
Cliff Robertson
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1923-09-09
- Died
- 2011-09-10
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III · 克里夫·罗伯逊 · Clifford Parker Robertson III · 克里夫·羅勃遜 · کلیف رابرتسون
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
TV Shows (21)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host

Falcon Crest
1981
as Michael Ranson

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

Batman
1966
as Shame

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Christian Horn / Jerry Etherson

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Outer Limits
1995
as Theodore Harris

The Outer Limits
1963
as Alan Maxwell
Film '72
1971
as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)

Playhouse 90
1956
as Danny Carson / Lieutenant

The United States Steel Hour
1953

Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
as William Martin

American Cinema
1994
as Self

The American Revolution
1994
as George Washington

The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
as Self - Narrator (voice)

With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Dazzle
1995
as Mike Kilkullen
Movies (92)

Spider-Man
2002
as Ben Parker

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spider-Man 3
2007
as Ben Parker

Spider-Man 2
2004
as Ben Parker

Midway
1976
as Cmdr. Jessop

Three Days of the Condor
1975
as J. Higgins

Obsession
1976
as Michael Courtland

Escape from L.A.
1996
as President

Wind
1992
as Morgan Weld

Class
1983
as Mr. Burroughs

Brainstorm
1983
as Alex Terson

Malone
1987
as Charles Delaney

Renaissance Man
1994
as Colonel James

Dominique
1980
as David Ballard

Star 80
1983
as Hugh Hefner

The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Major Alan Crown

Picnic
1955
as Alan Benson

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

Mach 2
2001
as Vice President Pike

Natchez
1958
as Danny Carson

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
as Dr. W.F. Carver

The Honey Pot
1967
as William McFly

633 Squadron
1964
as Wing Commander Roy Grant

Dead Reckoning
1990
as Daniel Barnard

Lusitania
1998
as Narrator

PT 109
1963
as Lt. John F, Kennedy

Gidget
1959
as The Big Kahuna

The Best Man
1964
as Joe Cantwell

Charly
1968
as Charlie Gordon

Too Late the Hero
1970
as Lt. Sam Lawson

Dazzle
1995
as Mike Kilkullen

Man on a Swing
1974
as Lee Tucker

Autumn Leaves
1956
as Burt Hanson

13th Child
2002
as Mr. Shroud

Sunday in New York
1963
as Adam Tyler

All in a Night's Work
1961
as Warren Kingsley, Jr.

Riding the Bullet
2004
as Farmer

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self

The Naked and the Dead
1958
as Robert Hearn

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Cole Younger

Falcon Down
2001
as Buzz Thomas
Lincoln
1992
as Noah Brooks (voice)

Two of a Kind
1982
as Frank Minor

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actor

Out of Season
1975
as Joe Tanner

The Key to Rebecca
1985
as Maj. William Vandam

Underworld U.S.A.
1961
as Tolly Devlin

Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway

Masquerade
1965
as David Frazer

Overboard
1978
as Mitch Garrison

Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
1986
as Mel Fisher

Return to Earth
1976
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

Family Tree
1999
as Larry

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
as Ace Eli Walford

Corvette K-225
1943
as Lookout

Shaker Run
1985
as Judd Pierson

William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self

My Six Loves
1963
as Rev. Jim Larkin

J.W. Coop
1972
as J.W. Coop

Days of Wine and Roses
1958
as Joe Clay

The Pilot
1980
as Mike Hagan

Love Has Many Faces
1965
as Pete Jordon

My Father's House
1975
as Tom Lindholm Jr.

Race
1998
as Jack Durmann

The Interns
1962
as Dr. John Paul Otis

The Man Without a Country
1973
as Philip Nolan

The Sunset Boys
1995
as Ted Roth

Ford: The Man and the Machine
1987
as Henry Ford

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Narrator (voice)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
as Johnny Nolan

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
1973
as Narrator

The Sunshine Patriot
1968
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby

We've Never Been Licked
1943
as Adams (uncredited)

Assignment Berlin
1998
as Colonel Cliff Garret

Shoot
1976
as Rex

Fraternity Row
1977
as Narrator (voice)

Up from the Beach
1965
as Sgt. Edward Baxter

'Obsession' Revisited
2001
as Self

The Big Show
1961
as Josef Everard
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
1995
as Narrator

As the Sea Rages
1959
as Clements

The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1961
as Charlie Gordon

Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1983
as Narrator

The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
1973
as Narrator

The Girl Most Likely
1958
as Pete

The Little Prince
1979
as Narrator / Pilot

Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010

The American Indian's Sacred Ground
1977
as Self - Host

Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
as Narrator(voice)
Galapagos: My Fragile World
1986
as Narrator
Kennedys Don't Cry
1975
as Self - Narrator
About 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: Beh… With 113 credits spanning from 1943 to 2023, Cliff Robertson has appeared in 92 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cliff Robertson Movies
- Spider-Man (2002) — as Ben Parker
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) — as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) — as Ben Parker
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) — as Ben Parker
- Midway (1976) — as Cmdr. Jessop
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