Actor
· Acting
Cliff Robertson
Born 1923-09-09
Died 2011-09-10
📍 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.
Filmography 113
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
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
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
Escape from L.A.
as President
1996
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
1995
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
1995
The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth
1995
The Outer Limits
as Theodore Harris
1995
The American Revolution
as George Washington
1994
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James
1994
American Cinema
as Self
1994
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
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
Falcon Crest
as Michael Ranson
1981
The Pilot
as Mike Hagan
1980
Dominique
as David Ballard
1980
The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot
1979
Overboard
as Mitch Garrison
1978
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as William Martin
1977
Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice)
1977
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
as Self - Host
1977
Obsession
as Michael Courtland
1976
Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop
1976
Shoot
as Rex
1976
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self (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
1975
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
1974
Man on a Swing
as Lee Tucker
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Narrator(voice)
1974
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: Raoul Walsh
as Narrator
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 Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Cole Younger
1972
J.W. Coop
as J.W. Coop
1972
Too Late the Hero
as Lt. Sam Lawson
1970
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
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
The Honey Pot
as William McFly
1967
Batman
as Shame
1966
Up from the Beach
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
1965
Masquerade
as David Frazer
1965
Love Has Many Faces
as Pete Jordon
1965
633 Squadron
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
1964
The Best Man
as Joe Cantwell
1964
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
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Interns
as Dr. John Paul Otis
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
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
1961
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
1959
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
1958
Playhouse 90
1956
Playhouse 90
as Danny Carson
1956
Playhouse 90
as Lieutenant
1956
Autumn Leaves
as Burt Hanson
1956
Picnic
as Alan Benson
1955
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Corvette K-225
as Lookout
1943
We've Never Been Licked
as Adams (uncredited)
1943