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.
Known for
Acting114
movieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSpider-Man 3
2007
Ben Parker
movieSpider-Man 2
2004
Ben Parker
movie13th Child
2002
Mr. Shroud
movieJoan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
Self - Actor
movieSpider-Man
2002
Ben Parker
movieFalcon Down
2001
Buzz Thomas
movieMach 2
2001
Vice President Pike
movieFamily Tree
1999
Larry
movieAssignment Berlin
1998
Colonel Cliff Garret
movieRace
1998
Jack Durmann
movieLusitania
1998
Narrator
tvWith God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
1996
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieEscape from L.A.
1996
President
movieDazzle
1995
Mike Kilkullen
tvDazzle
1995
Mike Kilkullen
movieThe Sunset Boys
1995
Ted Roth
tvThe Outer Limits
1995
Theodore Harris
tvThe American Revolution
1994
George Washington
movieRenaissance Man
1994
Colonel James
Lincoln
1992
Noah Brooks (voice)
movieWind
1992
Morgan Weld
movieWild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
Dr. W.F. Carver
movieDead Reckoning
1990
Daniel Barnard
movieFord: The Man and the Machine
1987
Henry Ford
movieMalone
1987
Charles Delaney
movieShaker Run
1985
Judd Pierson
movieThe Key to Rebecca
1985
Maj. William Vandam
movieStar 80
1983
Hugh Hefner
movieBrainstorm
1983
Alex Terson
movieClass
1983
Mr. Burroughs
movieTwo of a Kind
1982
Frank Minor
tvFalcon Crest
1981
Michael Ranson
movieThe Pilot
1980
Mike Hagan
movieDominique
1980
David Ballard
movieThe Little Prince
1979
Narrator / Pilot
movieOverboard
1978
Mitch Garrison
tvWashington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
William Martin
movieFraternity Row
1977
Narrator (voice)
movieThe American Indian's Sacred Ground
1977
Self - Host
movieObsession
1976
Michael Courtland
movieMidway
1976
Cmdr. Jessop
movieReturn to Earth
1976
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Kennedys Don't Cry
1975
Self - Narrator
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self (uncredited)
movieThree Days of the Condor
1975
J. Higgins
movieMy Father's House
1975
Tom Lindholm Jr.
movieOut of Season
1975
Joe Tanner
movieA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
Johnny Nolan
movieMan on a Swing
1974
Lee Tucker
movieLincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
Narrator(voice)
tvThe Men Who Made the Movies
1973
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Man Without a Country
1973
Philip Nolan
movieAce Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
Ace Eli Walford
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
Cole Younger
movieJ.W. Coop
1972
J.W. Coop
movieToo Late the Hero
1970
Lt. Sam Lawson
movieThe Sunshine Patriot
1968
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
movieCharly
1968
Charlie Gordon
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieThe Devil's Brigade
1968
Major Alan Crown
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Honey Pot
1967
William McFly
tvBatman
1966
Shame
movieUp from the Beach
1965
Sgt. Edward Baxter
movieMasquerade
1965
David Frazer
movieLove Has Many Faces
1965
Pete Jordon
movie633 Squadron
1964
Wing Commander Roy Grant
movieThe Best Man
1964
Joe Cantwell
movieSunday in New York
1963
Adam Tyler
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds
tvThe Outer Limits
1963
Alan Maxwell
moviePT 109
1963
Lt. John F, Kennedy
movieMy Six Loves
1963
Rev. Jim Larkin
movieThe Interns
1962
Dr. John Paul Otis
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self / Self - Co-Host
movieThe Big Show
1961
Josef Everard
movieAll in a Night's Work
1961
Warren Kingsley, Jr.
movieUnderworld U.S.A.
1961
Tolly Devlin
movieThe Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1961
Charlie Gordon
movieAs the Sea Rages
1959
Clements
movieBattle of the Coral Sea
1959
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Christian Horn / Jerry Etherson
movieGidget
1959
The Big Kahuna
movieDays of Wine and Roses
1958
Joe Clay
movieThe Naked and the Dead
1958
Robert Hearn
movieNatchez
1958
Danny Carson
tvPlayhouse 90
1956
Danny Carson / Lieutenant
movieAutumn Leaves
1956
Burt Hanson
moviePicnic
1955
Alan Benson
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter
movieCorvette K-225
1943
Lookout
movieWe've Never Been Licked
1943
Adams (uncredited)
Directing2
movieThe Pilot
1980
Director
movieJ.W. Coop
1972
Director
Writing2
movie13th Child
2002
Writer
movieJ.W. Coop
1972
Writer
Production1
movieJ.W. Coop
1972
Producer