Cliff Robertson
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Spider-Man
2002
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Ben Parker
Class
1983
as Mr. Burroughs
Escape from L.A.
1996
as President
Three Days of the Condor
1975
as J. Higgins
Midway
1976
as Cmdr. Jessop
Brainstorm
1983
as Alex Terson
Gidget
1959
as The Big Kahuna
Picnic
1955
as Alan Benson
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
as Dr. W.F. Carver
Wind
1992
as Morgan Weld
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Race
1998
as Jack Durmann
Star 80
1983
as Hugh Hefner
Too Late the Hero
1970
as Lt. Sam Lawson
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Major Alan Crown
Renaissance Man
1994
as Colonel James
PT 109
1963
as Lt. John F, Kennedy