Cliff Robertson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

111

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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Batman

    Batman

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • Falcon Crest

    Falcon Crest

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 3

  • The Outer Limits

    The Outer Limits

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

  • Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

  • The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

  • Midway

    Midway

  • Three Days of the Condor

    Three Days of the Condor

  • 633 Squadron

    633 Squadron

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

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

  • Renaissance Man

    Renaissance Man

  • Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

  • My Six Loves

    My Six Loves

  • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

    The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

  • Class

    Class

  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

  • William Holden: The Golden Boy

    William Holden: The Golden Boy

  • Wind

    Wind

  • Obsession

    Obsession

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

  • Picnic

    Picnic

  • The Interns

    The Interns

  • The Key to Rebecca

    The Key to Rebecca

  • Overboard

    Overboard

  • Star 80

    Star 80

  • Riding the Bullet

    Riding the Bullet

  • Joan Crawford: Always the Star

    Joan Crawford: Always the Star

  • PT 109

    PT 109

  • Falcon Down

    Falcon Down

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

  • Days of Wine and Roses

    Days of Wine and Roses

  • Fraternity Row

    Fraternity Row

  • Dead Reckoning

    Dead Reckoning

  • Race

    Race

  • The Devil's Brigade

    The Devil's Brigade

  • The Pilot

    The Pilot

  • The Sunshine Patriot

    The Sunshine Patriot

  • Natchez

    Natchez

  • The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

  • Shoot

    Shoot

  • Love Has Many Faces

    Love Has Many Faces

  • Galapagos: My Fragile World

    Galapagos: My Fragile World

  • The Girl Most Likely

    The Girl Most Likely

  • Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

    Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

  • Return to Earth

    Return to Earth

  • Assignment Berlin

    Assignment Berlin

  • Malone

    Malone

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Sunday in New York

    Sunday in New York

  • Lusitania

    Lusitania

  • The Big Show

    The Big Show

  • J.W. Coop

    J.W. Coop

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Mach 2

    Mach 2

  • The Men Who Made the Movies

    The Men Who Made the Movies

  • The Honey Pot

    The Honey Pot

  • Washington: Behind Closed Doors

    Washington: Behind Closed Doors

  • Masquerade

    Masquerade

  • The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

  • Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

  • The Best Man

    The Best Man

  • My Father's House

    My Father's House

  • Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

    Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

  • Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

    Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

  • The Naked and the Dead

    The Naked and the Dead

  • Gidget

    Gidget

  • Battle of the Coral Sea

    Battle of the Coral Sea

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Man on a Swing

    Man on a Swing

  • All in a Night's Work

    All in a Night's Work

  • Underworld U.S.A.

    Underworld U.S.A.

  • The Sunset Boys

    The Sunset Boys

  • As the Sea Rages

    As the Sea Rages

  • The American Indian's Sacred Ground

    The American Indian's Sacred Ground

  • Charly

    Charly

  • 13th Child

    13th Child

  • Dazzle

    Dazzle

  • Shaker Run

    Shaker Run

  • Out of Season

    Out of Season

  • Too Late the Hero

    Too Late the Hero

  • 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

  • Up from the Beach

    Up from the Beach

  • Family Tree

    Family Tree

  • Two of a Kind

    Two of a Kind

  • Dominique

    Dominique

  • Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

    Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

  • Corvette K-225

    Corvette K-225

  • Ford: The Man and the Machine

    Ford: The Man and the Machine

  • Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

    Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

  • Autumn Leaves

    Autumn Leaves

  • We've Never Been Licked

    We've Never Been Licked

  • American Cinema

    American Cinema

  • Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  • The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

    The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

  • 'Obsession' Revisited

    'Obsession' Revisited

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh