Cliff Robertson

About

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

Falcon CrestSeries • 1981The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959BatmanSeries • 1966Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseMovie • 2023Spider-ManMovie • 2002The Outer LimitsSeries • 1995Spider-Man 3Movie • 2007The Outer LimitsSeries • 1963The United States Steel HourSeries • 1953Playhouse 90Series • 1956Spider-Man 2Movie • 2004Escape from L.A.Movie • 1996MidwayMovie • 1976Three Days of the CondorMovie • 1975The Devil's BrigadeMovie • 1968ObsessionMovie • 1976ClassMovie • 1983Renaissance ManMovie • 1994633 SquadronMovie • 1964Too Late the HeroMovie • 1970BrainstormMovie • 1983Wild Hearts Can't Be BrokenMovie • 1991PicnicMovie • 1955Riding the BulletMovie • 2004