Cliff Robertson
84 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 9, 1923
- Died
- Sep 10, 2011 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III · Clifford Parker Robertson III · Clifford 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Cliff Robertson: movies and TV shows
Acting (94)
- 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2010
- 2007 Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker
- 2004 Riding the Bullet
as Farmer
- 2004 Spider-Man 2
as Ben Parker
- 2002 13th Child
as Mr. Shroud
- 2002 Spider-Man
as Ben Parker
- 2001 Falcon Down
as Buzz Thomas
- 2001 Mach 2
as Vice President Pike
- 1999 Family Tree
as Larry
- 1998 Assignment Berlin
as Colonel Cliff Garret
- 1998 Race
as Jack Durmann
- 1998 Lusitania
as Narrator
- 1996 Escape from L.A.
as President
- 1995 Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
- 1995
- 1995 Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
as Narrator
- 1995 The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 Renaissance Man
as Colonel James
- 1992 Lincoln
as Noah Brooks (voice)
- 1992 Wind
as Morgan Weld
- 1991 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver
- 1990 Dead Reckoning
as Daniel Barnard
- 1987 Ford: The Man and the Machine
as Henry Ford
- 1987 Malone
as Charles Delaney
- 1986 Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
as Mel Fisher
- 1986 Galapagos: My Fragile World
as Narrator
- 1985 Shaker Run
as Judd Pierson
- 1985 The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. William Vandam
- 1983 Star 80
as Hugh Hefner
- 1983 Brainstorm
as Alex Terson
- 1983 Class
as Mr. Burroughs
- 1983 Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
as Narrator
- 1982 Two of a Kind
as Frank Minor
- 1981
- 1980 The Pilot
as Mike Hagan
- 1980 Dominique
as David Ballard
- 1979 The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot
- 1978 Overboard
as Mitch Garrison
- 1977
- 1977 Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 Obsession
as Michael Courtland
- 1976 Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop
- 1976 Shoot
as Rex
- 1976 Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
- 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
- 1974 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
- 1974 Man on a Swing
as Lee Tucker
- 1974 Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Narrator(voice)
- 1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as 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
- 1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Cole Younger
- 1972 J.W. Coop
as J.W. Coop
- 1970 Too Late the Hero
as Lt. Sam Lawson
- 1968 The Sunshine Patriot
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
- 1968 Charly
as Charlie Gordon
- 1968 The Devil's Brigade
as Major Alan Crown
- 1967 The Honey Pot
as William McFly
- 1966
- 1965 Up from the Beach
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
- 1965 Masquerade
as David Frazer
- 1965 Love Has Many Faces
as Pete Jordon
- 1964 633 Squadron
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
- 1964 The Best Man
as Joe Cantwell
- 1963 Sunday in New York
as Adam Tyler
- 1963
- 1963 PT 109
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
- 1963 My Six Loves
as Jim Larkin
- 1962 The Interns
as Dr. John Paul Otis
- 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
- 1959 As the Sea Rages
as Clements
- 1959 Battle of the Coral Sea
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
- 1959
- 1959 Gidget
as The Big Kahuna
- 1958 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
- 1956
- 1956 Autumn Leaves
as Burt Hanson
- 1955 Picnic
as Alan Benson
- 1953
- 1943 Corvette K-225
as Lookout
- 1943 We've Never Been Licked
as Adams (uncredited)
Behind the camera (3)
- 2002 13th Child
Writer
- 1980 The Pilot
Director
- 1972 J.W. Coop
Director, Producer, Writer
Talk shows and appearances (21)
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 1996
- 1996
- 1994 American Cinema
1 episode
- 1989
- 1982
- 1977
- 1975
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1973 The Men Who Made the Movies
9 episodes
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1 episode
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
2 episodes
- 1966 Hollywood Squares
5 episodes
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
4 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
3 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
5 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode