Cliff Robertson
September 9, 1923 (101 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cliff Robertson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2007 · Spider-Man 3 as Ben Parker
- 2004 · Riding the Bullet as Farmer
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
- 2004 · Spider-Man 2 as Ben Parker
- 2002 · 13th Child as Mr. Shroud
- 2002 · Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self - Actor
- 2002 · Spider-Man as Ben Parker
- 2002 · Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- 2001 · 'Obsession' Revisited as Self
- 2001 · Falcon Down as Buzz Thomas
- 2001 · Mach 2 as Vice President Pike
- 1999 · Family Tree as Larry
- 1998 · Assignment Berlin as Colonel Cliff Garret
- 1998 · Race as Jack Durmann
- 1998 · Lusitania as Narrator
- 1996 · Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self
- 1996 · With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Escape from L.A. as President
- 1995 · Dazzle as Mike Kilkullen
- 1995 · The Sunset Boys as Ted Roth
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Theodore Harris
- 1995 · American Cinema as Narrator
- 1994 · The American Revolution as George Washington
- 1994 · Renaissance Man as Colonel James
- 1992 · Lincoln as Noah Brooks (voice)
- 1992 · Wind as Morgan Weld
- 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 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Henry Ford
- 1987 · Malone as Charles Delaney
- 1986 · Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story as Mel Fisher
- 1986 · Dreams of Gold as Mel Fisher
- 1986 · Galapagos: My Fragile World as Narrator
- 1985 · Shaker Run as Judd Pierson
- 1985 · The Key to Rebecca as Maj. William Vandam
- 1983 · Star 80 as Hugh Hefner
- 1983 · Brainstorm as Alex Terson
- 1983 · Class as Mr. Burroughs
- 1983 · Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph as Narrator
- 1982 · Two of a Kind as Frank Minor
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Michael Ranson
- 1980 · The Pilot as Mike Hagan
- 1980 · Dominique as David Ballard
- 1979 · The Little Prince as Narrator / Pilot
- 1978 · Overboard as Mitch Garrison
- 1977 · Washington: Behind Closed Doors as William Martin
- 1977 · Fraternity Row as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 · The American Indian's Sacred Ground as Self - Host
- 1976 · Obsession as Michael Courtland
- 1976 · Midway as Cmdr. Jessop
- 1976 · Shoot as Rex
- 1976 · Return to Earth as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Three Days of the Condor as J. Higgins
- 1975 · My Father's House as Tom Lindholm Jr.
- 1975 · Out of Season as Joe Tanner
- 1974 · J.W. Coop as J.W. Coop
- 1974 · A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Johnny Nolan
- 1974 · Man on a Swing as Lee Tucker
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1973 · The Man Without a Country as Philip Nolan
- 1973 · Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies as Ace Eli Walford
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock as Narrator
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli as Narrator (voice)
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh as Narrator
- 1972 · The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Cole Younger
- 1970 · Too Late the Hero as Lt. Sam Lawson
- 1968 · The Sunshine Patriot as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
- 1968 · Charly as Charlie Gordon
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · The Devil's Brigade as Major Alan Crown
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · The Honey Pot as William McFly
- 1966 · Batman as Shame
- 1965 · Up from the Beach as Sgt. Edward Baxter
- 1965 · Masquerade as David Frazer
- 1965 · Love Has Many Faces as Pete Jordon
- 1964 · 633 Squadron as Wing Commander Roy Grant
- 1964 · The Best Man as Joe Cantwell
- 1963 · Sunday in New York as Adam Tyler
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Alan Maxwell
- 1963 · PT 109 as Lt. John F, Kennedy
- 1963 · My Six Loves as Rev. Jim Larkin
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Interns as Dr. John Paul Otis
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Big Show as Josef Everard
- 1961 · All in a Night's Work as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
- 1961 · Underworld U.S.A. as Tolly Devlin
- 1961 · The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon as Charlie Gordon
- 1959 · As the Sea Rages as Clements
- 1959 · Battle of the Coral Sea as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Christian Horn
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Jerry Etherson
- 1959 · Gidget as The Big Kahuna
- 1958 · Days of Wine and Roses as Joe Clay
- 1958 · The Naked and the Dead as Robert Hearn
- 1958 · Natchez as Danny Carson
- 1958 · The Girl Most Likely as Pete
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Danny Carson
- 1956 · Autumn Leaves as Burt Hanson
- 1955 · Picnic as Alan Benson
- 1953 · The United States Steel Hour as
- 1943 · Corvette K-225 as Lookout
- 1943 · We've Never Been Licked as Adams (uncredited)