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3Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor, director, writer, and aviator best known for his UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winning performance in the film ''Charly'' (1968), as well as his roles in ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' (1996) and the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' (2002-2007).
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5Robertson served Ain the U.S. Merchant Marine during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a Third Officer from 1939 to 1945. He was married to Creator/CynthiaStone and Creator/DinaMerrill and had two children, one with Stone and one with Merrill. He died in 2011 at the age of 88 from natural causes.
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9!!Filmography
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12[[folder:Film Roles]]
13* 1943: ''Film/WeveNeverBeenLicked'' as Adams ({{uncredited|role}})
14* 1943: ''Film/CorvetteK225'' as Lookout (uncredited)
15* 1955: ''Film/{{Picnic}}'' as Alan Benson
16* 1956: ''Film/AutumnLeaves1956'' as Burt Hanson
17* 1957: ''Film/TheGirlMostLikely'' as Pete
18* 1958: ''Film/TheNakedAndTheDead'' as Lt. Robert Hearn
19* 1959: ''Film/{{Gidget}}'' as Burt Vail/The Big Kahuna
20* 1959: ''Film/TheBattleOfTheCoralSea'' as Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway
21* 1959: ''Film/AsTheSeaRages'' as Clements
22* 1961: ''Film/UnderworldUSA'' as Tolly Devlin
23* 1961: ''Film/AllInANightsWork'' as Warren Kingsley Jr.
24* 1961: ''Film/TheBigShow'' as Josef Everard
25* 1962: ''Film/TheInterns'' as Dr. John Paul Otis
26* 1963: ''Film/MySixLoves'' as Rev. Jim Larkin
27* 1963: ''Film/{{PT109}}'' as Lt. Jg. UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy
28* 1963: ''Film/SundayInNewYork'' as Adam Tyler
29* 1964: ''Film/{{The Best Man|1964}}'' as Joe Cantwell
30* 1964: ''Film/SixThreeThreeSquadron'' as Wing Cmdr. Roy Grant
31* 1965: ''Film/LoveHasManyFaces'' as Pete Gordon
32* 1965: ''Film/Masquerade1965'' as David Frazer
33* 1965: ''Film/UpFromTheBeach'' as Sgt. Edward Baxter
34* 1967: ''Film/TheHoneyPot'' as William [=McFly=]
35* 1968: ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade'' as Maj. Alan Crown
36* 1968: ''Film/{{Charly}}'' as Charly Gordon -- Academy Award for Best Actor
37* 1970: ''Film/TooLateTheHero'' as Lt. Sam Lawson
38* 1971: ''Film/JWCoop'' as J.W. Coop (also director and writer)
39* 1972: ''Film/TheGreatNorthfieldMinnesotaRaid'' as Cole Younger
40* 1973: ''Film/AceEliAndRodgerOfTheSkies'' as Ace Eli Walford
41* 1973: ''Film/TheManWithoutACountry'' as Philip Nolan
42* 1974: ''Film/ManOnASwing'' as Lee Tucker
43* 1974: ''Film/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'' as Johnny Nolan
44* 1975: ''Film/MyFathersHouse'' as Tom Lindholm Jr.
45* 1975: ''Film/OutOfSeason'' as Joe
46* 1975: ''Film/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor'' as Higgins
47* 1975: ''Film/ReturnToEarth'' as Col. UsefulNotes/BuzzAldrin
48* 1976: ''Film/{{Shoot}}'' as Rex Jeannette
49* 1976: ''Film/Midway1976'' as Commander Carl Jessop
50* 1976: ''Film/{{Obsession}}'' as Michael Courtland
51* 1977: ''Film/FraternityRow'' as The Narrator
52* 1978: ''Film/Overboard1978'' as Mitch Garrison
53* 1979: ''Film/{{Dominique}}'' as David Ballard
54* 1980: ''Film/ThePilot'' as Mike Hagan (also director)
55* 1982: ''Film/TwoOfAKind1982'' as Frank Minor
56* 1983: ''Film/Star80'' as Hugh Hefner
57* 1983: ''Film/{{Class}}'' as Mr. Burroughs
58* 1983: ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'' as Alex Terson
59* 1985: ''Film/TheKeyToRebecca'' as Maj. William Vandam
60* 1985: ''Film/ShakerRun'' as Judd Pierson
61* 1986: ''Film/DreamsOfGoldTheMelFisherStory'' as Mel Fisher
62* 1987: ''Film/{{Malone}}'' as Delaney
63* 1987: ''Film/FordTheManAndTheMachine'' as UsefulNotes/HenryFord
64* 1990: ''Dead Reckoning'' as Daniel Barnard
65* 1991: ''Film/WildHeartsCantBeBroken'' as Dr. W.F. Carver
66* 1992: ''Film/{{Wind}}'' as Morgan Weld
67* 1992: ''Film/Lincoln1992'' as Noah Brooks (voice)
68* 1994: ''Film/RenaissanceMan'' as Col. James
69* 1995: ''Film/TheSunsetBoys'' as Ted Roth
70* 1995: ''Film/{{Dazzle}}'' as Mike Kikullen
71* 1996: ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' as President
72* 1998: ''Film/Race1998'' as Jack Durmann
73* 1998: ''Film/AssignmentBerlin'' as Cliff Garret
74* 1999: ''Film/FamilyTree'' as Larry
75* 2000: ''Film/Mach2'' as Vice President Pike
76* 2001: ''Film/FalconDown'' as Buzz Thomas
77* 2002: ''Film/SpiderMan1'' as Ben Parker
78** 2004: ''Film/SpiderMan2'' as Ben Parker
79** 2007: ''Film/SpiderMan3'' as Ben Parker
80* 2002: ''Film/ThirteenthChild'' as Mr. Shroud (also writer)
81* 2004: ''Film/RidingTheBullet'' as Farmer
82* 2018: ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' as Ben Parker (voice, archive audio)
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86* 1950: ''Series/LuxVideoTheatre'' as Fireman #8
87* 1951-1955: ''Series/ArmstrongCircleTheatre'' as John Robinson
88* 1952-1954: ''Series/RobertMontgomeryPresents'' as Clark/Mitch Hickock/Paul Smith
89* 1953-1954: ''Series/RodBrownOfTheRocketRangers'' as Rod Brown
90* 1955: ''Series/CelebrityPlayhouse'' as Jed Warron
91* 1956-1961: ''Series/TheUnitedStatesSteelHour'' as Horace Mann Borden/Charlie Gordon/Mason Stephens/Frank
92* 1958: ''Series/WagonTrain'' as Liam Fitzmorgan
93* 1958-1960: ''Series/Playhouse90'' as Lieutenant/Joe Clay/Danny Carson
94* 1959: ''Series/TheUntouchables'' as Frank Halloway
95* 1960: ''Series/{{Riverboat}}'' as Martinus Van Der Brig
96* 1960-1962: ''Series/{{Outlaws}}'' as Griff Kincaid/Jack Masters/Chad Burns
97* 1961: ''Series/GeneralElectricTheater'' as Pegosi
98* 1961: ''Series/TheDickPowellTheatre'' as Danny Langdon
99* 1961-1962: ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' as Jerry Etherson ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E33TheDummy The Dummy]]")/Christian Horn ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E23AHundredYardsOverTheRim A Hundred Yards Over the Rim]]")
100* 1962: ''Series/BenCasey'' as Lt. Col. Stanley Wensby/Eddie Smith
101* 1962: ''Series/AlcoaPremiere'' as Hoby Dunlap
102* 1963: ''Series/TheEleventhHour'' as Jeff Dillon
103* 1963: ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' as Alan Maxwell ("[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E1TheGalaxyBeing The Galaxy Being]]")
104* 1963: ''Series/TheGreatestShowOnEarth'' as Willie Simple
105* 1964: ''Series/BreakingPoint'' as Evan Ross
106* 1964-1967: ''Series/BobHopePresentsTheChryslerTheatre'' as DA Benjamin Reynolds/Will Nye/Quincey Parke/Eddie Finneran
107* 1966-1968: ''Series/Batman1966'' as Shame
108* 1968-1969: ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' as Guest Performer
109* 1977: ''Series/WashingtonBehindClosedDoors'' as William Martin
110* 1983-1984: ''Series/FalconCrest'' as Dr. Michael Ranson
111* 1994: ''Series/TheAmericanRevolution'' as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington
112* 1995: ''Series/{{Biography}}'' as Narrator
113* 1997: ''Series/{{Nova}}'' as Narrator
114* 1999: ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' as Theodore Harris ("[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S5E6Joyride Joyride]]")
115* 2003: ''Series/TheLyonsDen'' as Hal Malloy
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119* 1962: ''Series/{{Outlaws}}'' (also writer)
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