Cliff Robertson
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1923-09-09
- Died
- 2011-09-10
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III · 克里夫·罗伯逊 · Clifford Parker Robertson III · 克里夫·羅勃遜 · کلیف رابرتسون
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
TV Shows (21)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
Falcon Crest
1981
as Michael Ranson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Batman
1966
as Shame
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Christian Horn / Jerry Etherson
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Outer Limits
1995
as Theodore Harris
The Outer Limits
1963
as Alan Maxwell
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Film '72
1971
as Self
Playhouse 90
1956
as Danny Carson / Lieutenant
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
as William Martin
American Cinema
1994
as Self
The American Revolution
1994
as George Washington
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
as Self - Narrator (voice)
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dazzle
1995
as Mike Kilkullen
Movies (92)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spider-Man
2002
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Ben Parker
Midway
1976
as Cmdr. Jessop
Three Days of the Condor
1975
as J. Higgins
Escape from L.A.
1996
as President
Obsession
1976
as Michael Courtland
Wind
1992
as Morgan Weld
Class
1983
as Mr. Burroughs
Brainstorm
1983
as Alex Terson
Malone
1987
as Charles Delaney
Renaissance Man
1994
as Colonel James
Dominique
1980
as David Ballard
Star 80
1983
as Hugh Hefner
13th Child
2002
as Mr. Shroud
Picnic
1955
as Alan Benson
633 Squadron
1964
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Major Alan Crown
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
as Dr. W.F. Carver
Mach 2
2001
as Vice President Pike
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Dead Reckoning
1990
as Daniel Barnard
Dazzle
1995
as Mike Kilkullen
Natchez
1958
as Danny Carson
Autumn Leaves
1956
as Burt Hanson
PT 109
1963
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
Gidget
1959
as The Big Kahuna
The Honey Pot
1967
as William McFly
Sunday in New York
1963
as Adam Tyler
Man on a Swing
1974
as Lee Tucker
Charly
1968
as Charlie Gordon
The Best Man
1964
as Joe Cantwell
Lusitania
1998
as Narrator
Riding the Bullet
2004
as Farmer
The Key to Rebecca
1985
as Maj. William Vandam
Falcon Down
2001
as Buzz Thomas
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
Two of a Kind
1982
as Frank Minor
Too Late the Hero
1970
as Lt. Sam Lawson
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Cole Younger
Masquerade
1965
as David Frazer
Love Has Many Faces
1965
as Pete Jordon
Overboard
1978
as Mitch Garrison
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actor
The Naked and the Dead
1958
as Robert Hearn
J.W. Coop
1972
as J.W. Coop
Lincoln
1992
as Noah Brooks (voice)
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
My Six Loves
1963
as Rev. Jim Larkin
Underworld U.S.A.
1961
as Tolly Devlin
Return to Earth
1976
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Corvette K-225
1943
as Lookout
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self
The Sunset Boys
1995
as Ted Roth
The Pilot
1980
as Mike Hagan
Shaker Run
1985
as Judd Pierson
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
1986
as Mel Fisher
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
as Ace Eli Walford
Family Tree
1999
as Larry
Shoot
1976
as Rex
Up from the Beach
1965
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self
My Father's House
1975
as Tom Lindholm Jr.
The Big Show
1961
as Josef Everard
The Interns
1962
as Dr. John Paul Otis
The Man Without a Country
1973
as Philip Nolan
Out of Season
1975
as Joe Tanner
Ford: The Man and the Machine
1987
as Henry Ford
We've Never Been Licked
1943
as Adams (uncredited)
'Obsession' Revisited
2001
as Self
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Joe Clay
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
1973
as Narrator
Race
1998
as Jack Durmann
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
as Johnny Nolan
Fraternity Row
1977
as Narrator (voice)
The Girl Most Likely
1958
as Pete
Assignment Berlin
1998
as Colonel Cliff Garret
The Sunshine Patriot
1968
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
1973
as Narrator
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
1995
as Narrator
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1961
as Charlie Gordon
As the Sea Rages
1959
as Clements
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1983
as Narrator
The Little Prince
1979
as Narrator / Pilot
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Galapagos: My Fragile World
1986
as Narrator
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
as Narrator(voice)
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
1977
as Self - Host
Kennedys Don't Cry
1975
as Self - Narrator
About Cliff Robertson
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: Beh… With 113 credits spanning from 1943 to 2023, Cliff Robertson has appeared in 92 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cliff Robertson Movies
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) — as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Spider-Man (2002) — as Ben Parker
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) — as Ben Parker
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) — as Ben Parker
- Midway (1976) — as Cmdr. Jessop
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