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Cliff Robertson
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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–…
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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.
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Cliff Robertson's Filmography
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker
Riding the Bullet
as Farmer
Spider-Man 2
as Ben Parker
13th Child
as Mr. Shroud
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actor
Spider-Man
as Ben Parker
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
'Obsession' Revisited
as Self
Falcon Down
as Buzz Thomas
Mach 2
as Vice President Pike
Family Tree
as Larry
Assignment Berlin
as Colonel Cliff Garret
Race
as Jack Durmann
Lusitania
as Narrator
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self
Escape from L.A.
as President
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
No Poster
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
as Narrator
The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James
No Poster
Lincoln
as Noah Brooks (voice)
Wind
as Morgan Weld
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver
Dead Reckoning
as Daniel Barnard
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
Ford: The Man and the Machine
as Henry Ford
Malone
as Charles Delaney
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
as Mel Fisher
No Poster
Galapagos: My Fragile World
as Narrator
Shaker Run
as Judd Pierson
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. William Vandam
Star 80
as Hugh Hefner
Brainstorm
as Alex Terson
Class
as Mr. Burroughs
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
as Narrator
Two of a Kind
as Frank Minor
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
The Pilot
as Mike Hagan
Dominique
as David Ballard
The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot
Overboard
as Mitch Garrison
Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice)
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
as Self - Host
Obsession
as Michael Courtland
Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop
Shoot
as Rex
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
No Poster
Kennedys Don't Cry
as Self - Narrator
Three Days of the Condor
as J. Higgins
My Father's House
as Tom Lindholm Jr.
Out of Season
as Joe Tanner
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
Man on a Swing
as Lee Tucker
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Narrator(voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Narrator (voice)
The Man Without a Country
as Philip Nolan
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Ace Eli Walford
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
as Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
as Narrator
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Cole Younger
J.W. Coop
as J.W. Coop
Too Late the Hero
as Lt. Sam Lawson
The Sunshine Patriot
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
Charly
as Charlie Gordon
The Devil's Brigade
as Major Alan Crown
The Honey Pot
as William McFly
Up from the Beach
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
Masquerade
as David Frazer
Love Has Many Faces
as Pete Jordon
633 Squadron
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
The Best Man
as Joe Cantwell
Sunday in New York
as Adam Tyler
PT 109
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
My Six Loves
as Jim Larkin
The Interns
as Dr. John Paul Otis
The Big Show
as Josef Everard
All in a Night's Work
as Warren Kingsley Jr.
Underworld U.S.A.
as Tolly Devlin
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
as Charlie Gordon
As the Sea Rages
as Clements
Battle of the Coral Sea
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
Gidget
as The Big Kahuna
Days of Wine and Roses
as Joe Clay
The Naked and the Dead
as Robert Hearn
Natchez
as Danny Carson
The Girl Most Likely
as Pete
Autumn Leaves
as Burt Hanson
Picnic
as Alan Benson
Corvette K-225
as Lookout
We've Never Been Licked
as Adams (uncredited)