Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Acting

Born: 1923-09-09 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self (uncredited)

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Ben Parker

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

Michael Ranson

Batman

Batman

Shame

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Christian Horn

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Jerry Etherson

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

Ben Parker

No Poster

Film '72

Self

No Poster

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

Theodore Harris

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self (uncredited)

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

Alan Maxwell

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

Ben Parker

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Danny Carson

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Lieutenant

Midway

Midway

Cmdr. Jessop

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares

Self

Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A.

President

Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor

J. Higgins

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

Alex Terson

Renaissance Man

Renaissance Man

Colonel James

Class

Class

Mr. Burroughs

Riding the Bullet

Riding the Bullet

Farmer

13th Child

13th Child

Mr. Shroud

Malone

Malone

Charles Delaney

Obsession

Obsession

Michael Courtland

American Cinema

American Cinema

Self

Picnic

Picnic

Alan Benson

Gidget

Gidget

The Big Kahuna

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade

Major Alan Crown

Too Late the Hero

Too Late the Hero

Lt. Sam Lawson