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