Acting
Cliff Robertson
EN, NO, DE, FR cinema · 92 credits
Born
9 September 1923
Died
10 September 2011 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III · Clifford Parker Robertson III · Clifford 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: 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
Filmography
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
as Ben Parker
Riding the Bullet
as Farmer
Spider-Man
as Ben Parker
13th Child
as Mr. Shroud, Writer
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actor
Falcon Down
as Buzz Thomas
Mach 2
as Vice President Pike
Family Tree
as Larry
Race
as Jack Durmann
Assignment Berlin
as Colonel Cliff Garret
Lusitania
as Narrator
Escape from L.A.
as President
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James
Wind
as Morgan Weld
Lincoln
1992
Lincoln
as Noah Brooks (voice)
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver
Dead Reckoning
as Daniel Barnard
Malone
as Charles Delaney
Ford: The Man and the Machine
as Henry Ford
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
as Mel Fisher
Shaker Run
as Judd Pierson
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. William Vandam
Class
as Mr. Burroughs
Star 80
as Hugh Hefner
Brainstorm
as Alex Terson
Two of a Kind
as Frank Minor
The Pilot
as Mike Hagan, Director
Dominique
as David Ballard
The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot
Overboard
as Mitch Garrison
Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice)
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
as Self - Host
Obsession
as Michael Courtland
Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop
Shoot
as Rex
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Three Days of the Condor
as J. Higgins
Out of Season
as Joe Tanner
My Father's House
as Tom Lindholm Jr.
Kennedys Don't Cry
1975
Kennedys Don't Cry
as Self - Narrator
Man on a Swing
as Lee Tucker
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Narrator(voice)
The Man Without a Country
as Philip Nolan
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Ace Eli Walford
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Narrator (voice)
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Cole Younger
J.W. Coop
as J.W. Coop, Director, Producer, Writer
Too Late the Hero
as Lt. Sam Lawson
The Devil's Brigade
as Major Alan Crown
Charly
as Charlie Gordon
The Sunshine Patriot
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
The Honey Pot
as William McFly
Masquerade
as David Frazer
Love Has Many Faces
as Pete Jordon
Up from the Beach
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
The Best Man
as Joe Cantwell
633 Squadron
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
PT 109
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
Sunday in New York
as Adam Tyler
My Six Loves
as Jim Larkin
The Interns
as Dr. John Paul Otis
Underworld U.S.A.
as Tolly Devlin
All in a Night's Work
as Warren Kingsley Jr.
The Big Show
as Josef Everard
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
as Charlie Gordon
Gidget
as The Big Kahuna
Battle of the Coral Sea
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
As the Sea Rages
as Clements
The Naked and the Dead
as Robert Hearn
Natchez
as Danny Carson
Days of Wine and Roses
as Joe Clay
Autumn Leaves
as Burt Hanson
Picnic
as Alan Benson
Corvette K-225
as Lookout
We've Never Been Licked
as Adams (uncredited)