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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-09-09 (101 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Cliff Robertson

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.

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Known For

Acting

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)

2002

Spider-Man as Ben Parker
13th Child as Mr. Shroud

2001

Falcon Down as Buzz Thomas
Mach 2 as Vice President Pike

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

1995

Dazzle as Mike Kilkullen
The Sunset Boys as Ted Roth
American Cinema as Narrator
The Outer Limits as Theodore Harris

1994

Renaissance Man as Colonel James
The American Revolution as George Washington

1992

Wind as Morgan Weld
Lincoln as Noah Brooks (voice)

1991

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken as Dr. W.F. Carver

1990

Dead Reckoning as Daniel Barnard

1989

1987

Malone as Charles Delaney

1986

1985

Shaker Run as Judd Pierson
The Key to Rebecca as Maj. William Vandam

1983

Class as Mr. Burroughs
Star 80 as Hugh Hefner
Brainstorm as Alex Terson

1982

Two of a Kind as Frank Minor

1981

Falcon Crest as Michael Ranson

1980

The Pilot as Mike Hagan
Dominique as David Ballard

1979

The Little Prince as Narrator / Pilot

1978

Overboard as Mitch Garrison

1977

Fraternity Row as Narrator (voice)

1976

Obsession as Michael Courtland
Midway as Cmdr. Jessop
Shoot as Rex
Return to Earth as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

1975

Out of Season as Joe Tanner
My Father's House as Tom Lindholm Jr.
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974

J.W. Coop as J.W. Coop
Man on a Swing as Lee Tucker
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Johnny Nolan

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies as Self - Narrator (voice)

1972

1970

Too Late the Hero as Lt. Sam Lawson

1968

The Devil's Brigade as Major Alan Crown
Charly as Charlie Gordon
The Sunshine Patriot as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

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

The Best Man as Joe Cantwell
633 Squadron as Wing Commander Roy Grant

1963

PT 109 as Lt. John F, Kennedy
Sunday in New York as Adam Tyler
My Six Loves as Rev. Jim Larkin
The Outer Limits as Alan Maxwell

1962

The Interns as Dr. John Paul Otis

1961

Underworld U.S.A. as Tolly Devlin
All in a Night's Work as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
The Big Show as Josef Everard

1959

Gidget as The Big Kahuna
Battle of the Coral Sea as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
As the Sea Rages as Clements
The Twilight Zone as Christian Horn
The Twilight Zone as Jerry Etherson

1958

The Naked and the Dead as Robert Hearn
Natchez as Danny Carson

1956

Autumn Leaves as Burt Hanson
Playhouse 90 as Danny Carson
Playhouse 90 as Lieutenant

1955

Picnic as Alan Benson

1953

1943

Corvette K-225 as Lookout
We've Never Been Licked as Adams (uncredited)

Writing

2002

13th Child as Writer

1974

J.W. Coop as Writer

Directing

1980

The Pilot as Director

1974

J.W. Coop as Director

Production

1974

J.W. Coop as Producer