Acting

Cliff Robertson

1923–2011 · Acting

63.5avg grm
11titles
#1,381best rank
5honors
Sbest title · #1,381 on siteSpider-Man2002 · as Ben Parker73.2

Honors

5
1969Academy Award — Best Actor
2006National Aviation Hall of Fame
1966Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1957Theatre World Award
—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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2000s1 titleSSpider-Man2002 · as Ben Parker73.2
1990s1 titleWWild Hearts Can't Be Broken1991 · as Doctor W.F. Carver54.9
1970s1 titleTThree Days of the Condor1975 · as Higgins71.3
1960s8 titlesBThe Best Man1964 · as Joe Cantwell59.0BBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Eddie Finneran · series63.9BBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Quincey Parke · series63.9BBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds · series63.9UUnderworld U.S.A.1961 · as Tolly Devlin56.3OOutlaws1960 · as Jack Masters · series64.1OOutlaws1960 · as Chad Burns · series64.1OOutlaws1960 · as Griff Kincaid · series64.1

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Cliff Robertson

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born1923
died2011
known forActing
titles on site11
best title rank#1,381 · Spider-Man (2002)
avg GRM63.5
honors5 · Academy Award — Best Actor, 1969
Honors
  • 1969Academy Award — Best Actor
  • 2006National Aviation Hall of Fame
  • 1966Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • 1957Theatre World Award
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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.

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