1923-09-09 Los Angeles, California, USA
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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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-05-31 |
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Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story | 2010-04-01 | |
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Spider-Man 3 | Ben Parker | 2007-05-01 |
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Riding the Bullet | Farmer | 2004-10-15 |
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Spider-Man 2 | Ben Parker | 2004-06-25 |
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13th Child | Mr. Shroud | 2002-10-25 |
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Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' | Self | 2002-04-20 |
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Spider-Man | Ben Parker | 2002-05-01 |
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self - Actor | 2002-08-01 |
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'Obsession' Revisited | Self | 2001-06-26 |
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Mach 2 | Vice President Pike | 2001-01-01 |
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Falcon Down | Buzz Thomas | 2001-04-17 |
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Family Tree | Larry | 1999-01-01 |
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Assignment Berlin | Colonel Cliff Garret | 1998-09-30 |
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Race | Jack Durmann | 1998-09-17 |
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Lusitania | Narrator | 1998-01-01 |
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Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self | 1996-09-30 |
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Escape from L.A. | President | 1996-08-09 |
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Dazzle | Mike Kilkullen | 1995-10-15 |
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Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice | Narrator | 1995-08-31 |
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Pakten | Ted Roth | 1995-08-04 |
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Renaissance Man | Colonel James | 1994-06-03 |
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Lincoln | Noah Brooks (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
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Wind | Morgan Weld | 1992-09-11 |
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | Dr. W.F. Carver | 1991-05-24 |
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Dead Reckoning | Daniel Barnard | 1990-05-23 |
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William Holden: The Golden Boy | Self | 1989-12-13 |
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Ford: The Man and the Machine | Henry Ford | 1987-05-11 |
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Malone | Charles Delaney | 1987-05-01 |
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Galapagos: My Fragile World | Narrator | 1986-11-03 |
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Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story | Mel Fisher | 1986-11-15 |
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The Key to Rebecca | Maj. William Vandam | 1985-04-29 |
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Shaker Run | Judd Pierson | 1985-05-10 |
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Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph | Narrator | 1983-01-01 |
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Class | Mr. Burroughs | 1983-07-22 |
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Star 80 | Hugh Hefner | 1983-11-10 |
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Brainstorm | Alex Terson | 1983-09-30 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Two of a Kind | Frank Minor | 1982-10-08 |
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Dominique | David Ballard | 1980-03-06 |
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The Pilot | Mike Hagan | 1980-11-26 |
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The Little Prince | Narrator / Pilot | 1979-05-07 |
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Overboard | Mitch Garrison | 1978-09-25 |
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Fraternity Row | Narrator (voice) | 1977-06-03 |
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The American Indian's Sacred Ground | Self - Host | 1977-01-01 |
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Return to Earth | Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr. | 1976-05-14 |
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Obsession | Michael Courtland | 1976-08-01 |
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Midway | Cmdr. Jessop | 1976-06-18 |
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Shoot | Rex | 1976-05-28 |
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Three Days of the Condor | J. Higgins | 1975-09-24 |
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Out of Season | Joe Tanner | 1975-05-31 |
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My Father's House | Tom Lindholm Jr. | 1975-06-01 |
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Kennedys Don't Cry | Self - Narrator | 1975-11-01 |
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Lincoln: Trial by Fire | Narrator(voice) | 1974-01-20 |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Johnny Nolan | 1974-03-27 |
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Man on a Swing | Lee Tucker | 1974-02-24 |
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The Man Without a Country | Philip Nolan | 1973-04-24 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli | Narrator (voice) | 1973-01-01 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh | Narrator | 1973-01-01 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock | Narrator | 1973-01-01 |
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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Ace Eli Walford | 1973-03-31 |
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The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Cole Younger | 1972-05-12 |
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J.W. Coop | J.W. Coop | 1972-01-01 |
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Too Late the Hero | Lt. Sam Lawson | 1970-05-20 |
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The Devil's Brigade | Major Alan Crown | 1968-05-15 |
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The Sunshine Patriot | Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby | 1968-12-16 |
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Charly | Charlie Gordon | 1968-09-23 |
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The Honey Pot | William McFly | 1967-05-21 |
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Up from the Beach | Sgt. Edward Baxter | 1965-05-25 |
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Love Has Many Faces | Pete Jordon | 1965-02-24 |
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Masquerade | David Frazer | 1965-04-13 |
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The Best Man | Joe Cantwell | 1964-04-05 |
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633 Squadron | Wing Commander Roy Grant | 1964-04-06 |
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PT 109 | Lt. John F, Kennedy | 1963-06-26 |
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Sunday in New York | Adam Tyler | 1963-11-13 |
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My Six Loves | Rev. Jim Larkin | 1963-04-03 |
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The Interns | Dr. John Paul Otis | 1962-08-08 |
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All in a Night's Work | Warren Kingsley, Jr. | 1961-03-15 |
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Underworld U.S.A. | Tolly Devlin | 1961-02-22 |
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The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon | Charlie Gordon | 1961-02-22 |
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The Big Show | Josef Everard | 1961-05-10 |
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Gidget | The Big Kahuna | 1959-04-09 |
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Battle of the Coral Sea | Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway | 1959-11-01 |
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Raubfischer in Hellas | Clements | 1959-11-10 |
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Days of Wine and Roses | Joe Clay | 1958-10-02 |
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Natchez | Danny Carson | 1958-05-29 |
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The Girl Most Likely | Pete | 1958-02-05 |
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The Naked and the Dead | Robert Hearn | 1958-08-06 |
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Autumn Leaves | Burt Hanson | 1956-08-01 |
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Picnic | Alan Benson | 1955-11-18 |
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Corvette K-225 | Lookout | 1943-09-29 |
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We've Never Been Licked | Adams (uncredited) | 1943-07-29 |