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.
Awards & recognition
- National Aviation Hall of Fame · 2006
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1969
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1966
- Theatre World Award · 1957
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1969 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
My Father's House
The Twilight Zone
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Three Days of the Condor
Batman
The Best Man
Days of Wine and Roses
Underworld U.S.A.
Autumn Leaves
Saturday Night Live
The Dick Cavett Show
Sunday in New York
Obsession
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Midway
Spider-Man 3
Star 80
The Honey Pot
Picnic
Brainstorm
The Devil's Brigade
Wind
633 Squadron
Renaissance Man
PT 109
Malone
All in a Night's Work
Gidget
Escape from L.A.
Class
Man on a Swing
Battle of the Coral Sea
Falcon Crest
My Six Loves
Shaker Run
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Out of Season
J.W. Coop
Falcon Down
Riding the Bullet