Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

  • Birthday: 1923-09-09
  • Deathday: 2011-09-10
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cliff Robertson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Masquerade

1965

As David Frazer

Obsession

1976

As Michael Courtland

PT 109

1963

As Lt. John F, Kennedy

Underworld U.S.A.

1961

As Tolly Devlin

Charly

1968

As Charlie Gordon

13th Child

2002

As Mr. Shroud

633 Squadron

1964

As Wing Commander Roy Grant

Battle of the Coral Sea

1959

As Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway

Shaker Run

1985

As Judd Pierson

Shoot

1976

As Rex

The Pilot

1980

As Mike Hagan

J.W. Coop

1971

As J.W. Coop

Man on a Swing

1974

As Lee Tucker

The Key to Rebecca

1985

As Maj. William Vandam

Dominique

1980

As David Ballard

Dead Reckoning

1990

As Daniel Barnard

The Man Without a Country

1973

As Philip Nolan

The Little Prince

1979

As Narrator / Pilot

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

1973

As Ace Eli Walford

Up from the Beach

1965

As Sgt. Edward Baxter

My Father's House

1975

As Tom Lindholm Jr.

Days of Wine and Roses

1958

As Joe Clay

Return to Earth

1976

As Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1974

As Johnny Nolan

The Sunshine Patriot

1968

As Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby

The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

1961

As Charlie Gordon

Love Has Many Faces

1965

As Pete Jordon

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991

As Dr. W.F. Carver

Too Late the Hero

1970

As Lt. Sam Lawson

The Devil's Brigade

1968

As Major Alan Crown

Malone

1987

As Charles Delaney

The Naked and the Dead

1958

As Robert Hearn

Autumn Leaves

1956

As Burt Hanson

The Best Man

1964

As Joe Cantwell

Out of Season

1975

As Joe Tanner

The Big Show

1961

As Josef Everard

My Six Loves

1963

As Rev. Jim Larkin

The Interns

1962

As Dr. John Paul Otis

Dazzle

1995

As Mike Kilkullen

The Sunset Boys

1995

As Ted Roth

Assignment Berlin

1998

As Colonel Cliff Garret

As the Sea Rages

1959

As Clements

Overboard

1978

As Mitch Garrison

Star 80

1983

As Hugh Hefner

Three Days of the Condor

1975

As J. Higgins

Gidget

1959

As The Big Kahuna

The Honey Pot

1967

As William McFly

Sunday in New York

1963

As Adam Tyler

All in a Night's Work

1961

As Warren Kingsley, Jr.

Wind

1992

As Morgan Weld

Race

1998

As Jack Durmann

Class

1983

As Mr. Burroughs

Riding the Bullet

2004

As Farmer

Brainstorm

1983

As Alex Terson

Two of a Kind

1982

As Frank Minor

Mach 2

2001

As Vice President Pike

Spider-Man

2002

As Ben Parker

Falcon Down

2001

As Buzz Thomas

Family Tree

1999

As Larry

Picnic

1955

As Alan Benson

Natchez

1958

As Danny Carson

Fraternity Row

1977

As Narrator (voice)

Midway

1976

As Cmdr. Jessop

Renaissance Man

1994

As Colonel James

American Cinema

1995

As Narrator

We've Never Been Licked

1943

As Adams (uncredited)

Spider-Man 2

2004

As Ben Parker

Corvette K-225

1943

As Lookout

Spider-Man 3

2007

As Ben Parker

Escape from L.A.

1996

As President

Lincoln

1992

As Noah Brooks (voice)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

As President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

As Ben Parker (archive footage) (uncredited)

Night of 100 Stars

1982

As Self

Production

The Pilot

1980

As Director

J.W. Coop

1971

As Director

J.W. Coop

1971

As Producer

13th Child

2002

As Writer

J.W. Coop

1971

As Writer

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