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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Falcon Crest
1981
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Batman
1966
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Outer Limits
1995
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
The Twilight Zone
1959
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host · 1961
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited) · 1975
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
Falcon Crest
as Michael Ranson · 1981
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Batman
as Shame · 1966
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
The Outer Limits
as Theodore Harris · 1995
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2023
The Twilight Zone
as Christian Horn · 1959
The Twilight Zone
as Jerry Etherson · 1959
Spider-Man
as Ben Parker · 2002
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds · 1963
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker · 2007
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited) · 1968
The Outer Limits
as Alan Maxwell · 1963
Playhouse 90
· 1956
Playhouse 90
as Danny Carson · 1956
Playhouse 90
as Lieutenant · 1956
The United States Steel Hour
· 1953
Hollywood Squares
as Self · 1966
Spider-Man 2
as Ben Parker · 2004
Escape from L.A.
as President · 1996
Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop · 1976
Three Days of the Condor
as J. Higgins · 1975
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James · 1994
American Cinema
as Self · 1994
Class
as Mr. Burroughs · 1983
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as William Martin · 1977
The Men Who Made the Movies
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1973
The Devil's Brigade
as Major Alan Crown · 1968
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen · 1995
Riding the Bullet
as Farmer · 2004
The American Revolution
as George Washington · 1994
Obsession
as Michael Courtland · 1976
Underworld U.S.A.
as Tolly Devlin · 1961
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Ace Eli Walford · 1973
Brainstorm
as Alex Terson · 1983
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver · 1991
Too Late the Hero
as Lt. Sam Lawson · 1970
Two of a Kind
as Frank Minor · 1982
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Cole Younger · 1972
633 Squadron
as Wing Commander Roy Grant · 1964
Picnic
as Alan Benson · 1955
The Naked and the Dead
as Robert Hearn · 1958
Sunday in New York
as Adam Tyler · 1963
Gidget
as The Big Kahuna · 1959
Star 80
as Hugh Hefner · 1983
All in a Night's Work
as Warren Kingsley Jr. · 1961
Night of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982
The Best Man
as Joe Cantwell · 1964
The Honey Pot
as William McFly · 1967
Wind
as Morgan Weld · 1992
13th Child
as Mr. Shroud · 2002
Love Has Many Faces
as Pete Jordon · 1965
Malone
as Charles Delaney · 1987
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Narrator (voice) · 1973
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen · 1995
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actor · 2002
Battle of the Coral Sea
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway · 1959
Charly
as Charlie Gordon · 1968
Corvette K-225
as Lookout · 1943
Man on a Swing
as Lee Tucker · 1974
PT 109
as Lt. John F, Kennedy · 1963
Ford: The Man and the Machine
as Henry Ford · 1987
My Father's House
as Tom Lindholm Jr. · 1975
Days of Wine and Roses
as Joe Clay · 1958
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
as Mel Fisher · 1986
Autumn Leaves
as Burt Hanson · 1956
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1996
Up from the Beach
as Sgt. Edward Baxter · 1965
The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth · 1995
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Narrator(voice) · 1974
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. William Vandam · 1985
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr. · 1976
Masquerade
as David Frazer · 1965
The Girl Most Likely
as Pete · 1958
Dominique
as David Ballard · 1980
Mach 2
as Vice President Pike · 2001
Race
as Jack Durmann · 1998
Kennedys Don't Cry
as Self - Narrator · 1975
The Interns
as Dr. John Paul Otis · 1962
Shoot
as Rex · 1976
The Big Show
as Josef Everard · 1961
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self · 2002
The Man Without a Country
as Philip Nolan · 1973
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan · 1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
as Narrator · 1973
We've Never Been Licked
as Adams (uncredited) · 1943
Falcon Down
as Buzz Thomas · 2001
J.W. Coop
as J.W. Coop · 1972
My Six Loves
as Jim Larkin · 1963
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
· 2010
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
as Narrator · 1973
As the Sea Rages
as Clements · 1959
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self · 1996
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self · 1989
The Pilot
as Mike Hagan · 1980
Lusitania
as Narrator · 1998
Lincoln
as Noah Brooks (voice) · 1992
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
as Charlie Gordon · 1961
Shaker Run
as Judd Pierson · 1985
The Sunshine Patriot
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby · 1968
Out of Season
as Joe Tanner · 1975
The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot · 1979
'Obsession' Revisited
as Self · 2001
Assignment Berlin
as Colonel Cliff Garret · 1998
Family Tree
as Larry · 1999
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
as Narrator · 1995
Dead Reckoning
as Daniel Barnard · 1990
Overboard
as Mitch Garrison · 1978
Galapagos: My Fragile World
as Narrator · 1986
Natchez
as Danny Carson · 1958
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
as Self - Host · 1977
Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice) · 1977
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
as Narrator · 1983