Cliff Robertson
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Spider-Man
as Ben Parker 2002
Spider-Man 2
as Ben Parker 2004
Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker 2007
Escape from L.A.
as President 1996
Three Days of the Condor
as J. Higgins 1975
Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop 1976
Obsession
as Michael Courtland 1976
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James 1994
Brainstorm
as Alex Terson 1983
Riding the Bullet
as Farmer 2004
Class
as Mr. Burroughs 1983
Star 80
as Hugh Hefner 1983
Charly
as Charlie Gordon 1968
Picnic
as Alan Benson 1955
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver 1991
Underworld U.S.A.
as Tolly Devlin 1961
The Devil's Brigade
as Major Alan Crown 1968