Cliff Robertson
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
Spider-Man
Ben Parker
2002
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Film
Spider-Man 3
Ben Parker
2007
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Batman
Shame
1966
Film
Spider-Man 2
Ben Parker
2004
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Falcon Crest
Michael Ranson
1981
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds
1963
Series
The Twilight Zone
Christian Horn
1959
Series
The Twilight Zone
Jerry Etherson
1959
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Outer Limits
Theodore Harris
1995
Series
The Outer Limits
Alan Maxwell
1963
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Series
Playhouse 90
1956
Series
Playhouse 90
Danny Carson
1956
Series
Playhouse 90
Lieutenant
1956
Film
Escape from L.A.
President
1996
Film
Midway
Cmdr. Jessop
1976
Film
Three Days of the Condor
J. Higgins
1975
Film
Brainstorm
Alex Terson
1983
Film
Obsession
Michael Courtland
1976
Film
Renaissance Man
Colonel James
1994
Film
Class
Mr. Burroughs
1983
Series
American Cinema
Self
1994
Film
Picnic
Alan Benson
1955
Film
Star 80
Hugh Hefner
1983
Series
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
William Martin
1977
Film
13th Child
Mr. Shroud
2002
Film
The Devil's Brigade
Major Alan Crown
1968
Film
633 Squadron
Wing Commander Roy Grant
1964
Film
Too Late the Hero
Lt. Sam Lawson
1970
Film
Riding the Bullet
Farmer
2004
Film
Charly
Charlie Gordon
1968
Film
Gidget
The Big Kahuna
1959
Film
The Honey Pot
William McFly
1967
Film
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Cole Younger
1972
Film
Malone
Charles Delaney
1987
Film
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Dr. W.F. Carver
1991
Film
Wind
Morgan Weld
1992
Film
The Best Man
Joe Cantwell
1964
Film
The Sunset Boys
Ted Roth
1995
Series
The American Revolution
George Washington
1994
Film
Dominique
David Ballard
1980
Film
The Naked and the Dead
Robert Hearn
1958
Series
The Men Who Made the Movies
Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Man on a Swing
Lee Tucker
1974
Film
Autumn Leaves
Burt Hanson
1956
Film
PT 109
Lt. John F, Kennedy
1963
Film
All in a Night's Work
Warren Kingsley Jr.
1961
Film
Corvette K-225
Lookout
1943
Film
Race
Jack Durmann
1998
Film
Battle of the Coral Sea
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
1959
Film
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Henry Ford
1987
Film
Underworld U.S.A.
Tolly Devlin
1961
Film
Sunday in New York
Adam Tyler
1963
Film
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Mel Fisher
1986
Film
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
1989
Lincoln
Noah Brooks (voice)
1992
Film
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Self
2002
Film
Shoot
Rex
1976
Film
Masquerade
David Frazer
1965
Film
We've Never Been Licked
Adams (uncredited)
1943
Film
Up from the Beach
Sgt. Edward Baxter
1965
Film
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self
1996
Film
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Ace Eli Walford
1973
Series
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen
1995
Film
Mach 2
Vice President Pike
2001
Film
Dazzle
Mike Kilkullen
1995
Film
Two of a Kind
Frank Minor
1982
Film
Love Has Many Faces
Pete Jordon
1965
Series
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
Film
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self - Actor
2002
Film
Falcon Down
Buzz Thomas
2001
Film
The Pilot
Mike Hagan
1980
Film
Shaker Run
Judd Pierson
1985
Film
The Key to Rebecca
Maj. William Vandam
1985
Film
J.W. Coop
J.W. Coop
1972
Film
The Man Without a Country
Philip Nolan
1973
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Narrator (voice)
1973
Film
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Johnny Nolan
1974
Film
Family Tree
Larry
1999
Film
My Six Loves
Jim Larkin
1963
Film
Dead Reckoning
Daniel Barnard
1990
Film
As the Sea Rages
Clements
1959
Film
Days of Wine and Roses
Joe Clay
1958
Film
The Interns
Dr. John Paul Otis
1962
Film
The Big Show
Josef Everard
1961
Film
Overboard
Mitch Garrison
1978
Film
Out of Season
Joe Tanner
1975
Film
Lusitania
Narrator
1998
Film
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Narrator(voice)
1974
Film
Assignment Berlin
Colonel Cliff Garret
1998
Film
The Girl Most Likely
Pete
1958
Film
Return to Earth
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
1976
Film
My Father's House
Tom Lindholm Jr.
1975
Film
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Galapagos: My Fragile World
Narrator
1986
Film
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon
1961
Film
Natchez
Danny Carson
1958
Film
The Little Prince
Narrator / Pilot
1979
Film
The Sunshine Patriot
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
1968
Film
Fraternity Row
Narrator (voice)
1977
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
Narrator
1973
Film
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
2001
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
Narrator
1973
Kennedys Don't Cry
Self - Narrator
1975
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
Narrator
1995
Film
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Narrator
1983
Film
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
Self - Host
1977