Cliff Robertson

Actor

Born September 9, 1923 in 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

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story

Spider-Man 3

Ben Parker

Riding the Bullet

Farmer

Spider-Man 2

Ben Parker

13th Child

Mr. Shroud

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Self - Actor

Spider-Man

Ben Parker

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

Self

'Obsession' Revisited

Self

Falcon Down

Buzz Thomas

Mach 2

Vice President Pike

Family Tree

Larry

Assignment Berlin

Colonel Cliff Garret

Race

Jack Durmann

Lusitania

Narrator

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Self

With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America

Self - Narrator (voice)

Escape from L.A.

President

Dazzle

Mike Kilkullen

Dazzle

Mike Kilkullen

The Sunset Boys

Ted Roth

The Outer Limits

Theodore Harris

The American Revolution

George Washington

Renaissance Man

Colonel James

American Cinema

Self

Wind

Morgan Weld

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Dr. W.F. Carver

Dead Reckoning

Daniel Barnard

William Holden: The Golden Boy

Self

Ford: The Man and the Machine

Henry Ford

Malone

Charles Delaney

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

Mel Fisher

Shaker Run

Judd Pierson

The Key to Rebecca

Maj. William Vandam

Star 80

Hugh Hefner

Brainstorm

Alex Terson

Class

Mr. Burroughs

Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

Narrator

Two of a Kind

Frank Minor

Night of 100 Stars

Self

Falcon Crest

Michael Ranson

The Pilot

Mike Hagan

Dominique

David Ballard

The Little Prince

Narrator / Pilot

Overboard

Mitch Garrison

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

William Martin

Fraternity Row

Narrator (voice)

The American Indian's Sacred Ground

Self - Host

Obsession

Michael Courtland

Midway

Cmdr. Jessop

Shoot

Rex

Return to Earth

Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

Saturday Night Live

Self (uncredited)

Three Days of the Condor

J. Higgins

My Father's House

Tom Lindholm Jr.

Out of Season

Joe Tanner

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Johnny Nolan

Man on a Swing

Lee Tucker

Lincoln: Trial by Fire

Narrator(voice)

The Men Who Made the Movies

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Man Without a Country

Philip Nolan

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

Ace Eli Walford

The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh

Narrator

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

Narrator

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

Narrator (voice)

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Cole Younger

J.W. Coop

Too Late the Hero

Lt. Sam Lawson

The Sunshine Patriot

Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby

Charly

Charlie Gordon

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

The Devil's Brigade

Major Alan Crown

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self (uncredited)

The Honey Pot

William McFly

Batman

Shame

Up from the Beach

Sgt. Edward Baxter

Masquerade

David Frazer

Love Has Many Faces

Pete Jordon

633 Squadron

Wing Commander Roy Grant

The Best Man

Joe Cantwell

Sunday in New York

Adam Tyler

The Outer Limits

Alan Maxwell

PT 109

Lt. John F, Kennedy

My Six Loves

Rev. Jim Larkin

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Interns

Dr. John Paul Otis

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Big Show

Josef Everard

All in a Night's Work

Warren Kingsley, Jr.

Underworld U.S.A.

Tolly Devlin

The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

Charlie Gordon

As the Sea Rages

Clements

Battle of the Coral Sea

Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway

The Twilight Zone

Christian Horn

Gidget

The Big Kahuna

Days of Wine and Roses

Joe Clay

The Naked and the Dead

Robert Hearn

Natchez

Danny Carson

The Girl Most Likely

Pete

Playhouse 90

Autumn Leaves

Burt Hanson

Picnic

Alan Benson

The United States Steel Hour

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

Corvette K-225

Lookout

We've Never Been Licked

Adams (uncredited)