Cliff Robertson
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The scion of a prosperous California ranching family, actor Cliff Robertson took up drama in high school simply because it was the only "legal" way to cut classes. After wartime service, Robertson entered Ohio's Antioch College, beginning his professional career as a radio announcer. His first extensive stage work consisted of two years with the touring company of Mister Roberts. He made it to Broadway in 1952 in a play directed by Joshua Logan, and in 1955 made his film debut in the Logan-directed movie version of Picnic. As Joan Crawford's schizophrenic boyfriend in Autumn Leaves (1955), Robertson achieved the critical acceptance that would enable him to seek out choice film roles. In 1963, Robertson became the first American actor to portray a living American president when he was selected to play John F. Kennedy in PT 109; one year later, he showed up as a paranoid Nixon type in The Best Man. Equally busy on television, Robertson was universally applauded for his grueling performance as an alcoholic in the 1958 TV staging of Days of Wine and Roses, and in 1965 won an Emmy for a guest appearance on the dramatic anthology Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre. Having lost the film version of Wine and Roses to Jack Lemmon, Robertson made certain that he'd star in the filmization of his 1961 TV drama The Two Worlds of Charly Gordon by buying up the story rights. The result was the 1968 film Charly, in which Robertson played a retarded adult turned into a genius by a scientific experiment -- for which he won an Academy Award. In 1977, Robertson made headlines when he was one of the whistle-blowers in the embezzlement scandal involving Columbia executive David Begelman -- a fact that did more harm to Robertson's career than Begelman's. Robertson continued to act into the 2000s, including the recurring role of Ben Parker in the Spider-Man franchise reboot. He died of natural causes a day after his 88th birthday in 2011.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story |
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— | 2010 |
63% | Spider-Man 3 |
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$336.6M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Of Wind and Waves: The Life of Woody Brown |
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— | 2006 |
26% | Riding the Bullet |
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$0.2M | 2004 |
93% | Spider-Man 2 |
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$373.4M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Spider-Man 2.1 (Extended Cut) |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star |
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— | 2002 |
90% | Spider-Man |
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$403.8M | 2002 |
40% | 13th Child |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Mach 2 |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Family Tree |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Falcon Down |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Race |
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— | 1997 |
53% | John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Judith Krantz's 'Dazzle' |
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— | 1995 |
12% | Renaissance Man |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Sonja Henie - Queen of the Ice |
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— | 1993 |
50% | Wind |
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— | 1992 |
73% | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Cowboy Up |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Sacred Ground: The North American Indians' Relationship to the Land |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Dead Reckoning |
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— | 1989 |
33% | Malone |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Ford: The Man and the Machine |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | The Little Prince & Friends |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Dreams of Gold |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Shaker Run |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | The Key to Rebecca |
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— | 1985 |
86% | Star 80 |
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— | 1983 |
55% | Brainstorm |
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— | 1983 |
29% | Class |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Two of a Kind |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | The Pilot |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Dominique (Avenging Spirit) (Dominique Is Dead) |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Little Prince |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Fraternity Row |
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— | 1977 |
73% | Obsession |
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— | 1976 |
47% | Midway |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Shoot |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | The Kennedys Don't Cry |
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— | 1975 |
88% | Three Days of the Condor |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | My Father's House |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Out of Season |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Lincoln: Trial By Fire |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Man on a Swing |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | The Man Without a Country |
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— | 1973 |
73% | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | J.W. Coop |
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— | 1971 |
57% | Too Late the Hero |
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— | 1970 |
60% | Charly |
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— | 1968 |
60% | The Devil's Brigade |
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— | 1968 |
57% | The Honey Pot |
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— | 1967 |
40% | Masquerade (A Shabby Tiger) (Operation Masquerade ) |
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— | 1965 |
No Score Yet | Love Has Many Faces |
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— | 1965 |
100% | The Best Man |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 633 Squadron |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | The Life and Times of John F. Kennedy |
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— | 1964 |
100% | Sunday in New York |
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— | 1963 |
64% | PT 109 |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | My Six Loves |
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— | 1963 |
40% | The Interns |
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— | 1962 |
100% | Underworld, U.S.A. |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | The Big Show |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | All in a Night's Work |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | Battle of the Coral Sea |
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— | 1959 |
55% | Gidget |
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— | 1959 |
83% | The Naked and the Dead |
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— | 1958 |
No Score Yet | The Girl Most Likely |
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— | 1958 |
89% | Autumn Leaves |
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— | 1956 |
50% | Picnic |
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— | 1955 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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64% |
The Lyon's Den
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Outer Limits
1995-2002
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No Score Yet |
Falcon Crest
1981-1990
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72% |
Batman
1966-1968
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92% |
The Outer Limits (1963)
1963-1965
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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Quotes from Cliff Robertson's Characters
Uncle Ben: | With great power, comes great responsibility. |
Alan: | Same ol' Hal. |
Alan: | We thought we would start Hal as a scopper. |
Uncle Ben: | with great power comes greater responsibly |
Uncle Ben: | Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility. |
President: | What's it going to be, Plissken? Them or us? |
Snake Plissken: | I shut down the third world, you win they lose. I shut down America, they win, you lose. The more things change, the more they stay the same. |
Uncle Ben: | With great power, comes great responsibility. Remember that Pete, remember that. |
Uncle Ben: | Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility. |
Uncle Ben: | with great power comes great responsibility |
Uncle Ben: | Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility. |