Cliff Robertson (1923-2011) was an American actor with a long and respected career in Hollywood, winner of the Best Actor Oscar for 'Charly', in which he played a man with an intellectual disability subjected to an experiment. He is famous for having played John F. Kennedy in 'PT 109', a role for which the president himself chose him. For newer generations he became tied to his role as Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' trilogy. His register, that of a serene and dependable leading man, allowed him to anchor dramatic protagonists with an integrity very characteristic of his generation.
Cliff Robertson
Oscar winner · Actor
88 years (Sep 9, 1923 – Sep 10, 2011)Los Angeles, USALos Angeles, California, USA
Cliff Robertson (1923-2011) was an American actor with a long and respected career in Hollywood, winner of the Best Actor Oscar for 'Charly', in which he played a man with an intellectual disability subjected to an experiment. He is famous for having played John F. Kennedy in 'PT 109', a role for which the president himself chose him. For newer generations he became tied to his role as Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' trilogy. His register, that of a serene and dependable leading man, allowed him to anchor dramatic protagonists with an integrity very characteristic of his generation.
1923-09-09 · Los Angeles, USALos 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.