Cliff Robertson
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
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Ben Parker
Riding the Bullet
2004
as Farmer
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Ben Parker
13th Child
2002
as Mr. Shroud
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actor
Spider-Man
2002
as Ben Parker
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
'Obsession' Revisited
2001
as Self
Falcon Down
2001
as Buzz Thomas
Mach 2
2001
as Vice President Pike
Family Tree
1999
as Larry
Assignment Berlin
1998
as Colonel Cliff Garret
Race
1998
as Jack Durmann
Lusitania
1998
as Narrator
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self
Escape from L.A.
1996
as President
Dazzle
1995
as Mike Kilkullen
- No poster
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
1995
as Narrator
The Sunset Boys
1995
as Ted Roth
Renaissance Man
1994
as Colonel James
- No poster
Lincoln
1992
as Noah Brooks (voice)
Wind
1992
as Morgan Weld