Cliff Robertson
- Born: Sep 09, 1925 in La Jolla, California
- Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director
- Active: '50s-2000s
- Major Genres: Drama, Action
- Career Highlights: Three Days of the Condor, Picnic, Pt 109
- First Major Screen Credit: Picnic (1955)
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| Birth name | Clifford Parker Robertson III | |||||||||
| Born | September 9 1925 La Jolla, California, United States |
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| Years active | 1943 - present | |||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia Stone (1957-1959) Dina Merrill (1966-1986) |
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Clifford Parker Robertson III (born September 9, 1925) is an American actor with a film and television career that spans half of a century. In addition to his Oscar and Emmy and several lifetime achievement awards from various film festivals, Robertson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. In 1968, he won an Academy Award for his role in Charly.
Robertson was born in La Jolla, California to Audrey (Willingham) and Clifford Parker Robertson II.[1] He attended Antioch College in Ohio and worked as a journalist for a short time.[2]
Robertson is notable for his performances in PT 109 (chosen personally by
John F. Kennedy to portray the then-Lt.
Kennedy), The Best Man, Charly (an adaptation of Flowers for Algernon for which
he won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor), Picnic, Autumn Leaves, Too Late the Hero, Three Days of the
Condor, Obsession, J. W. Coop, Star 80 and Malone. More recently, Robertson appeared as
Uncle Ben Parker in the first movie adaptation of
Spider-Man, as well as in the sequels Spider-Man 2 and
Spider-Man 3. He was also in the
Robertson's television appearances include the starring role in the live space opera Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, as well as recurring roles on Hallmark Hall of Fame, Alcoa theatre, and Playhouse 90 (in the 1950s), Outlaws, The Twilight Zone, and Batman as the villainous gunfighter Shame (in the 1960s), Falcon Crest (in the 1980s), and most recently, The Lyon's Den. He had starring roles in both the 1960s and 1990s versions of The Outer Limits. He was awarded an Emmy for his leading role in an 1965 episode from Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre entitled "The Game." His second appearance on Batman featured his wife, Dina Merrill, as his sidekick and wife Calamity Jan. This two-part episode is considered by many Batman fans to be among the series' funniest.
He was once married to actress Dina Merrill. In 1977, Robertson learned that his name had been forged on a $10,000 check that had been due to him. He discovered that the forgery had been carried out by Columbia studio head David Begelman, and on reporting it, the result was one of the biggest Hollywood scandals of the 1970s. Robertson was subsequently blacklisted for several years before finally getting back into film in Brainstorm (1983).[3] Robertson received an award from Antioch College Alumni in 2007 for his contributions to his field of work.
One of Robertson's main hobbies is flying and, among other aircraft, he has owned several de Havilland Tiger Moths, an Messerschmitt Bf 108 and a genuine World War II era Mk.IX Supermarine Spitfire.
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| Preceded by Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night |
Academy Award for Best
Actor 1968 for Charly |
Succeeded by John Wayne for True Grit |
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