Cliff Robertson
Acting
Born: September 9, 1923 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: September 10, 2011 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Spider-Man
2002
Spider-Man 2
2004
Spider-Man 3
2007
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Escape from L.A.
1996
Three Days of the Condor
1975
The Twilight Zone
1959
Batman
1966
Midway
1976
Obsession
1976
Renaissance Man
1994
Brainstorm
1983
Photos (3)
Movies (81)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spider-Man
Ben Parker
Spider-Man 3
Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
Ben Parker
Escape from L.A.
President
Midway
Cmdr. Jessop
The Devil's Brigade
Major Alan Crown
Renaissance Man
Colonel James
Three Days of the Condor
J. Higgins
633 Squadron
Wing Commander Roy Grant
Picnic
Alan Benson
Obsession
Michael Courtland
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Dr. W.F. Carver
All in a Night's Work
Warren Kingsley Jr.
Class
Mr. Burroughs
Star 80
Hugh Hefner
Brainstorm
Alex Terson
Riding the Bullet
Farmer
The Best Man
Joe Cantwell
Malone
Charles Delaney
Too Late the Hero
Lt. Sam Lawson
Gidget
The Big Kahuna
Wind
Morgan Weld
Underworld U.S.A.
Tolly Devlin
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Cole Younger
Masquerade
David Frazer
Sunday in New York
Adam Tyler
PT 109
Lt. John F, Kennedy
Corvette K-225
Lookout
The Naked and the Dead
Robert Hearn
Love Has Many Faces
Pete Jordon
13th Child
Mr. Shroud
Man on a Swing
Lee Tucker
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Ace Eli Walford
The Honey Pot
William McFly
Falcon Down
Buzz Thomas
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Narrator (voice)
My Six Loves
Jim Larkin
Up from the Beach
Sgt. Edward Baxter
Charly
Charlie Gordon
Days of Wine and Roses
Joe Clay
The Big Show
Josef Everard
The Interns
Dr. John Paul Otis
Dominique
David Ballard
The Sunset Boys
Ted Roth
Family Tree
Larry
Autumn Leaves
Burt Hanson
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Mel Fisher
Battle of the Coral Sea
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
Mach 2
Vice President Pike
The Man Without a Country
Philip Nolan
Race
Jack Durmann
The Pilot
Mike Hagan
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Henry Ford
Return to Earth
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
The Key to Rebecca
Maj. William Vandam
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Johnny Nolan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
Narrator
Lusitania
Narrator
The Girl Most Likely
Pete
J.W. Coop
J.W. Coop
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon
Fraternity Row
Narrator (voice)
Shoot
Rex
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen
Two of a Kind
Frank Minor
My Father's House
Tom Lindholm Jr.
Dead Reckoning
Daniel Barnard
We've Never Been Licked
Adams (uncredited)
The Sunshine Patriot
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
The Little Prince
Narrator / Pilot
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Narrator
As the Sea Rages
Clements
Out of Season
Joe Tanner
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Narrator(voice)
Natchez
Danny Carson
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Narrator
Assignment Berlin
Colonel Cliff Garret
Overboard
Mitch Garrison
Shaker Run
Judd Pierson
TV Shows (13)
Falcon Crest
Michael Ranson · 28 eps
The Twilight Zone
Christian Horn · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Jerry Etherson · 1 eps
Batman
Shame · 5 eps
The Outer Limits
Theodore Harris · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Alan Maxwell · 1 eps
The United States Steel Hour
1 eps
Playhouse 90
1 eps
Playhouse 90
Danny Carson · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Lieutenant · 1 eps
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
William Martin · 6 eps
The American Revolution
George Washington · 6 eps
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (19)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 4 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 4 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self · 5 eps
American Cinema
Self · 1 eps
The Men Who Made the Movies
Self - Narrator (voice) · 9 eps
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self - Actor
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
Self - Host