Cliff Robertson
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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.
Known for
Credits
Spider-Man (2002)
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
as Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
as Ben Parker
Escape from L.A. (1996)
as President
Midway (1976)
as Cmdr. Jessop
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
as J. Higgins
Obsession (1976)
as Michael Courtland
Renaissance Man (1994)
as Colonel James
13th Child (2002)
as Mr. Shroud
Brainstorm (1983)
as Alex Terson
Class (1983)
as Mr. Burroughs
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
as Major Alan Crown
Picnic (1955)
as Alan Benson
Man on a Swing (1974)
as Lee Tucker
The Honey Pot (1967)
as William McFly
Star 80 (1983)
as Hugh Hefner
The Sunset Boys (1995)
as Ted Roth
Riding the Bullet (2004)
as Farmer
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
as Dr. W.F. Carver
633 Squadron (1964)
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
Wind (1992)
as Morgan Weld
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
as Robert Hearn
Charly (1968)
as Charlie Gordon
Too Late the Hero (1970)
as Lt. Sam Lawson
Gidget (1959)
as The Big Kahuna
PT 109 (1963)
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
Sunday in New York (1963)
as Adam Tyler
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Malone (1987)
as Charles Delaney
Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
as Joe Clay
Up from the Beach (1965)
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
Lusitania (1998)
as Narrator
Two of a Kind (1982)
as Frank Minor
Mach 2 (2001)
as Vice President Pike
Lincoln (1992)
as Noah Brooks (voice)
My Father's House (1975)
as Tom Lindholm Jr.
Dazzle (1995)
as Mike Kilkullen
The Man Without a Country (1973)
as Philip Nolan
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' (2002)
as Self
Love Has Many Faces (1965)
as Pete Jordon
The Girl Most Likely (1958)
as Pete
Shoot (1976)
as Rex
Out of Season (1975)
as Joe Tanner
Autumn Leaves (1956)
as Burt Hanson
The Sunshine Patriot (1968)
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
Dead Reckoning (1990)
as Daniel Barnard
J.W. Coop (1972)
as J.W. Coop
Fraternity Row (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
as Johnny Nolan
Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Lookout
The Interns (1962)
as Dr. John Paul Otis
The Big Show (1961)
as Josef Everard
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
as Cole Younger
Shaker Run (1985)
as Judd Pierson
The Key to Rebecca (1985)
as Maj. William Vandam
Masquerade (1965)
as David Frazer
Dominique (1980)
as David Ballard
Race (1998)
as Jack Durmann
We've Never Been Licked (1943)
as Adams (uncredited)
Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987)
as Henry Ford
The Pilot (1980)
as Mike Hagan
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
as Ace Eli Walford
The Best Man (1964)
as Joe Cantwell
Return to Earth (1976)
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
as Self - Actor
'Obsession' Revisited (2001)
as Self
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
as Tolly Devlin
My Six Loves (1963)
as Rev. Jim Larkin
As the Sea Rages (1959)
as Clements
Family Tree (1999)
as Larry
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story (2010)
Actor
William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989)
as Self
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986)
as Mel Fisher
Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)
as Self
Kennedys Don't Cry (1975)
as Self - Narrator
Lincoln: Trial by Fire (1974)
as Narrator(voice)
Falcon Down (2001)
as Buzz Thomas
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli (1973)
as Narrator (voice)
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice (1995)
as Narrator
Assignment Berlin (1998)
as Colonel Cliff Garret
Overboard (1978)
as Mitch Garrison
Galapagos: My Fragile World (1986)
as Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh (1973)
as Narrator
Natchez (1958)
as Danny Carson
The Little Prince (1979)
as Narrator / Pilot
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph (1983)
as Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)
as Narrator
The American Indian's Sacred Ground (1977)
as Self - Host
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon (1961)
as Charlie Gordon