Cliff Robertson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-09-09

Day of death

2011-09-10 (88 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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

  • Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 3

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

  • Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

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

  • Three Days of the Condor

    Three Days of the Condor

  • Picnic

    Picnic

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Midway

    Midway

  • Wind

    Wind

  • The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

  • Obsession

    Obsession

  • Star 80

    Star 80

  • 633 Squadron

    633 Squadron

  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

  • Renaissance Man

    Renaissance Man

  • Class

    Class

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • The Pilot

    The Pilot

  • PT 109

    PT 109

  • Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

  • Race

    Race

  • Mach 2

    Mach 2

  • Falcon Down

    Falcon Down

  • Masquerade

    Masquerade

  • Fraternity Row

    Fraternity Row

  • Overboard

    Overboard

  • Dominique

    Dominique

  • Shaker Run

    Shaker Run

  • Assignment Berlin

    Assignment Berlin

  • Days of Wine and Roses

    Days of Wine and Roses

  • The Sunset Boys

    The Sunset Boys

  • Return to Earth

    Return to Earth

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • The Devil's Brigade

    The Devil's Brigade

  • Film '72

    Film '72

  • Charly

    Charly

  • Dead Reckoning

    Dead Reckoning

  • The Key to Rebecca

    The Key to Rebecca

  • The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

  • Family Tree

    Family Tree

  • Dazzle

    Dazzle

  • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

    The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

  • As the Sea Rages

    As the Sea Rages

  • Natchez

    Natchez

  • Lusitania

    Lusitania

  • Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

    Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

  • Sunday in New York

    Sunday in New York

  • Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story

    Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story

  • 13th Child

    13th Child

  • The Best Man

    The Best Man

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Riding the Bullet

    Riding the Bullet

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

  • J.W. Coop

    J.W. Coop

  • Underworld U.S.A.

    Underworld U.S.A.

  • The Honey Pot

    The Honey Pot

  • Washington: Behind Closed Doors

    Washington: Behind Closed Doors

  • Love Has Many Faces

    Love Has Many Faces

  • My Six Loves

    My Six Loves

  • All in a Night's Work

    All in a Night's Work

  • The Big Show

    The Big Show

  • Shoot

    Shoot

  • The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

  • My Father's House

    My Father's House

  • The Sunshine Patriot

    The Sunshine Patriot

  • The Girl Most Likely

    The Girl Most Likely

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

  • William Holden: The Golden Boy

    William Holden: The Golden Boy

  • Too Late the Hero

    Too Late the Hero

  • Joan Crawford: Always the Star

    Joan Crawford: Always the Star

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • Malone

    Malone

  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

  • Out of Season

    Out of Season

  • The American Indian's Sacred Ground

    The American Indian's Sacred Ground

  • Up from the Beach

    Up from the Beach

  • The Interns

    The Interns

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Ford: The Man and the Machine

    Ford: The Man and the Machine

  • Lincoln: Trial by Fire

    Lincoln: Trial by Fire

  • The Men Who Made the Movies

    The Men Who Made the Movies

  • Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

    Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

  • Autumn Leaves

    Autumn Leaves

  • Galapagos: My Fragile World

    Galapagos: My Fragile World

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

  • Two of a Kind

    Two of a Kind

  • Corvette K-225

    Corvette K-225

  • With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America

    With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America

  • Man on a Swing

    Man on a Swing

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  • Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

    Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

  • We've Never Been Licked

    We've Never Been Licked

  • Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

    Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

  • Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

  • 'Obsession' Revisited

    'Obsession' Revisited

  • The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

    The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh

  • Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

    Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph