Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III

Birth Date

9/9/1923 (Age 88)

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Death Date

9/10/2011

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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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Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

24

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Ben Parker

Ben Parker

Ben Parker

J. Higgins

Michael Courtland

Charlie Gordon

Frequent Collaborators

Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman

2 films together

Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma

1 film together

Ralph Nelson

Ralph Nelson

1 film together

Walter Grauman

Walter Grauman

1 film together

Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson

1 film together

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann

2 films together

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