Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born September 9, 1923
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.
MovieSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieAccidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
MovieSpider-Man 3
2007
as Ben Parker
MovieRiding the Bullet
2004
as Farmer
MovieSpider-Man 2
2004
as Ben Parker
Movie13th Child
2002
as Mr. Shroud
MovieJoan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actor
MovieSpider-Man
2002
as Ben Parker
MovieBehind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Movie'Obsession' Revisited
2001
as Self
MovieFalcon Down
2001
as Buzz Thomas
MovieMach 2
2001
as Vice President Pike
MovieFamily Tree
1999
as Larry
MovieAssignment Berlin
1998
as Colonel Cliff Garret
MovieRace
1998
as Jack Durmann
MovieLusitania
1998
as Narrator
MovieJoan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self
TVWith God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
1996
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieEscape from L.A.
1996
as President
MovieDazzle
1995
as Mike Kilkullen
TVDazzle
1995
as Mike Kilkullen
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
1995
as Narrator
MovieThe Sunset Boys
1995
as Ted Roth
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Theodore Harris
TVThe American Revolution
1994
as George Washington
MovieRenaissance Man
1994
as Colonel James
TVAmerican Cinema
1994
as Self
Lincoln
1992
as Noah Brooks (voice)
MovieWind
1992
as Morgan Weld
MovieWild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1991
as Dr. W.F. Carver
MovieDead Reckoning
1990
as Daniel Barnard
MovieWilliam Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self
MovieFord: The Man and the Machine
1987
as Henry Ford
MovieMalone
1987
as Charles Delaney
MovieDreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
1986
as Mel Fisher
Galapagos: My Fragile World
1986
as Narrator
MovieShaker Run
1985
as Judd Pierson
MovieThe Key to Rebecca
1985
as Maj. William Vandam
MovieStar 80
1983
as Hugh Hefner
MovieBrainstorm
1983
as Alex Terson
MovieClass
1983
as Mr. Burroughs
MovieSpaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1983
as Narrator
MovieTwo of a Kind
1982
as Frank Minor
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Michael Ranson
MovieThe Pilot
1980
as Mike Hagan
MovieDominique
1980
as David Ballard
MovieThe Little Prince
1979
as Narrator / Pilot
MovieOverboard
1978
as Mitch Garrison
TVWashington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
as William Martin
MovieFraternity Row
1977
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe American Indian's Sacred Ground
1977
as Self - Host
MovieObsession
1976
as Michael Courtland
MovieMidway
1976
as Cmdr. Jessop
MovieShoot
1976
as Rex
MovieReturn to Earth
1976
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Kennedys Don't Cry
1975
as Self - Narrator
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThree Days of the Condor
1975
as J. Higgins
MovieMy Father's House
1975
as Tom Lindholm Jr.
MovieOut of Season
1975
as Joe Tanner
MovieA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
as Johnny Nolan
MovieMan on a Swing
1974
as Lee Tucker
MovieLincoln: Trial by Fire
1974
as Narrator(voice)
TVThe Men Who Made the Movies
1973
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Man Without a Country
1973
as Philip Nolan
MovieAce Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973
as Ace Eli Walford
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
1973
as Narrator
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
1973
as Narrator
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Cole Younger
MovieJ.W. Coop
1972
as J.W. Coop
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieToo Late the Hero
1970
as Lt. Sam Lawson
MovieThe Sunshine Patriot
1968
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
MovieCharly
1968
as Charlie Gordon
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Devil's Brigade
1968
as Major Alan Crown
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Honey Pot
1967
as William McFly
TVBatman
1966
as Shame
MovieUp from the Beach
1965
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
MovieMasquerade
1965
as David Frazer
MovieLove Has Many Faces
1965
as Pete Jordon
Movie633 Squadron
1964
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
MovieThe Best Man
1964
as Joe Cantwell
MovieSunday in New York
1963
as Adam Tyler
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Alan Maxwell
MoviePT 109
1963
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
MovieMy Six Loves
1963
as Rev. Jim Larkin
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieThe Interns
1962
as Dr. John Paul Otis
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe Big Show
1961
as Josef Everard
MovieAll in a Night's Work
1961
as Warren Kingsley, Jr.
MovieUnderworld U.S.A.
1961
as Tolly Devlin
MovieThe Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1961
as Charlie Gordon
MovieAs the Sea Rages
1959
as Clements
MovieBattle of the Coral Sea
1959
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Christian Horn
MovieGidget
1959
as The Big Kahuna
MovieDays of Wine and Roses
1958
as Joe Clay
MovieThe Naked and the Dead
1958
as Robert Hearn
MovieNatchez
1958
as Danny Carson
MovieThe Girl Most Likely
1958
as Pete
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
MovieAutumn Leaves
1956
as Burt Hanson
MoviePicnic
1955
as Alan Benson
TVThe United States Steel Hour
1953
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MovieCorvette K-225
1943
as Lookout
MovieWe've Never Been Licked
1943
as Adams (uncredited)
