Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

1923-09-09 – 2011-09-10 (age 88) Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.

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Known For

Spider-Man
Spider-Man

2002

as Ben Parker

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3

2007

as Ben Parker

Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2

2004

as Ben Parker

Midway
Midway

1976

as Cmdr. Jessop

Three Days of the Condor
Three Days of the Condor

1975

as J. Higgins

Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A.

1996

as President

Obsession
Obsession

1976

as Michael Courtland

Gidget
Gidget

1959

as The Big Kahuna

Class
Class

1983

as Mr. Burroughs

The Devil's Brigade
The Devil's Brigade

1968

as Major Alan Crown

Brainstorm
Brainstorm

1983

as Alex Terson

Renaissance Man
Renaissance Man

1994

as Colonel James

633 Squadron
633 Squadron

1964

as Wing Commander Roy Grant

Star 80
Star 80

1983

as Hugh Hefner

Picnic
Picnic

1955

as Alan Benson

PT 109
PT 109

1963

as Lt. John F, Kennedy

Wind
Wind

1992

as Morgan Weld

Charly
Charly

1968

as Charlie Gordon

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991

as Dr. W.F. Carver