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
Ben Parker
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spider-Man 3
Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
Ben Parker
Three Days of the Condor
J. Higgins
Escape from L.A.
President
Midway
Cmdr. Jessop
Class
Mr. Burroughs
Renaissance Man
Colonel James
Brainstorm
Alex Terson
Riding the Bullet
Farmer
633 Squadron
Wing Commander Roy Grant
Too Late the Hero
Lt. Sam Lawson
Obsession
Michael Courtland
Picnic
Alan Benson
Malone
Charles Delaney
Star 80
Hugh Hefner
Wind
Morgan Weld
The Devil's Brigade
Major Alan Crown
The Best Man
Joe Cantwell
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Dr. W.F. Carver
Charly
Charlie Gordon
Two of a Kind
Frank Minor
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Cole Younger
The Honey Pot
William McFly
All in a Night's Work
Warren Kingsley Jr.
Gidget
The Big Kahuna
Falcon Down
Buzz Thomas
PT 109
Lt. John F, Kennedy
Love Has Many Faces
Pete Jordon
Man on a Swing
Lee Tucker
Corvette K-225
Lookout
The Naked and the Dead
Robert Hearn
Battle of the Coral Sea
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
Sunday in New York
Adam Tyler
13th Child
Mr. Shroud
Underworld U.S.A.
Tolly Devlin
Autumn Leaves
Burt Hanson
Mach 2
Vice President Pike
The Sunset Boys
Ted Roth
Dominique
David Ballard
Masquerade
David Frazer
The Pilot
Mike Hagan
As the Sea Rages
Clements
The Little Prince
Narrator / Pilot
Race
Jack Durmann
Up from the Beach
Sgt. Edward Baxter
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Mel Fisher
The Big Show
Josef Everard
My Six Loves
Jim Larkin
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Narrator (voice)
Family Tree
Larry
Return to Earth
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Lusitania
Narrator
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Henry Ford
My Father's House
Tom Lindholm Jr.
The Interns
Dr. John Paul Otis
Days of Wine and Roses
Joe Clay
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Ace Eli Walford
The Key to Rebecca
Maj. William Vandam
Shoot
Rex
The Sunshine Patriot
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
Overboard
Mitch Garrison
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen
J.W. Coop
J.W. Coop
The Girl Most Likely
Pete
The Man Without a Country
Philip Nolan
We've Never Been Licked
Adams (uncredited)
Shaker Run
Judd Pierson
Natchez
Danny Carson
Out of Season
Joe Tanner
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Narrator(voice)
Dead Reckoning
Daniel Barnard
Assignment Berlin
Colonel Cliff Garret
Fraternity Row
Narrator (voice)
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Narrator
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Johnny Nolan
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
Narrator
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Narrator
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
The American Revolution
George Washington · 6 eps
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
William Martin · 6 eps
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (18)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 4 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 4 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
American Cinema
Self · 1 eps
The Men Who Made the Movies
Self - Narrator (voice) · 9 eps
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self - Actor
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
Self - Host