Cliff Robertson

Acting

September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011 (died at 88)

Los Angeles, California, USA

Male

97 Movies

25 TV Shows

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.

Spider-Man

2002 7.3

as Ben Parker

Age 78 (now 88)

Three Days of the Condor

1975 7.3

as J. Higgins

Age 52 (now 88)

Obsession

1976 6.7

as Michael Courtland

Age 52 (now 88)

Charly

1968 6.5

as Charlie Gordon

Age 45 (now 88)

Underworld U.S.A.

1961 7.0

as Tolly Devlin

Age 37 (now 88)

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991 7.4

as Dr. W.F. Carver

Age 67 (now 88)

Spider-Man 2

2004 7.3

as Ben Parker

Age 80 (now 88)

Brainstorm

1983 6.3

as Alex Terson

Age 60 (now 88)

633 Squadron

1964 6.2

as Wing Commander Roy Grant

Age 40 (now 88)

Star 80

1983 6.5

as Hugh Hefner

Age 60 (now 88)

The Devil's Brigade

1968 6.3

as Major Alan Crown

Age 44 (now 88)

Class

1983 5.9

as Mr. Burroughs

Age 59 (now 88)

Too Late the Hero

1970 6.4

as Lt. Sam Lawson

Age 46 (now 88)

Autumn Leaves

1956 7.0

as Burt Hanson

Age 32 (now 88)

Malone

1987 6.0

as Charles Delaney

Age 63 (now 88)

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972 5.6

as Cole Younger

Age 48 (now 88)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023 8.3

as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 99 (now 88)

Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story

2010

Age 86 (now 88)

Spider-Man 3

2007 6.5

as Ben Parker

Age 83 (now 88)

Riding the Bullet

2004 5.1

as Farmer

Age 81 (now 88)

Spider-Man 2

2004 7.3

as Ben Parker

Age 80 (now 88)

13th Child

2002 2.8

as Mr. Shroud

Age 79 (now 88)

13th Child

2002 2.8

Writer

Age 79 (now 88)

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

2002 6.9

as Self - Actor

Age 78 (now 88)

Spider-Man

2002 7.3

as Ben Parker

Age 78 (now 88)

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

2002 5.8

as Self

Age 78 (now 88)

'Obsession' Revisited

2001 7.3

as Self

Age 77 (now 88)

Falcon Down

2001 5.3

as Buzz Thomas

Age 77 (now 88)

Mach 2

2001 4.6

as Vice President Pike

Age 77 (now 88)

Family Tree

1999 9.0

as Larry

Age 75 (now 88)

Assignment Berlin

1998 6.1

as Colonel Cliff Garret

Age 75 (now 88)

Race

1998 8.0

as Jack Durmann

Age 75 (now 88)

Lusitania

1998 9.0

as Narrator

Age 74 (now 88)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996 7.5

as Self

Age 73 (now 88)

Escape from L.A.

1996 5.9

as President

Age 72 (now 88)

Dazzle

1995 6.0

as Mike Kilkullen

Age 72 (now 88)

Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice

1995 9.0

as Narrator

Age 71 (now 88)

The Sunset Boys

1995 7.0

as Ted Roth

Age 71 (now 88)

Renaissance Man

1994 6.1

as Colonel James

Age 70 (now 88)

Lincoln

1992 7.3

as Noah Brooks (voice)

Age 69 (now 88)

Wind

1992 6.2

as Morgan Weld

Age 69 (now 88)

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991 7.4

as Dr. W.F. Carver

Age 67 (now 88)

Dead Reckoning

1990 4.3

as Daniel Barnard

Age 66 (now 88)

William Holden: The Golden Boy

1989

as Self

Age 66 (now 88)

Ford: The Man and the Machine

1987 7.3

as Henry Ford

Age 63 (now 88)

Malone

1987 6.0

as Charles Delaney

Age 63 (now 88)

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

1986 7.4

as Mel Fisher

Age 63 (now 88)

Galapagos: My Fragile World

1986

as Narrator

Age 63 (now 88)

Shaker Run

1985 5.6

as Judd Pierson

Age 61 (now 88)

The Key to Rebecca

1985 5.0

as Maj. William Vandam

Age 61 (now 88)

Star 80

1983 6.5

as Hugh Hefner

Age 60 (now 88)

Brainstorm

1983 6.3

as Alex Terson

Age 60 (now 88)

Class

1983 5.9

as Mr. Burroughs

Age 59 (now 88)

Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

1983 9.0

as Narrator

Age 59 (now 88)

Two of a Kind

1982

as Frank Minor

Age 59 (now 88)

Night of 100 Stars

1982 6.8

as Self

Age 58 (now 88)

The Pilot

1980 6.9

Director

Age 57 (now 88)

The Pilot

1980 6.9

as Mike Hagan

Age 57 (now 88)

Dominique

1980 4.9

as David Ballard

Age 56 (now 88)

The Little Prince

1979 6.6

as Narrator / Pilot

Age 55 (now 88)

Overboard

1978 3.0

as Mitch Garrison

Age 55 (now 88)

Fraternity Row

1977 7.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 53 (now 88)

The American Indian's Sacred Ground

1977

as Self - Host

Age 53 (now 88)

Obsession

1976 6.7

as Michael Courtland

Age 52 (now 88)

Midway

1976 6.6

as Cmdr. Jessop

Age 52 (now 88)

Shoot

1976 6.0

as Rex

Age 52 (now 88)

Return to Earth

1976 10.0

as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.

Age 52 (now 88)

Kennedys Don't Cry

1975

as Self - Narrator

Age 52 (now 88)

Three Days of the Condor

1975 7.3

as J. Higgins

Age 52 (now 88)

My Father's House

1975 9.0

as Tom Lindholm Jr.

Age 51 (now 88)

Out of Season

1975 5.5

as Joe Tanner

Age 51 (now 88)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1974 10.0

as Johnny Nolan

Age 50 (now 88)

Man on a Swing

1974 5.9

as Lee Tucker

Age 50 (now 88)

Lincoln: Trial by Fire

1974

as Narrator(voice)

Age 50 (now 88)

The Man Without a Country

1973 6.5

as Philip Nolan

Age 49 (now 88)

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

1973 5.1

as Ace Eli Walford

Age 49 (now 88)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

1973 6.8

as Narrator

Age 49 (now 88)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

1973 7.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 49 (now 88)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh

1973 7.3

as Narrator

Age 49 (now 88)

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972 5.6

as Cole Younger

Age 48 (now 88)

J.W. Coop

1972 5.5

as J.W. Coop

Age 48 (now 88)

J.W. Coop

1972 5.5

Director

Age 48 (now 88)

J.W. Coop

1972 5.5

Producer

Age 48 (now 88)

J.W. Coop

1972 5.5

Writer

Age 48 (now 88)

Too Late the Hero

1970 6.4

as Lt. Sam Lawson

Age 46 (now 88)

The Sunshine Patriot

1968 7.5

as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby

Age 45 (now 88)

Charly

1968 6.5

as Charlie Gordon

Age 45 (now 88)

The Devil's Brigade

1968 6.3

as Major Alan Crown

Age 44 (now 88)

The Honey Pot

1967 6.4

as William McFly

Age 43 (now 88)

Up from the Beach

1965 8.0

as Sgt. Edward Baxter

Age 41 (now 88)

Masquerade

1965 5.1

as David Frazer

Age 41 (now 88)

Love Has Many Faces

1965 5.2

as Pete Jordon

Age 41 (now 88)

633 Squadron

1964 6.2

as Wing Commander Roy Grant

Age 40 (now 88)

The Best Man

1964 7.3

as Joe Cantwell

Age 40 (now 88)

Sunday in New York

1963 6.8

as Adam Tyler

Age 40 (now 88)

PT 109

1963 6.1

as Lt. John F, Kennedy

Age 39 (now 88)

My Six Loves

1963 5.7

as Rev. Jim Larkin

Age 39 (now 88)

The Interns

1962 6.0

as Dr. John Paul Otis

Age 38 (now 88)

The Big Show

1961 5.8

as Josef Everard

Age 37 (now 88)

All in a Night's Work

1961 6.0

as Warren Kingsley, Jr.

Age 37 (now 88)

Underworld U.S.A.

1961 7.0

as Tolly Devlin

Age 37 (now 88)

The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon

1961

as Charlie Gordon

Age 37 (now 88)

As the Sea Rages

1959 8.0

as Clements

Age 36 (now 88)

Battle of the Coral Sea

1959 5.8

as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway

Age 36 (now 88)

Gidget

1959 6.0

as The Big Kahuna

Age 35 (now 88)

Days of Wine and Roses

1958 7.3

as Joe Clay

Age 35 (now 88)

The Naked and the Dead

1958 5.8

as Robert Hearn

Age 34 (now 88)

Natchez

1958

as Danny Carson

Age 34 (now 88)

The Girl Most Likely

1958 3.3

as Pete

Age 34 (now 88)

Autumn Leaves

1956 7.0

as Burt Hanson

Age 32 (now 88)

Picnic

1955 6.4

as Alan Benson

Age 32 (now 88)

Corvette K-225

1943 6.2

as Lookout

Age 20 (now 88)

We've Never Been Licked

1943 6.5

as Adams (uncredited)

Age 19 (now 88)