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