Cliff Robertson
- Acting
- September 9, 1923 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- September 10, 2011
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse · Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
- Spider-Man 3 · Ben Parker
- Riding the Bullet · Farmer
- Spider-Man 2 · Ben Parker
- 13th Child · Mr. Shroud, Writer
- Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star · Self
- Spider-Man · Ben Parker
- Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man · Self
- 'Obsession' Revisited · Self
- Falcon Down · Buzz Thomas
- Mach 2 · Vice President Pike
- Family Tree · Larry
- Assignment Berlin · Colonel Cliff Garret
- Race · Jack Durmann
- Lusitania · Narrator
- Joan Crawford: Always the Star · Self
- With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America · Self
- Escape from L.A. · President
- Dazzle · Mike Kilkullen
- Dazzle · Mike Kilkullen
- Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice · Narrator
- The Sunset Boys · Ted Roth
- The Outer Limits · Theodore Harris
- The American Revolution · George Washington
- Renaissance Man · Colonel James
- American Cinema · Self
- Lincoln · Noah Brooks (Voice)
- Wind · Morgan Weld
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken · Dr. W.F. Carver
- Dead Reckoning · Daniel Barnard
- William Holden: The Golden Boy · Self
- Ford: The Man and the Machine · Henry Ford
- Malone · Charles Delaney
- Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story · Mel Fisher
- Galapagos: My Fragile World · Narrator
- Shaker Run · Judd Pierson
- The Key to Rebecca · Maj. William Vandam
- Star 80 · Hugh Hefner
- Brainstorm · Alex Terson
- Class · Mr. Burroughs
- Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph · Narrator
- Two of a Kind · Frank Minor
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- Falcon Crest · Michael Ranson
- The Pilot · Mike Hagan, Director
- Dominique · David Ballard
- The Little Prince · Narrator / Pilot
- Overboard · Mitch Garrison
- Washington: Behind Closed Doors · William Martin
- Fraternity Row · Narrator (Voice)
- The American Indian's Sacred Ground · Self
- Obsession · Michael Courtland
- Midway · Cmdr. Jessop
- Shoot · Rex
- Return to Earth · Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
- Kennedys Don't Cry · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- Three Days of the Condor · J. Higgins
- My Father's House · Tom Lindholm Jr.
- Out of Season · Joe Tanner
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · Johnny Nolan
- Man on a Swing · Lee Tucker
- Lincoln: Trial by Fire · Narrator (Voice)
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli · Narrator (Voice)
- The Men Who Made the Movies · Self
- The Man Without a Country · Philip Nolan
- Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies · Ace Eli Walford
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh · Narrator
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock · Narrator
- The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid · Cole Younger
- J.W. Coop · J.W. Coop, Director
- Film '72 · Self
- Too Late the Hero · Lt. Sam Lawson
- The Sunshine Patriot · Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
- Charly · Charlie Gordon
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- The Devil's Brigade · Major Alan Crown
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- The Honey Pot · William McFly