Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor, director, writer, and aviator best known for his Academy Award-winning performance in the film Charly (1968), as well as his roles in Escape from L.A. (1996) and the Spider-Man Trilogy (2002-2007).
Robertson served Ain the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II as a Third Officer from 1939 to 1945. He was married to Cynthia Stone and Dina Merrill and had two children, one with Stone and one with Merrill. He died in 2011 at the age of 88 from natural causes.
Filmography
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Film Roles
- 1943: We've Never Been Licked as Adams (uncredited)
- 1943: Corvette K 225 as Lookout (uncredited)
- 1955: Picnic as Alan Benson
- 1956: Autumn Leaves 1956 as Burt Hanson
- 1957: The Girl Most Likely as Pete
- 1958: The Naked And The Dead as Lt. Robert Hearn
- 1959: Gidget as Burt Vail/The Big Kahuna
- 1959: The Battle Of The Coral Sea as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
- 1959: As The Sea Rages as Clements
- 1961: Underworld U.S.A. as Tolly Devlin
- 1961: All In A Nights Work as Warren Kingsley Jr.
- 1961: The Big Show as Josef Everard
- 1962: The Interns as Dr. John Paul Otis
- 1963: My Six Loves as Rev. Jim Larkin
- 1963: PT109 as Lt. Jg. John F. Kennedy
- 1963: Sunday In New York as Adam Tyler
- 1964: The Best Man as Joe Cantwell
- 1964: 633 Squadron as Wing Cmdr. Roy Grant
- 1965: Love Has Many Faces as Pete Gordon
- 1965: Masquerade 1965 as David Frazer
- 1965: Up From The Beach as Sgt. Edward Baxter
- 1967: The Honey Pot as William McFly
- 1968: The Devil's Brigade as Maj. Alan Crown
- 1968: Charly as Charly Gordon — Academy Award for Best Actor
- 1970: Too Late The Hero as Lt. Sam Lawson
- 1971: JW Coop as J.W. Coop (also director and writer)
- 1972: The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Cole Younger
- 1973: Ace Eli And Rodger Of The Skies as Ace Eli Walford
- 1973: The Man Without A Country as Philip Nolan
- 1974: Man On A Swing as Lee Tucker
- 1974: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Johnny Nolan
- 1975: My Fathers House as Tom Lindholm Jr.
- 1975: Out Of Season as Joe
- 1975: Three Days of the Condor as Higgins
- 1975: Return To Earth as Col. Buzz Aldrin
- 1976: Shoot as Rex Jeannette
- 1976: Midway (1976) as Commander Carl Jessop
- 1976: Obsession as Michael Courtland
- 1977: Fraternity Row as The Narrator
- 1978: Overboard 1978 as Mitch Garrison
- 1979: Dominique as David Ballard
- 1980: The Pilot as Mike Hagan (also director)
- 1982: Two Of A Kind 1982 as Frank Minor
- 1983: Star 80 as Hugh Hefner
- 1983: Class as Mr. Burroughs
- 1983: Brainstorm as Alex Terson
- 1985: The Key To Rebecca as Maj. William Vandam
- 1985: Shaker Run as Judd Pierson
- 1986: Dreams Of Gold The Mel Fisher Story as Mel Fisher
- 1987: Malone as Delaney
- 1987: Ford The Man And The Machine as Henry Ford
- 1990: Dead Reckoning as Daniel Barnard
- 1991: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken as Dr. W.F. Carver
- 1992: Wind as Morgan Weld
- 1992: Lincoln 1992 as Noah Brooks (voice)
- 1994: Renaissance Man as Col. James
- 1995: The Sunset Boys as Ted Roth
- 1995: Dazzle as Mike Kikullen
- 1996: Escape from L.A. as President
- 1998: Race 1998 as Jack Durmann
- 1998: Assignment Berlin as Cliff Garret
- 1999: Family Tree as Larry
- 2000: Mach 2 as Vice President Pike
- 2001: Falcon Down as Buzz Thomas
- 2002: Spider-Man as Ben Parker
- 2004: Spider-Man 2 as Ben Parker
- 2007: Spider-Man 3 as Ben Parker
- 2002: Thirteenth Child as Mr. Shroud (also writer)
- 2004: Riding The Bullet as Farmer
- 2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Ben Parker (voice, archive audio)
Television Roles
- 1950: Lux Video Theatre as Fireman #8
- 1951-1955: Armstrong Circle Theatre as John Robinson
- 1952-1954: Robert Montgomery Presents as Clark/Mitch Hickock/Paul Smith
- 1953-1954: Rod Brown Of The Rocket Rangers as Rod Brown
- 1955: Celebrity Playhouse as Jed Warron
- 1956-1961: The United States Steel Hour as Horace Mann Borden/Charlie Gordon/Mason Stephens/Frank
- 1958: Wagon Train as Liam Fitzmorgan
- 1958-1960: Playhouse 90 as Lieutenant/Joe Clay/Danny Carson
- 1959: The Untouchables as Frank Halloway
- 1960: Riverboat as Martinus Van Der Brig
- 1960-1962: Outlaws as Griff Kincaid/Jack Masters/Chad Burns
- 1961: General Electric Theater as Pegosi
- 1961: The Dick Powell Theatre as Danny Langdon
- 1961-1962: The Twilight Zone (1959) as Jerry Etherson ("The Dummy")/Christian Horn ("A Hundred Yards Over the Rim")
- 1962: Ben Casey as Lt. Col. Stanley Wensby/Eddie Smith
- 1962: Alcoa Premiere as Hoby Dunlap
- 1963: The Eleventh Hour as Jeff Dillon
- 1963: The Outer Limits (1963) as Alan Maxwell ("The Galaxy Being")
- 1963: The Greatest Show On Earth as Willie Simple
- 1964: Breaking Point as Evan Ross
- 1964-1967: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre as DA Benjamin Reynolds/Will Nye/Quincey Parke/Eddie Finneran
- 1966-1968: Batman (1966) as Shame
- 1968-1969: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In as Guest Performer
- 1977: Washington Behind Closed Doors as William Martin
- 1983-1984: Falcon Crest as Dr. Michael Ranson
- 1994: The American Revolution as George Washington
- 1995: Biography as Narrator
- 1997: Nova as Narrator
- 1999: The Outer Limits (1995) as Theodore Harris ("Joyride")
- 2003: The Lyon's Den as Hal Malloy
As Director
- 1962: Outlaws (also writer)
