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.
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Academy Awards
Best Actor
Known For
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2023)
Ben Parker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spider-Man 3
(2007)
Ben Parker
Spider-Man
(2002)
Ben Parker
Escape from L.A.
(1996)
President
Spider-Man 2
(2004)
Ben Parker
Midway
(1976)
Cmdr. Jessop
Three Days of the Condor
(1975)
J. Higgins
Brainstorm
(1983)
Alex Terson
Picnic
(1955)
Alan Benson
Class
(1983)
Mr. Burroughs
Renaissance Man
(1994)
Colonel James
Obsession
(1976)
Michael Courtland
The Devil's Brigade
(1968)
Major Alan Crown
633 Squadron
(1964)
Wing Commander Roy Grant
Star 80
(1983)
Hugh Hefner
Wind
(1992)
Morgan Weld
Full Filmography
Acting
Corvette K-225
(1943)
Lookout
We've Never Been Licked
(1943)
Adams (uncredited)
Picnic
(1955)
Alan Benson
Autumn Leaves
(1956)
Burt Hanson
The Naked and the Dead
(1958)
Robert Hearn
The Girl Most Likely
(1958)
Pete
Days of Wine and Roses
(1958)
Joe Clay
Natchez
(1958)
Danny Carson
Gidget
(1959)
The Big Kahuna
Battle of the Coral Sea
(1959)
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
As the Sea Rages
(1959)
Clements
Underworld U.S.A.
(1961)
Tolly Devlin
All in a Night's Work
(1961)
Warren Kingsley, Jr.
The Big Show
(1961)
Josef Everard
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
(1961)
Charlie Gordon
Man on a Mountaintop
(1961)
Horace Mann Borden
The Interns
(1962)
Dr. John Paul Otis
PT 109
(1963)
Lt. John F, Kennedy
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Adam Tyler
My Six Loves
(1963)
Rev. Jim Larkin
The Best Man
(1964)
Joe Cantwell
633 Squadron
(1964)
Wing Commander Roy Grant
Masquerade
(1965)
David Frazer
Love Has Many Faces
(1965)
Pete Jordon
Up from the Beach
(1965)
Sgt. Edward Baxter
The Game
(1965)
Quincey Parke
The Honey Pot
(1967)
William McFly
The Devil's Brigade
(1968)
Major Alan Crown
Charly
(1968)
Charlie Gordon
The Sunshine Patriot
(1968)
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
Too Late the Hero
(1970)
Lt. Sam Lawson
J.W. Coop
(1971)
J.W. Coop
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
(1972)
Cole Younger
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
(1973)
Narrator
The Man Without a Country
(1973)
Philip Nolan
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
(1973)
Ace Eli Walford
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
(1973)
Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
(1973)
Narrator
Man on a Swing
(1974)
Lee Tucker
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(1974)
Johnny Nolan
Three Days of the Condor
(1975)
J. Higgins
Out of Season
(1975)
Joe Tanner
My Father's House
(1975)
Tom Lindholm Jr.
Obsession
(1976)
Michael Courtland
Midway
(1976)
Cmdr. Jessop
Shoot
(1976)
Rex
Return to Earth
(1976)
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Fraternity Row
(1977)
Narrator (voice)
Overboard
(1978)
Mitch Garrison
The Little Prince
(1979)
Narrator / Pilot
The Pilot
(1980)
Mike Hagan
Dominique
(1980)
David Ballard
Two of a Kind
(1982)
Frank Minor
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
Class
(1983)
Mr. Burroughs
Star 80
(1983)
Hugh Hefner
Brainstorm
(1983)
Alex Terson
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
(1983)
Narrator
Shaker Run
(1985)
Judd Pierson
The Key to Rebecca
(1985)
Maj. William Vandam
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
(1986)
Mel Fisher
Galapagos: My Fragile World
(1986)
Narrator
Malone
(1987)
Charles Delaney
Ford: The Man and the Machine
(1987)
Henry Ford
William Holden: The Golden Boy
(1989)
Self
Dead Reckoning
(1990)
Daniel Barnard
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
(1991)
Dr. W.F. Carver
Wind
(1992)
Morgan Weld
Lincoln
(1992)
Noah Brooks (voice)
Renaissance Man
(1994)
Colonel James
Dazzle
(1995)
Mike Kilkullen
The Sunset Boys
(1995)
Ted Roth
American Cinema
(1995)
Narrator
Escape from L.A.
(1996)
President
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
(1996)
Self
Assignment Berlin
(1998)
Colonel Cliff Garret
Race
(1998)
Jack Durmann
Family Tree
(1999)
Larry
Falcon Down
(2001)
Buzz Thomas
Mach 2
(2001)
Vice President Pike
'Obsession' Revisited
(2001)
Self
Spider-Man
(2002)
Ben Parker
13th Child
(2002)
Mr. Shroud
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
(2002)
Self - Actor
Dreams of Gold
(2002)
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
(2002)
Self
Spider-Man 2
(2004)
Ben Parker
Riding the Bullet
(2004)
Farmer
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
President in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
Spider-Man 3
(2007)
Ben Parker
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2023)
Ben Parker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directing
Writing
Production