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
(2002)
Ben Parker
Spider-Man 3
(2007)
Ben Parker
Spider-Man 2
(2004)
Ben Parker
Midway
(1976)
Cmdr. Jessop
Escape from L.A.
(1996)
President
Three Days of the Condor
(1975)
J. Higgins
Obsession
(1976)
Michael Courtland
Riding the Bullet
(2004)
Farmer
Brainstorm
(1983)
Alex Terson
The Devil's Brigade
(1968)
Major Alan Crown
Star 80
(1983)
Hugh Hefner
Class
(1983)
Mr. Burroughs
Renaissance Man
(1994)
Colonel James
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Adam Tyler
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
Natchez
(1958)
Danny Carson
The Girl Most Likely
(1958)
Pete
Days of Wine and Roses
(1958)
Joe Clay
As the Sea Rages
(1959)
Clements
Gidget
(1959)
The Big Kahuna
Battle of the Coral Sea
(1959)
Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
(1961)
Charlie Gordon
The Big Show
(1961)
Josef Everard
Underworld U.S.A.
(1961)
Tolly Devlin
All in a Night's Work
(1961)
Warren Kingsley, Jr.
The Interns
(1962)
Dr. John Paul Otis
My Six Loves
(1963)
Rev. Jim Larkin
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Adam Tyler
PT 109
(1963)
Lt. John F, Kennedy
The Best Man
(1964)
Joe Cantwell
633 Squadron
(1964)
Wing Commander Roy Grant
Up from the Beach
(1965)
Sgt. Edward Baxter
Love Has Many Faces
(1965)
Pete Jordon
Masquerade
(1965)
David Frazer
The Honey Pot
(1967)
William McFly
Charly
(1968)
Charlie Gordon
The Sunshine Patriot
(1968)
Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
The Devil's Brigade
(1968)
Major Alan Crown
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 Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
(1973)
Narrator
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
(1973)
Narrator (voice)
The Man Without a Country
(1973)
Philip Nolan
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
(1973)
Ace Eli Walford
Man on a Swing
(1974)
Lee Tucker
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(1974)
Johnny Nolan
My Father's House
(1975)
Tom Lindholm Jr.
Three Days of the Condor
(1975)
J. Higgins
Out of Season
(1975)
Joe Tanner
Shoot
(1976)
Rex
Return to Earth
(1976)
Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
Midway
(1976)
Cmdr. Jessop
Obsession
(1976)
Michael Courtland
Fraternity Row
(1977)
Narrator (voice)
Overboard
(1978)
Mitch Garrison
The Little Prince
(1979)
Narrator / Pilot
The Pilot
(1980)
Mike Hagan
Dominique
(1980)
David Ballard
Night of 100 Stars
(1982)
Self
Two of a Kind
(1982)
Frank Minor
Brainstorm
(1983)
Alex Terson
Class
(1983)
Mr. Burroughs
Star 80
(1983)
Hugh Hefner
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
Ford: The Man and the Machine
(1987)
Henry Ford
Malone
(1987)
Charles Delaney
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
American Cinema
(1995)
Narrator
Dazzle
(1995)
Mike Kilkullen
The Sunset Boys
(1995)
Ted Roth
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
(1996)
Self
Escape from L.A.
(1996)
President
Assignment Berlin
(1998)
Colonel Cliff Garret
Race
(1998)
Jack Durmann
Family Tree
(1999)
Larry
'Obsession' Revisited
(2001)
Self
Mach 2
(2001)
Vice President Pike
Falcon Down
(2001)
Buzz Thomas
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
(2002)
Self - Actor
Dreams of Gold
(2002)
13th Child
(2002)
Mr. Shroud
Spider-Man
(2002)
Ben Parker
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
(2002)
Self
Riding the Bullet
(2004)
Farmer
Spider-Man 2
(2004)
Ben Parker
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
Production
Writing