Born 1923 (age 88) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Appears in 114 titles

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
7.3
Spider-Man
2002
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
7.3
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 3
6.5
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
8.3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escape from L.A.
5.9
Escape from L.A.
1996
as President
Three Days of the Condor
7.3
Three Days of the Condor
1975
as J. Higgins
Midway
6.6
Midway
1976
as Cmdr. Jessop
Renaissance Man
6.1
Renaissance Man
1994
as Colonel James
Obsession
6.7
Obsession
1976
as Michael Courtland
Brainstorm
6.2
Brainstorm
1983
as Alex Terson
Riding the Bullet
5.1
Riding the Bullet
2004
as Farmer
Class
5.9
Class
1983
as Mr. Burroughs
Star 80
6.5
Star 80
1983
as Hugh Hefner
Charly
6.4
Charly
1968
as Charlie Gordon
Picnic
6.4
Picnic
1955
as Alan Benson
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
7.4
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
as Dr. W.F. Carver
Underworld U.S.A.
7.0
Underworld U.S.A.
1961
as Tolly Devlin
The Devil's Brigade
6.3
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Major Alan Crown
Too Late the Hero
6.4
Too Late the Hero
1970
as Lt. Sam Lawson
633 Squadron
6.2
633 Squadron
1964
as Wing Commander Roy Grant