Cliff Robertson
Acting • Born 1923-09-09 – Died 2011-09-10
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
116 credits
Spider-Man 3
Movie • 2007
Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
Movie • 2004
Ben Parker
Spider-Man
Movie • 2002
Ben Parker
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Movie • 1983
Narrator
Escape from L.A.
Movie • 1996
President
Masquerade
Movie • 1965
David Frazer
Obsession
Movie • 1976
Michael Courtland
Love Has Many Faces
Movie • 1965
Pete Jordon
Class
Movie • 1983
Mr. Burroughs
Star 80
Movie • 1983
Hugh Hefner
Midway
Movie • 1976
Cmdr. Jessop
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Movie • 1991
Dr. W.F. Carver
Renaissance Man
Movie • 1994
Colonel James
Three Days of the Condor
Movie • 1975
J. Higgins
Too Late the Hero
Movie • 1970
Lt. Sam Lawson
The Devil's Brigade
Movie • 1968
Major Alan Crown
Riding the Bullet
Movie • 2004
Farmer
Malone
Movie • 1987
Charles Delaney
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Movie • 1972
Cole Younger
PT 109
Movie • 1963
Lt. John F, Kennedy
Underworld U.S.A.
Movie • 1961
Tolly Devlin
Charly
Movie • 1968
Charlie Gordon
Falcon Down
Movie • 2001
Buzz Thomas
13th Child
Movie • 2002
Mr. Shroud
Autumn Leaves
Movie • 1956
Burt Hanson
The Best Man
Movie • 1964
Joe Cantwell
Gidget
Movie • 1959
The Big Kahuna
The Naked and the Dead
Movie • 1958
Robert Hearn
Brainstorm
Movie • 1983
Alex Terson
The Honey Pot
Movie • 1967
William McFly
The Sunshine Patriot
Movie • 1968
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
633 Squadron
Movie • 1964
Wing Commander Roy Grant
Sunday in New York
Movie • 1963
Adam Tyler
Picnic
Movie • 1955
Alan Benson
Battle of the Coral Sea
Movie • 1959
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
Race
Movie • 1998
Jack Durmann
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Shaker Run
Movie • 1985
Judd Pierson
Shoot
Movie • 1976
Rex
The Pilot
Movie • 1980
Mike Hagan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
Movie • 1973
Narrator
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Movie • 1987
Henry Ford
All in a Night's Work
Movie • 1961
Warren Kingsley, Jr.
Galapagos: My Fragile World
Movie • 1986
Narrator
J.W. Coop
Movie • 1972
J.W. Coop
Natchez
Movie • 1958
Danny Carson
Man on a Swing
Movie • 1974
Lee Tucker
The Girl Most Likely
Movie • 1958
Pete
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 1973
Narrator
The Key to Rebecca
Movie • 1985
Maj. William Vandam
Out of Season
Movie • 1975
Joe Tanner
Dominique
Movie • 1980
David Ballard
The Big Show
Movie • 1961
Josef Everard
Fraternity Row
Movie • 1977
Narrator (voice)
My Six Loves
Movie • 1963
Rev. Jim Larkin
The Interns
Movie • 1962
Dr. John Paul Otis
Dead Reckoning
Movie • 1990
Daniel Barnard
The Man Without a Country
Movie • 1973
Philip Nolan
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1982
Frank Minor
Assignment Berlin
Movie • 1998
Colonel Cliff Garret
Wind
Movie • 1992
Morgan Weld
The Little Prince
Movie • 1979
Narrator / Pilot
Dazzle
Movie • 1995
Mike Kilkullen
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Movie • 1961
Charlie Gordon
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Movie • 1973
Ace Eli Walford
The Sunset Boys
Movie • 1995
Ted Roth
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Movie • 2002
Self - Actor
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Movie • 1996
Self
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Movie • 1989
Self
Mach 2
Movie • 2001
Vice President Pike
As the Sea Rages
Movie • 1959
Clements
Up from the Beach
Movie • 1965
Sgt. Edward Baxter
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
Movie • 1977
Self - Host
'Obsession' Revisited
Movie • 2001
Self
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Movie • 1986
Mel Fisher
Corvette K-225
Movie • 1943
Lookout
Family Tree
Movie • 1999
Larry
My Father's House
Movie • 1975
Tom Lindholm Jr.
We've Never Been Licked
Movie • 1943
Adams (uncredited)
Days of Wine and Roses
Movie • 1958
Joe Clay
Return to Earth
Movie • 1976
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Overboard
Movie • 1978
Mitch Garrison
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie • 1974
Johnny Nolan
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Movie • 2002
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Narrator (voice)
Lincoln
Movie • 1992
Noah Brooks (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Lusitania
Movie • 1998
Narrator
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
Movie • 1995
Narrator
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Movie • 1974
Narrator(voice)
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
Movie • 2010
Kennedys Don't Cry
Movie • 1975
Self - Narrator
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Michael Ranson
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Christian Horn
The American Revolution
TV • 1994
George Washington
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Jerry Etherson
The United States Steel Hour
TV • 1953
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Theodore Harris
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Alan Maxwell
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1977
William Martin
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies
TV • 1973
Self - Narrator (voice)
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Danny Carson
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
TV • 1996
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Batman
TV • 1966
Shame
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Lieutenant
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Film '72
TV • 1971
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
American Cinema
TV • 1994
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)