Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson, 1981

Cliff Robertson ; actually Clifford Parker Robertson III (born September 9, 1923 in San Diego , California , † September 10, 2011 in Stony Brook , New York ), was an American actor .

Life

Robertson was born in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego . He began his acting career in the mid-1950s. As an actor for difficult characters, he was often cast in leading roles, but without ever rising into the ranks of Hollywood's big stars . In 1968 he won an Oscar for best leading actor in the Daniel Keyes film Charly . His last role was that of Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man trilogy.

Cliff Robertson was married to actresses Cynthia Stone (marriage 1957-1960) and Dina Merrill (1966-1989), with whom he each had a daughter.

Awards

• 1968: Oscar for best actor for his role in the film Charly
• National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in the Film Charly
• Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the Film Charly

Filmography

• 1943: Korvette K 225 (Corvette K-225) anonymous - Director: Richard Rosson
• 1955: Picnic (Picnic) - Director: Joshua Logan
• 1956 autumn storms (Autumn Leaves) - Director: Robert Aldrich
• 1957: Kess und flirtatious (The Girl Most Likely) - Director: Mitchell Leisen
• 1958: The Naked and the Dead (The Naked and the Dead) - Director: Raoul Walsh
• 1958: April discovers the men (Gidget) - Director: Paul Wendkos
• 1959: Battle of the Coral Sea - Director: Paul Wendkos
• 1959: The Untouchables (Season 1-Ep.-12, The Escape Route) series
• 1959: Predatory fishermen in Hellas
• 1960: Everything on One Card (Underworld USA) - Director: Samuel Fuller
• 1961: All in a Night (All in a Night's Work) - Director: Joseph Anthony
• 1961: The Big Show - Director: James B. Clark
• 1961: Men Who Love Life (The Interns) - Director: David Swift
• 1963: My Six Loves - Directed by Gower Champion
• 1963: Patrol Boat PT 109 (PT 109) - Director: Leslie H. Martinson
• 1963: Sunday in New York (Sunday in New York) - Director: Peter Tewksbury
• 1963: The candidate (The Best Man) - Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
• 1964: The Day After (Up from the Beach) - Director: Robert Parrish
• 1964: Kampfgeschwader 633 (633 Squadron) - Director: Walter Grauman
• 1964: Hot Beach Acapulco (Love Has Many Faces) - Director: Alexander Singer
• 1964: Agents Request (Masquerade) - Director: Basil Dearden
• 1966: See Venice - and inherit ... (The Honey Pot) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1966/1968: Batman (TV series)
• 1968: The Devil's Brigade (The Devil's Brigade) - Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
• 1968: Charly (Charly) - Director: Ralph Nelson
• 1970: Too late for Heroes - Fall in to croak (Too Late the Hero) - Directed by Robert Aldrich
• 1971: The Cowboy (JW Coop) (also director)
• 1972: The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid directed by Philip Kaufman
• 1974: Man on a Swing - Director: Frank Perry
• 1975: Out of Season - Director: Alan Bridges
• 1975: Three Days of the Condor (Three Days of the Condor) - Director: Sydney Pollack
• 1975: The Man Without a Country - Director: Sidney Carroll
• 1976: Battle for Midway (Midway) - Director: Jack Smight
• 1976: Black Angel (Obsession) - Director: Brian De Palma
• 1978: Shadows Around Dominique (Dominique) - Director: Michael Anderson
• 1978: Death on Board (Overboard) - Director: John Newland
• 1979: The pilot (The Pilot) - also directed
• 1983: Class
• 1983: Project Brainstorm (Brainstorm) - Director: Douglas Trumbull
• 1983: Star 80 - Directed by Bob Fosse
• 1983: Falcon Crest (TV series; guest role in several episodes)
• 1984: Shaker Run - Director: Bruce Morrison
• 1985: Secret Code: Rebecca (The key to Rebecca) - Director: David Hemmings
• 1986: Treasure hunt in the depths of the Atlantic (Dreams of gold - The Mel Fisher story) - Director: James Goldstone
• 1987: Malone - Director: Harley Cokeliss
• 1989: Dead Reckoning - Directed by Robert Lewis
• 1991: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - Director: Steve Miner
• 1992: Wind - Directed by Carroll Ballard
• 1993: Mr. Bill (Renaissance Man) - Directed by Penny Marshall
• 1994: Die Verblendeten (Dazzle) - Director: Richard A. Colla
• 1995: Pacts - The Sunset Boys - Director: Leidulv Risan
• 1996: Escape from LA (Escape from LA) - Director: John Carpenter
• 1998: Babyhandel Berlin - Beyond All Scruples (Assignment Berlin) - Director: Tony Randel
• 1999: Family Tree - Director: Duane Clark
• 2000: Falcon Down - Death Flight into the Ice Sea (Falcon Down) - Director: Phillip Roth
• 2000: Mach 2 - Director: Fred Olen Ray
• 2002: Spider-Man - Director: Sam Raimi
• 2004: Spider-Man 2 - Director: Sam Raimi
• 2004: Riding the Bullet - Director: Mick Garris
• 2007: Spider-Man 3 - Director: Sam Raimi

Web links

• Cliff Robertson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Cliff Robertson in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Cliff Robertson in the nndb (English)
• Cliff Robertson's website
• Cliff Robertson's website. ( Memento from June 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Oscar winner Cliff Robertson dies in NY at 88 in: Associated Press of September 10, 2011
2. ↑ Deaths: Robertson, Heather Merriweather in: The New York Times, May 2, 2007
3. ↑ Results 1968 (41st Academy Awards) Best ACTOR in a Leading Role: Cliff Robertson - Charly {"Charly Gordon"} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically created as marked defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.