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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1967
The Mike Douglas Show
1965
Saturday Night Live
1996
The Merv Griffin Show
1966
The Outer Limits
1999
Falcon Crest
1983
The Dick Cavett Show
1972
Golden Globe Awards
1984
Batman
1966
The Twilight Zone
1961
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1967

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
119
Directing
2
Writing
2
Producing
1
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as Uncle Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2007
Spider-Man 3
as Ben Parker
2004
Spider-Man 2
as Ben Parker
2004
Riding the Bullet
as Farmer
2002
Spider-Man
as Ben Parker
2002
13th Child
as Mr. Shroud
2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actor
2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
2001
Falcon Down
as Buzz Thomas
2001
Mach 2
as Vice President Pike
2001
'Obsession' Revisited
as Self
1999
Family Tree
as Larry
1999
The Outer Limits
as Theodore Harris
1998
Race
as Jack Durmann
1998
Assignment Berlin
as Colonel Cliff Garret
1998
Lusitania
as Narrator
1996
Escape from L.A.
as President
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self
1996
With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1996
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1995
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
1995
The Sunset Boys
as Ted Roth
1995
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
as Narrator
1995
American Cinema
as Self
1995
Dazzle
as Mike Kilkullen
1994
Renaissance Man
as Colonel James
1994
The American Revolution
as George Washington
1992
Wind
as Morgan Weld
1992
Lincoln
as Noah Brooks (voice)
1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
as Dr. W.F. Carver
1990
Dead Reckoning
as Daniel Barnard
1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy
as Self
1987
Malone
as Charles Delaney
1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine
as Henry Ford
1986
Galapagos: My Fragile World
as Narrator
1986
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
as Mel Fisher
1985
Shaker Run
as Judd Pierson
1985
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. William Vandam
1984
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1983
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
as Narrator
1983
Class
as Mr. Burroughs
1983
Star 80
as Hugh Hefner
1983
Brainstorm
as Alex Terson
1983
Falcon Crest
as Michael Ranson
1982
Two of a Kind
as Frank Minor
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1980
The Pilot
as Mike Hagan
1980
Dominique
as David Ballard
1979
The Little Prince
as Narrator / Pilot
1978
Overboard
as Mitch Garrison
1977
Fraternity Row
as Narrator (voice)
1977
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
as Self - Host
1977
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
as William Martin
1977
Film '72
as Self
1976
Obsession
as Michael Courtland
1976
Midway
as Cmdr. Jessop
1976
Shoot
as Rex
1976
Return to Earth
as Col. Edwin A. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.
1975
Three Days of the Condor
as J. Higgins
1975
Out of Season
as Joe Tanner
1975
My Father's House
as Tom Lindholm Jr.
1975
Kennedys Don't Cry
as Self - Narrator
1974
Man on a Swing
as Lee Tucker
1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Johnny Nolan
1974
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
as Narrator(voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
as Narrator
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
as Narrator
1973
The Man Without a Country
as Philip Nolan
1973
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Ace Eli Walford
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Narrator (voice)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Cole Younger
1972
J.W. Coop
as J.W. Coop
1972
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1970
Too Late the Hero
as Lt. Sam Lawson
1968
The Devil's Brigade
as Major Alan Crown
1968
Charly
as Charlie Gordon
1968
The Sunshine Patriot
as Christopher Ross / Arthur Selby
1968
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1967
The Honey Pot
as William McFly
1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds
1967
Hollywood Squares
as Self
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1966
Batman
as Shame
1965
Masquerade
as David Frazer
1965
Love Has Many Faces
as Pete Jordon
1965
Up from the Beach
as Sgt. Edward Baxter
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1964
The Best Man
as Joe Cantwell
1964
633 Squadron
as Wing Commander Roy Grant
1963
PT 109
as Lt. John F, Kennedy
1963
Sunday in New York
as Adam Tyler
1963
My Six Loves
as Jim Larkin
1963
The Outer Limits
as Alan Maxwell
1962
The Interns
as Dr. John Paul Otis
1962
The Twilight Zone
as Jerry Etherson
1961
Underworld U.S.A.
as Tolly Devlin
1961
All in a Night's Work
as Warren Kingsley Jr.
1961
The Big Show
as Josef Everard
1961
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
as Charlie Gordon
1961
The Twilight Zone
as Christian Horn
1961
The United States Steel Hour
1960
Playhouse 90
as Lieutenant
1959
Gidget
as The Big Kahuna
1959
Battle of the Coral Sea
as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
1959
As the Sea Rages
as Clements
1958
The Naked and the Dead
as Robert Hearn
1958
Natchez
as Danny Carson
1958
The Girl Most Likely
as Pete
1958
Days of Wine and Roses
as Joe Clay
1958
Playhouse 90
1958
Playhouse 90
as Danny Carson
1956
Autumn Leaves
as Burt Hanson
1955
Picnic
as Alan Benson
1943
Corvette K-225
as Lookout
1943
We've Never Been Licked
as Adams (uncredited)