Cliff Robertson

ActorWriterDirectorProducer Sep 9 (died age 88) Los Angeles, California, USA 1943–2010 (67 year career)

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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 Ric…

Known For

Film

Spider-Man

Ben Parker

Film

Spider-Man 2

Ben Parker

Film

Spider-Man 3

Ben Parker

Film

Three Days of the Condor

J. Higgins

Film

Escape from L.A.

President

Film

Obsession

Michael Courtland

Film

Midway

Cmdr. Jessop

Film

Brainstorm

Alex Terson

Filmography

Acting (111)

Movies (91)

Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story

Spider-Man 3

as Ben Parker

Spider-Man 2

as Ben Parker

Riding the Bullet

as Farmer

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

Spider-Man

as Ben Parker

13th Child

as Mr. Shroud

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

2002

as Self

5.6

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

as Self - Actor

Falcon Down

as Buzz Thomas

'Obsession' Revisited

2001

as Self

6.3

Mach 2

2001

as Vice President Pike

Family Tree

as Larry

Race

as Jack Durmann

Assignment Berlin

as Colonel Cliff Garret

5.5

Lusitania

1998

as Narrator

Escape from L.A.

1996

as President

5.9

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996

as Self

7.5

Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

1995

as Narrator

The Sunset Boys

as Ted Roth

Dazzle

as Mike Kilkullen

Renaissance Man

as Colonel James

Lincoln

as Noah Brooks (voice)

6.8

Wind

1992

as Morgan Weld

6.1

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

as Dr. W.F. Carver

Dead Reckoning

as Daniel Barnard

William Holden: The Golden Boy

1989

as Self

Malone

1987

as Charles Delaney

6.0

Ford: The Man and the Machine

1987

as Henry Ford

6.0

Galapagos: My Fragile World

1986

as Narrator

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

1986

as Mel Fisher

6.7

The Key to Rebecca

1985

as Maj. William Vandam

Shaker Run

as Judd Pierson

Class

as Mr. Burroughs

Brainstorm

as Alex Terson

Star 80

as Hugh Hefner

Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

1983

as Narrator

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7

Two of a Kind

1982

as Frank Minor

The Pilot

as Mike Hagan

Dominique

as David Ballard

The Little Prince

as Narrator / Pilot

Overboard

as Mitch Garrison

The American Indian's Sacred Ground

1977

as Self - Host

Fraternity Row

1977

as Narrator (voice)

Midway

as Cmdr. Jessop

Obsession

as Michael Courtland

Shoot

as Rex

Return to Earth

as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

Three Days of the Condor

1975

as J. Higgins

7.3

My Father's House

1975

as Tom Lindholm Jr.

Out of Season

1975

as Joe Tanner

5.0

Lincoln: Trial by Fire

1974

as Narrator(voice)

Man on a Swing

1974

as Lee Tucker

5.8

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1974

as Johnny Nolan

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973

as Narrator (voice)

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

1973

as Ace Eli Walford

4.7

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

1973

as Narrator

6.4

The Man Without a Country

1973

as Philip Nolan

6.5

The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh

as Narrator

J.W. Coop

as J.W. Coop

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

as Cole Younger

Too Late the Hero

as Lt. Sam Lawson

The Devil's Brigade

as Major Alan Crown

Charly

as Charlie Gordon

The Sunshine Patriot

as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby

The Honey Pot

as William McFly

Love Has Many Faces

as Pete Jordon

Masquerade

as David Frazer

Up from the Beach

as Sgt. Edward Baxter

The Best Man

as Joe Cantwell

633 Squadron

as Wing Commander Roy Grant

6.1

PT 109

1963

as Lt. John F, Kennedy

Sunday in New York

as Adam Tyler

My Six Loves

as Rev. Jim Larkin

The Interns

as Dr. John Paul Otis

Underworld U.S.A.

as Tolly Devlin

The Big Show

as Josef Everard

All in a Night's Work

1961

as Warren Kingsley, Jr.

5.9

The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

1961

as Charlie Gordon

Gidget

1959

as The Big Kahuna

5.9

Battle of the Coral Sea

1959

as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway

5.6

As the Sea Rages

1959

as Clements

The Girl Most Likely

1958

as Pete

2.6

Natchez

1958

as Danny Carson

Days of Wine and Roses

1958

as Joe Clay

7.0

The Naked and the Dead

as Robert Hearn

Autumn Leaves

as Burt Hanson

Picnic

as Alan Benson

Corvette K-225

as Lookout

We've Never Been Licked

1943

as Adams (uncredited)

Television (20)

With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America

1996

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Outer Limits

1995

as Theodore Harris

7.7

The American Revolution

1994

as George Washington

American Cinema

as Self

Falcon Crest

as Michael Ranson

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

1977

as William Martin

7.3

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

7.0

The Men Who Made the Movies

1973

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Film '72

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

Batman

as Shame

The Outer Limits

as Alan Maxwell

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

The Twilight Zone

as Christian Horn

Playhouse 90

as Danny Carson

The United States Steel Hour

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

13th Child

Writer

The Pilot

Director

J.W. Coop

Director

J.W. Coop

Producer

J.W. Coop

Writer