | Lt. John F, Kennedy |
| 1963 | Sunday in New York | Adam Tyler |
| 1963 | My Six Loves | Rev. Jim Larkin |
| 1962 | The Interns | Dr. John Paul Otis |
| 1961 | Underworld U.S.A. | Tolly Devlin |
| 1961 | All in a Night's Work | Warren Kingsley, Jr. |
| 1961 | The Big Show | Josef Everard |
| 1961 | The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon | Charlie Gordon |
| 1959 | Gidget | The Big Kahuna |
| 1959 | Battle of the Coral Sea | Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway |
| 1959 | As the Sea Rages | Clements |
| 1958 | The Naked and the Dead | Robert Hearn |
| 1958 | Natchez | Danny Carson |
| 1958 | The Girl Most Likely | Pete |
| 1958 | Days of Wine and Roses | Joe Clay |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | Burt Hanson |
| 1955 | Picnic | Alan Benson |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Lookout |
| 1943 | We've Never Been Licked | Adams (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Theodore Harris |
| 1994 | The American Revolution | George Washington |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Michael Ranson |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | William Martin |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | Batman | Shame |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Alan Maxwell |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Christian Horn |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Jerry Etherson |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Danny Carson |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Lieutenant |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour |