Cliff Robertson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1923-09-09

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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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Acting History

2010
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2007
Spider-Man 3 as Ben Parker
2004
Riding the Bullet as Farmer
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself as President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
2004
Spider-Man 2 as Ben Parker
2002
13th Child as Mr. Shroud
2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self - Actor
2002
Spider-Man as Ben Parker
2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
2001
'Obsession' Revisited as Self
2001
Falcon Down as Buzz Thomas
2001
Mach 2 as Vice President Pike
1999
Family Tree as Larry
1998
Assignment Berlin as Colonel Cliff Garret
1998
Race as Jack Durmann
1998
Lusitania as Narrator
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self
1996
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
Escape from L.A. as President
1995
Dazzle as Mike Kilkullen
1995
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice as Narrator
1995
The Sunset Boys as Ted Roth
1995
The Outer Limits as Theodore Harris
1994
The American Revolution as George Washington
1994
Renaissance Man as Colonel James
1994
American Cinema as Self
1992
Lincoln as Noah Brooks (voice)
1992
Wind as Morgan Weld
1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken as Dr. W.F. Carver
1990
Dead Reckoning as Daniel Barnard
1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy as Self
1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine as Henry Ford
1987
Malone as Charles Delaney
1986
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story as Mel Fisher
1986
Galapagos: My Fragile World as Narrator
1985
Shaker Run as Judd Pierson
1985
The Key to Rebecca as Maj. William Vandam
1983
Star 80 as Hugh Hefner
1983
Brainstorm as Alex Terson
1983
Class as Mr. Burroughs
1983
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph as Narrator
1982
Two of a Kind as Frank Minor
1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self
1981
Falcon Crest as Michael Ranson
1980
The Pilot as Mike Hagan
1980
Dominique as David Ballard
1979
The Little Prince as Narrator / Pilot
1978
Overboard as Mitch Garrison
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors as William Martin
1977
Fraternity Row as Narrator (voice)
1977
The American Indian's Sacred Ground as Self - Host
1976
Obsession as Michael Courtland
1976
Midway as Cmdr. Jessop
1976
Shoot as Rex
1976
Return to Earth as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Three Days of the Condor as J. Higgins
1975
My Father's House as Tom Lindholm Jr.
1975
Out of Season as Joe Tanner
1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Johnny Nolan
1974
Man on a Swing as Lee Tucker
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire as Narrator(voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies as Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
The Man Without a Country as Philip Nolan
1973
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies as Ace Eli Walford
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock as Narrator
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Narrator (voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh as Narrator
1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Cole Younger
1972
J.W. Coop as J.W. Coop
1971
Film '72 as Self
1970
Too Late the Hero as Lt. Sam Lawson
1968
The Sunshine Patriot as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
1968
Charly as Charlie Gordon
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968
The Devil's Brigade as Major Alan Crown
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1967
The Honey Pot as William McFly
1966
Batman as Shame
1965
Up from the Beach as Sgt. Edward Baxter
1965
Masquerade as David Frazer
1965
Love Has Many Faces as Pete Jordon
1964
633 Squadron as Wing Commander Roy Grant
1964
The Best Man as Joe Cantwell
1963
Sunday in New York as Adam Tyler
1963
The Outer Limits as Alan Maxwell
1963
PT 109 as Lt. John F, Kennedy
1963
My Six Loves as Rev. Jim Larkin
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962
The Interns as Dr. John Paul Otis
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961
The Big Show as Josef Everard
1961
All in a Night's Work as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
1961
Underworld U.S.A. as Tolly Devlin
1961
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon as Charlie Gordon
1959
As the Sea Rages as Clements
1959
Battle of the Coral Sea as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
1959
The Twilight Zone as Christian Horn
1959
The Twilight Zone as Jerry Etherson
1959
Gidget as The Big Kahuna
1958
Days of Wine and Roses as Joe Clay
1958
The Naked and the Dead as Robert Hearn
1958
Natchez as Danny Carson
1958
The Girl Most Likely as Pete
1956
Playhouse 90
1956
Playhouse 90 as Danny Carson
1956
Playhouse 90 as Lieutenant
1956
Autumn Leaves as Burt Hanson
1955
Picnic as Alan Benson
1953
The United States Steel Hour
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1943
Corvette K-225 as Lookout
1943
We've Never Been Licked as Adams (uncredited)