Cliff Robertson
Acting
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.
TV Shows(21)
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen
1995
The Outer Limits
Theodore Harris
1995
The American Revolution
George Washington
1994
American Cinema
Self
1994
Falcon Crest
Michael Ranson
1981
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
William Martin
1977
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies
Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
Film '72
Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Batman
Shame
1966
The Outer Limits
Alan Maxwell
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Twilight Zone
Christian Horn
1959
Playhouse 90
1956
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Movies(92)
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Spider-Man 3
Ben Parker
2007
Riding the Bullet
Farmer
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
2004
Spider-Man 2
Ben Parker
2004
13th Child
Mr. Shroud
2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self - Actor
2002
Spider-Man
Ben Parker
2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
2002
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
2001
Falcon Down
Buzz Thomas
2001
Mach 2
Vice President Pike
2001
Family Tree
Larry
1999
Assignment Berlin
Colonel Cliff Garret
1998
Race
Jack Durmann
1998
Lusitania
Narrator
1998
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self
1996
Escape from L.A.
President
1996
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen
1995
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
Narrator
1995
The Sunset Boys
Ted Roth
1995
Renaissance Man
Colonel James
1994
Lincoln
Noah Brooks (voice)
1992
Wind
Morgan Weld
1992
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Dr. W.F. Carver
1991
Dead Reckoning
Daniel Barnard
1990
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
1989
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Henry Ford
1987
Malone
Charles Delaney
1987
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Mel Fisher
1986
Galapagos: My Fragile World
Narrator
1986
Shaker Run
Judd Pierson
1985
The Key to Rebecca
Maj. William Vandam
1985
Star 80
Hugh Hefner
1983
Brainstorm
Alex Terson
1983
Class
Mr. Burroughs
1983
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Narrator
1983
Two of a Kind
Frank Minor
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
The Pilot
Mike Hagan
1980
Dominique
David Ballard
1980
The Little Prince
Narrator / Pilot
1979
Overboard
Mitch Garrison
1978
Fraternity Row
Narrator (voice)
1977
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
Self - Host
1977
Obsession
Michael Courtland
1976
Midway
Cmdr. Jessop
1976
Shoot
Rex
1976
Return to Earth
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
1976
Kennedys Don't Cry
Self - Narrator
1975
Three Days of the Condor
J. Higgins
1975
My Father's House
Tom Lindholm Jr.
1975
Out of Season
Joe Tanner
1975
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Johnny Nolan
1974
Man on a Swing
Lee Tucker
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Narrator(voice)
1974
The Man Without a Country
Philip Nolan
1973
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Ace Eli Walford
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
Narrator
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Narrator
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Narrator (voice)
1973
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Cole Younger
1972
J.W. Coop
J.W. Coop
1972
Too Late the Hero
Lt. Sam Lawson
1970
The Sunshine Patriot
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
1968
Charly
Charlie Gordon
1968
The Devil's Brigade
Major Alan Crown
1968
The Honey Pot
William McFly
1967
Up from the Beach
Sgt. Edward Baxter
1965
Masquerade
David Frazer
1965
Love Has Many Faces
Pete Jordon
1965
633 Squadron
Wing Commander Roy Grant
1964
The Best Man
Joe Cantwell
1964
Sunday in New York
Adam Tyler
1963
PT 109
Lt. John F, Kennedy
1963
My Six Loves
Rev. Jim Larkin
1963
The Interns
Dr. John Paul Otis
1962
The Big Show
Josef Everard
1961
All in a Night's Work
Warren Kingsley, Jr.
1961
Underworld U.S.A.
Tolly Devlin
1961
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon
1961
As the Sea Rages
Clements
1959
Battle of the Coral Sea
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
1959
Gidget
The Big Kahuna
1959
Days of Wine and Roses
Joe Clay
1958
The Naked and the Dead
Robert Hearn
1958
Natchez
Danny Carson
1958
The Girl Most Likely
Pete
1958
Autumn Leaves
Burt Hanson
1956
Picnic
Alan Benson
1955
Corvette K-225
Lookout
1943
We've Never Been Licked
Adams (uncredited)
1943