Cliff Robertson
Known for: Acting
Born: September 9, 1923
Died: September 10, 2011
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
92 movies · 22 TV shows, newest first
8.3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
NR
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
6.5
Spider-Man 3
2007
5.1
Riding the Bullet
2004
7.3
Spider-Man 2
2004
2.7
13th Child
2002
6.9
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
7.4
Spider-Man
2002
5.8
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
7.3
'Obsession' Revisited
2001
5.0
Falcon Down
2001
4.6
Mach 2
2001
9.0
Family Tree
1999
6.1
Assignment Berlin
1998
8.0
Race
1998
9.0
Lusitania
1998
7.5
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
8.0
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
1996
5.9
Escape from L.A.
1996
6.0
Dazzle
1995
NR
Dazzle
19959.0
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
1995
7.0
The Sunset Boys
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
9.0
The American Revolution
1994
6.1
Renaissance Man
1994
8.3
American Cinema
19947.3
Lincoln
1992
6.2
Wind
1992
7.4
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
4.3
Dead Reckoning
1990
NR
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
7.3
Ford: The Man and the Machine
1987
6.0
Malone
1987
7.4
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
1986NR
Galapagos: My Fragile World
1986
5.6
Shaker Run
1985
5.1
The Key to Rebecca
1985
6.5
Star 80
1983
6.2
Brainstorm
1983
6.0
Class
1983
9.0
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1983
NR
Two of a Kind
1982
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
6.9
The Pilot
1980
4.9
Dominique
1980
6.6
The Little Prince
1979
3.0
Overboard
1978
7.8
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
7.0
Fraternity Row
1977
NR
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
1977
6.7
Obsession
1976
6.6
Midway
1976
6.0
Shoot
1976
10.0
Return to Earth
1976NR
Kennedys Don't Cry
1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.3
Three Days of the Condor
1975
9.0
My Father's House
1975
5.5
Out of Season
1975
10.0
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
5.9
Man on a Swing
1974
NR
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
7.0
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
NR
The Men Who Made the Movies
1973
6.5
The Man Without a Country
1973
5.1
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
7.3
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
1973
6.8
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
1973
5.7
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
5.5
J.W. Coop
19725.1
Film '72
1971
6.4
Too Late the Hero
1970
7.5
The Sunshine Patriot
1968
6.5
Charly
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.3
The Devil's Brigade
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
6.5
The Honey Pot
1967
7.3
Batman
1966
8.0
Up from the Beach
1965
5.0
Masquerade
1965
5.2
Love Has Many Faces
1965
6.2
633 Squadron
1964
7.3
The Best Man
1964
6.8
Sunday in New York
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
6.1
PT 109
1963
5.7
My Six Loves
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.0
The Interns
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.8
The Big Show
1961
6.0
All in a Night's Work
1961
7.1
Underworld U.S.A.
1961
NR
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1961
8.0
As the Sea Rages
1959
5.8
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.0
Gidget
1959
7.3
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
5.7
The Naked and the Dead
1958
NR
Natchez
1958
3.3
The Girl Most Likely
1958
7.5
Playhouse 90
1956
7.0
Autumn Leaves
1956
6.4
Picnic
1955
6.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
6.2
Corvette K-225
1943
6.5
We've Never Been Licked
1943