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.
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Movies (44)
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker
2007
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
2004
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
2002
'Obsession' Revisited
as Self
2001
Falcon Down
as Buzz Thomas
2001
Mach 2
as Vice President Pike
2001
Family Tree
as Larry
1999
Assignment Berlin
as Colonel Cliff Garret
1998
Race
as Jack Durmann
1998
Lusitania
as Narrator
1998
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self
1996
Escape from L.A.
as President
1996
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
1995
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
as Narrator
1995
The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth
1995
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James
1994
Lincoln
as Noah Brooks (voice)
1992
Wind
as Morgan Weld
1992
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver
1991
Dead Reckoning
as Daniel Barnard
1990
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
1989
Ford: The Man and the Machine
as Henry Ford
1987
Malone
as Charles Delaney
1987
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
as Mel Fisher
1986
Galapagos: My Fragile World
as Narrator
1986
Shaker Run
as Judd Pierson
1985
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. William Vandam
1985
Star 80
as Hugh Hefner
1983
Brainstorm
as Alex Terson
1983
Class
as Mr. Burroughs
1983
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
as Narrator
1983
Two of a Kind
as Frank Minor
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
The Pilot
as Mike Hagan
1980
Dominique
as David Ballard
1980
The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot
1979
Overboard
as Mitch Garrison
1978
Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice)
1977
TV Shows (6)
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
The Outer Limits
as Theodore Harris
1995
The American Revolution
as George Washington
1994
American Cinema
as Self
1994
Falcon Crest
as Michael Ranson
1981
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as William Martin
1977