Cliff Robertson
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Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half of a century. Robertson won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie Charly. His most recent film role was "Uncle Ben Parker" in the Spider-Man film series.
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Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1943 | Corvette K-225 | uncredited | |
We've Never Been Licked | Adams (uncredited) | ||
1956 | Picnic | Alan Benson | |
Autumn Leaves | Burt Hanson | ||
1957 | The Girl Most Likely | Pete | |
1958 | The Naked and the Dead | Lieutenant Robert Hearn | |
1959 | Gidget | The Big Kahuna | |
As the Sea Rages | Clements | ||
Battle of the Coral Sea | Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway | ||
1961 | The Big Show | Josef Everard | |
The Twilight Zone - A Hundred Yards Over the Rim | Christian Horn | ||
All in a Night's Work | Warren Kingsley, Jr. | ||
Underworld U.S.A. | Tolly Devlin | ||
1962 | The Interns | Dr. John Paul Otis | |
The Dummy: The Twilight Zone: Episode 98 | Ventriloquist<ref>The Complete Definitive Collection Season 3, Disk 5</ref> | ||
1963 | My Six Loves | Reverend Jim Larkin | |
PT 109 | Lt. John F. Kennedy | ||
Sunday in New York | Adam Tyler | ||
1964 | 633 Squadron | Wing Cmdr. Roy Grant | |
The Best Man | Joe Cantwell | ||
1965 | Up from the Beach | Sgt. Edward Baxter | |
Masquerade | David Frazer | ||
Love Has Many Faces | Pete Jordon | ||
1967 | The Honey Pot | William McFly | |
1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Maj. Alan Crown | |
Charly | Charly Gordon | Academy Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | |
1970 | Too Late the Hero | Lt. (j.g.) Sam Lawson | |
1972 | J. W. Coop | J. W. Coop | |
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Cole Younger | ||
1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock | narrator | |
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Ace Eli Walford | ||
1974 | Man on a Swing | Lee Tucker | |
1975 | Out of Season | Joe Tanner | Entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival |
Three Days of the Condor | J. Higgins | ||
1976 | Shoot | Rex | |
Midway | Cmdr. Carl Jessop | ||
Obsession | Michael Courtland | ||
1977 | Fraternity Row | The Narrator | |
1978 | Dominique | David Ballard | |
1980 | The Pilot | Mike Hagan | |
1983 | Brainstorm | Alex Terson | |
Falcon Crest | Dr. Michael Ranson | Season 3 | |
Class | Mr. Burroughs | ||
Star 80 | Hugh Hefner | ||
1985 | Shaker Run | Judd Pierson | |
1987 | Malone | Charles Delaney | |
Ford: The Man and the Machine | Henry Ford | ||
1991 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | Doctor Carver | |
1992 | Wind | Morgan Weld | |
1994 | Renaissance Man | Colonel James | |
1995 | Pakten | Ted Roth | |
1996 | Escape from L.A. | President | |
1998 | Assignment Berlin | Cliff Garret | |
Melting Pot | Jack Durman | ||
1999 | Family Tree | Larry | |
2000 | Falcon Down | Buzz Thomas | |
2001 | Mach 2 | Vice President Pike | |
2002 | 13th Child | Mr. Shroud | Robertson was one of the writers of this film |
Spider-Man | Ben Parker | ||
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Ben Parker | Cameo |
Riding the Bullet | Farmer | ||
2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Ben Parker | Cameo |
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