
Cliff Robertson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 9, 1923
- Died
- September 10, 2011 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie · as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
Movie

Spider-Man 3
Movie · as Ben Parker

Spider-Man 2
Movie · as Ben Parker

Riding the Bullet
Movie · as Farmer

Spider-Man
Movie · as Ben Parker

13th Child
Movie · as Mr. Shroud

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Movie · as Self - Actor

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man
Movie · as Self

Falcon Down
Movie · as Buzz Thomas

Mach 2
Movie · as Vice President Pike

'Obsession' Revisited
Movie · as Self

Family Tree
Movie · as Larry

Race
Movie · as Jack Durmann

Assignment Berlin
Movie · as Colonel Cliff Garret

Lusitania
Movie · as Narrator

Escape from L.A.
Movie · as President

Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Movie · as Self

With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

Dazzle
Movie · as Mike Kilkullen

The Sunset Boys
Movie · as Ted Roth
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
Movie · as Narrator

The Outer Limits
TV · as Theodore Harris · 1 ep

Dazzle
TV · as Mike Kilkullen · 2 eps

Renaissance Man
Movie · as Colonel James

The American Revolution
TV · as George Washington · 6 eps

American Cinema
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Wind
Movie · as Morgan Weld
Lincoln
Movie · as Noah Brooks (voice)

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Movie · as Dr. W.F. Carver

Dead Reckoning
Movie · as Daniel Barnard

William Holden: The Golden Boy
Movie · as Self

Malone
Movie · as Charles Delaney

Ford: The Man and the Machine
Movie · as Henry Ford
Galapagos: My Fragile World
Movie · as Narrator

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Movie · as Mel Fisher

Shaker Run
Movie · as Judd Pierson

The Key to Rebecca
Movie · as Maj. William Vandam

Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Movie · as Narrator

Class
Movie · as Mr. Burroughs

Star 80
Movie · as Hugh Hefner

Brainstorm
Movie · as Alex Terson

Two of a Kind
Movie · as Frank Minor

Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self

Falcon Crest
TV · as Michael Ranson · 28 eps

The Pilot
Movie · as Mike Hagan

Dominique
Movie · as David Ballard

The Little Prince
Movie · as Narrator / Pilot

Overboard
Movie · as Mitch Garrison

Fraternity Row
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

The American Indian's Sacred Ground
Movie · as Self - Host

Washington: Behind Closed Doors
TV · as William Martin · 6 eps

Obsession
Movie · as Michael Courtland

Midway
Movie · as Cmdr. Jessop

Shoot
Movie · as Rex

Return to Earth
Movie · as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

Three Days of the Condor
Movie · as J. Higgins

Out of Season
Movie · as Joe Tanner

My Father's House
Movie · as Tom Lindholm Jr.
Kennedys Don't Cry
Movie · as Self - Narrator

Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

Man on a Swing
Movie · as Lee Tucker

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie · as Johnny Nolan

Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Movie · as Narrator(voice)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
Movie · as Narrator

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Movie · as Narrator

The Man Without a Country
Movie · as Philip Nolan

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Movie · as Ace Eli Walford

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

The Men Who Made the Movies
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 9 eps

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Movie · as Cole Younger

J.W. Coop
Movie · as J.W. Coop
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Too Late the Hero
Movie · as Lt. Sam Lawson

The Devil's Brigade
Movie · as Major Alan Crown

Charly
Movie · as Charlie Gordon

The Sunshine Patriot
Movie · as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby

The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps

The Honey Pot
Movie · as William McFly

Batman
TV · as Shame · 5 eps

Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 5 eps

Masquerade
Movie · as David Frazer

Love Has Many Faces
Movie · as Pete Jordon

Up from the Beach
Movie · as Sgt. Edward Baxter

The Best Man
Movie · as Joe Cantwell

633 Squadron
Movie · as Wing Commander Roy Grant

PT 109
Movie · as Lt. John F, Kennedy

Sunday in New York
Movie · as Adam Tyler

My Six Loves
Movie · as Jim Larkin

The Outer Limits
TV · as Alan Maxwell · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds, Eddie Finneran · 1 ep

The Interns
Movie · as Dr. John Paul Otis

The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps

Underworld U.S.A.
Movie · as Tolly Devlin

All in a Night's Work
Movie · as Warren Kingsley Jr.

The Big Show
Movie · as Josef Everard

The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Movie · as Charlie Gordon

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 4 eps

Gidget
Movie · as The Big Kahuna

Battle of the Coral Sea
Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway

As the Sea Rages
Movie · as Clements

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Christian Horn, Jerry Etherson · 1 ep

The Naked and the Dead
Movie · as Robert Hearn

Natchez
Movie · as Danny Carson

The Girl Most Likely
Movie · as Pete

Days of Wine and Roses
Movie · as Joe Clay

Autumn Leaves
Movie · as Burt Hanson

Playhouse 90
TV · as Danny Carson, Lieutenant · 1 ep

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Picnic
Movie · as Alan Benson

The United States Steel Hour
TV · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

Corvette K-225
Movie · as Lookout

We've Never Been Licked
Movie · as Adams (uncredited)


