About
Cliff Robertson
Overview
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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Known for
Acting |
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2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Actor | Ben Parker | 63 Fair |
2004 | Riding the Bullet | Actor | Farmer | 56 Average |
2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Actor | President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Actor | Ben Parker | 72 Good |
2002 | 13th Child | Actor | Mr. Shroud | 57 Average |
2002 | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Actor | Self - Actor | 59 Average |
2002 | Spider-Man trilogy | Actor | Ben Parker | 61 Fair |
2002 | Spider-Man | Actor | Ben Parker | 72 Good |
2002 | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2001 | 'Obsession' Revisited | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2001 | Falcon Down | Actor | Buzz Thomas | 58 Average |
2001 | Mach 2 | Actor | Vice President Pike | 58 Average |
1999 | Family Tree | Actor | Larry | 59 Average |
1998 | Assignment Berlin | Actor | Colonel Cliff Garret | 58 Average |
1998 | Race | Actor | Jack Durmann | 59 Average |
1998 | Lusitania | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1996 | With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
1996 | Escape from L.A. | Actor | President | 58 Average |
1995 | Dazzle | Actor | Mike Kilkullen | N/A N/A |
1995 | The Sunset Boys | Actor | Ted Roth | 59 Average |
1995 | American Cinema | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1994 | The American Revolution | Actor | George Washington | N/A N/A |
1994 | Renaissance Man | Actor | Colonel James | 59 Average |
1992 | Lincoln | Actor | Noah Brooks (voice) | 59 Average |
1992 | Wind | Actor | Morgan Weld | 59 Average |
1991 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | Actor | Dr. W.F. Carver | 61 Fair |
1990 | Dead Reckoning | Actor | Daniel Barnard | 59 Average |
1989 | William Holden: The Golden Boy | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1987 | Ford: The Man and the Machine | Actor | Henry Ford | 59 Average |
1987 | Malone | Actor | Charles Delaney | 59 Average |
1986 | Dreams of Gold | Actor | Mel Fisher | N/A N/A |
1986 | Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story | Actor | Mel Fisher | 59 Average |
1986 | Galapagos: My Fragile World | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1985 | Shaker Run | Actor | Judd Pierson | 58 Average |
1985 | The Key to Rebecca | Actor | Maj. William Vandam | 58 Average |
1983 | Star 80 | Actor | Hugh Hefner | 59 Average |
1983 | Brainstorm | Actor | Alex Terson | 59 Average |
1983 | Class | Actor | Mr. Burroughs | 59 Average |
1983 | Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
1982 | Two of a Kind | Actor | Frank Minor | N/A N/A |
1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1980 | The Pilot | Actor | Mike Hagan | 59 Average |
1980 | Dominique | Actor | David Ballard | 58 Average |
1979 | The Little Prince | Actor | Narrator / Pilot | 59 Average |
1978 | Overboard | Actor | Mitch Garrison | N/A N/A |
1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Actor | William Martin | 69 Fair |
1977 | Fraternity Row | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
1977 | The American Indian's Sacred Ground | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
1976 | Obsession | Actor | Michael Courtland | 61 Fair |
1976 | Midway | Actor | Cmdr. Jessop | 61 Fair |
1976 | Shoot | Actor | Rex | 59 Average |
1976 | Return to Earth | Actor | Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr. | N/A N/A |
1975 | Three Days of the Condor | Actor | J. Higgins | 68 Fair |
1975 | My Father's House | Actor | Tom Lindholm Jr. | N/A N/A |
1975 | Out of Season | Actor | Joe Tanner | 58 Average |
1974 | J.W. Coop | Actor | J.W. Coop | 58 Average |
1974 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Actor | Johnny Nolan | N/A N/A |
1974 | Man on a Swing | Actor | Lee Tucker | 59 Average |
1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
1973 | The Man Without a Country | Actor | Philip Nolan | 58 Average |
1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Actor | Ace Eli Walford | 58 Average |
1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Actor | Cole Younger | 58 Average |
1970 | Too Late the Hero | Actor | Lt. Sam Lawson | 59 Average |
1968 | The Sunshine Patriot | Actor | Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby | 59 Average |
1968 | Charly | Actor | Charlie Gordon | 60 Fair |
1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Actor | Major Alan Crown | 59 Average |
1967 | The Honey Pot | Actor | William McFly | 59 Average |
1965 | Up from the Beach | Actor | Sgt. Edward Baxter | 59 Average |
1965 | Masquerade | Actor | David Frazer | 58 Average |
1965 | Love Has Many Faces | Actor | Pete Jordon | 58 Average |
1964 | 633 Squadron | Actor | Wing Commander Roy Grant | 59 Average |
1964 | The Best Man | Actor | Joe Cantwell | 59 Average |
1963 | Sunday in New York | Actor | Adam Tyler | 59 Average |
1963 | PT 109 | Actor | Lt. John F, Kennedy | 59 Average |
1963 | My Six Loves | Actor | Rev. Jim Larkin | 58 Average |
1962 | The Interns | Actor | Dr. John Paul Otis | 59 Average |
1961 | The Big Show | Actor | Josef Everard | 58 Average |
1961 | All in a Night's Work | Actor | Warren Kingsley, Jr. | 59 Average |
1961 | The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon | Actor | Charlie Gordon | N/A N/A |
1961 | Underworld U.S.A. | Actor | Tolly Devlin | 60 Fair |
1959 | As the Sea Rages | Actor | Clements | N/A N/A |
1959 | Battle of the Coral Sea | Actor | Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway | 59 Average |
1959 | Gidget | Actor | The Big Kahuna | 59 Average |
1958 | Days of Wine and Roses | Actor | Joe Clay | 59 Average |
1958 | The Naked and the Dead | Actor | Robert Hearn | 58 Average |
1958 | Natchez | Actor | Danny Carson | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Girl Most Likely | Actor | Pete | 58 Average |
1956 | Autumn Leaves | Actor | Burt Hanson | 59 Average |
1955 | Picnic | Actor | Alan Benson | 59 Average |
1943 | Corvette K-225 | Actor | Lookout | 59 Average |
1943 | We've Never Been Licked | Actor | Adams (uncredited) | 58 Average |
Directing |
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1980 | The Pilot | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1974 | J.W. Coop | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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2002 | 13th Child | Writing | Writer | 57 Average |
1974 | J.W. Coop | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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1974 | J.W. Coop | Production | Producer | 58 Average |