Cliff Robertson
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
Top 40 Movies
Spider-Man
2002
Autumn Leaves
1956
Spider-Man 3
2007
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
Return to Earth
1976
'Obsession' Revisited
2001
As the Sea Rages
1959
Charly
1968
The Key to Rebecca
1985
Spider-Man 2
2004
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
The Interns
1962
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1983
Sunday in New York
1963
The Girl Most Likely
1958
Midway
1976
Corvette K-225
1943
Three Days of the Condor
1975
Escape from L.A.
1996
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
1986
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
Malone
1987
J.W. Coop
1972
Shoot
1976
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1961
Battle of the Coral Sea
1959
Picnic
1955
Riding the Bullet
2004
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
Brainstorm
1983
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
633 Squadron
1964
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
Gidget
1959
Class
1983
Star 80
1983
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
1973
Renaissance Man
1994
PT 109
1963