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      Cliff Robertson

      Cliff Robertson

      Highest Rated: 100% Sunday in New York (1963)

      Lowest Rated: 12% Renaissance Man (1994)

      Birthday: Sep 9, 1923

      Birthplace: La Jolla, California, USA

      As a child growing up in an idyllic California coastal town in the years before the Great Depression, Cliff Robertson was raised to value hard work and perseverance. He saw action in the South Pacific during World War II and worked as a newspaperman before heading to New York City to make a name for himself as an actor. Classes with the Actor's Studio led to his Broadway debut and a busy schedule of work on stage, on television and in such feature films as "PT 109" (1962) and "The Best Man" (1963). An Academy Award winner for playing the title role in "Charly" (1969), Robertson segued smoothly from star roles to character parts in the mid-Seventies but his career was derailed by the 1977 "Hollywoodgate" scandal. After exposing the embezzlement of more than half a million dollars by the head of Columbia Pictures, the actor found himself blacklisted in the industry. Robertson reemerged in a run of high profile films in the early Eighties, reestablishing himself as a venerable American actor, among the last of a dying breed, and a true survivor.

      Highest rated movies

      The Best Man
      Sunday in New York
      Underworld U.S.A.
      Spider-Man 2
      Autumn Leaves
      Spider-Man Three Days of the Condor
      The Naked and the Dead

      Photos

      GIDGET, Cliff Robertson, Sandra Dee, 1959 OBSESSION, Wanda Blackman, Cliff Robertson, 1976 SUNDAY IN NEW YORK, from left, Rod Taylor, Cliff Robertson, 1963 THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, second from left: Cliff Robertson, 1958 THE BIG SHOW, Esther Williams, Cliff Robertson, 1961, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. 633 SQUADRON, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Cliff Robertson, 1964 BEST MAN, THE, Lee Tracy, Cliff Robertson, Kevin McCarthy, Henry Fonda, 1964 OBSESSION, Genevieve Bujold, Cliff Robertson, 1976 ALL IN A NIGHT'S WORK, from left: Dean Martin, Cliff Robertson, 1961 GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID, Cliff Robertson, 1972 J.W. COOP, Cliff Robertson, Cristina Ferrare, 1972 THE BIG SHOW, from left: Cliff Robertson, Esther Williams, 1961. ©20th Century-Fox Film, TM & Copyright / MAN ON A SWING, Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, 1974 TOO LATE THE HERO, (starting second from left) Lance Percival, Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, 1970 GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID, Cliff Robertson, 1972 TOO LATE THE HERO, Ian Bannen, Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ronald Fraser, Lance Percival, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, 1970 J.W. COOP, Cliff Robertson (right), 1972 THE BEST MAN, Cliff Robertson, 1964 THE BEST MAN, Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, 1964 MASQUERADE, (aka OPERATION MASQUERADE, aka A SHABBY TIGER), Marisa Mell, Cliff Robertson, 1965

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      63% 51% Spider-Man 3 Ben Parker (Character) $336.5M 2007
      No Score Yet No Score Yet From Two Men and a War Ernie Pyle (Voice) - 2005
      23% 34% Riding the Bullet Farmer (Character) $101.1K 2004
      93% 82% Spider-Man 2 Ben Parker (Character) $373.4M 2004
      40% 18% The 13th Child, Legend of the Jersey Devil Mr. Shroud (Character),
      Screenwriter
      - 2002
      90% 67% Spider-Man Ben Parker (Character) $403.7M 2002
      No Score Yet 0% Falcon Down Buzz Thomas (Character) - 2000
      No Score Yet 0% Mach 2 Vice President Pike (Character) - 2000
      No Score Yet 33% Family Tree Larry (Character) $12.5K 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Assignment Berlin Cliff Garret (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Melting Pot Jack Durmann (Character) - 1998
      54% 39% John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. President (Character) $25.5M 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Waiting for Sunset Ted Roth (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet 100% Dazzle Mike Kilkullen (Character) - 1995
      12% 53% Renaissance Man Colonel James (Character) $24.2M 1994
      46% 81% Wind Morgan Weld (Character) $4.9M 1992
      73% 89% Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Doctor W.F. Carver (Character) $7.3M 1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Reckoning Daniel Barnard (Character) - 1990
      29% 35% Malone Charles Delaney (Character) $2.5M 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story Mel Fisher (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet 45% Shaker Run Judd Pierson (Character) - 1985
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Key to Rebecca Maj. William Vandam (Character) - 1985
      57% 56% Brainstorm Alex Terson (Character) - 1983
      81% 70% Star 80 Hugh Hefner (Character) - 1983
      29% 50% Class Mr. Burroughs (Character) - 1983
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Kennedys Don't Cry Narrator - 1983
      No Score Yet 14% Two of a Kind Frank Minor (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 29% The Pilot Mike Hagan (Character),
      Director
      - 1980
      No Score Yet 57% Dominique David Ballard (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Overboard Mitch Garrison (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 24% Avenging Spirit David Ballard (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fraternity Row The Narrator (Character) - 1977
      41% 71% Midway Commander Carl Jessop (Character) - 1976
      73% 59% Obsession Michael Courtland (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Return to Earth Col. Edwin A. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet 29% Shoot Rex (Character) - 1976
      87% 82% Three Days of the Condor J. Higgins (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Out of Season Joe Tanner (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet My Father's House Tom Lindholm Jr. (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet 11% Man on a Swing Lee Tucker (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Johnny Nolan (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Without a Country Philip Nolan (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies Ace Eli Walford (Character) - 1973
      73% 46% The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Cole Younger (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet 67% J.W. Coop J.W. Coop (Character),
      Director,
      Producer
      - 1971
      57% 71% Too Late the Hero Lt. Sam Lawson (Character) - 1970
      60% 68% The Devil's Brigade Maj. Alan Crown (Character) - 1968
      55% 62% Charly Charly Gordon (Character) - 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sunshine Patriot Christopher Ross/Arthur Selby (Character) - 1968
      57% 61% The Honey Pot William McFly (Character) - 1967
      40% 29% Masquerade David Frazer (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet 38% Love Has Many Faces Pete Jordon (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Up From the Beach Sgt. Edward Baxter (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet And Baby Makes Five Will Nye (Character) - 1965
      100% 90% The Best Man Joe Cantwell (Character) - 1964
      No Score Yet 57% 633 Squadron Wing Cmdr. Roy Grant (Character) - 1964
      64% 53% PT 109 Lt. John F. Kennedy (Character) - 1963
      100% 76% Sunday in New York Adam Tyler (Character) - 1963
      No Score Yet 50% My Six Loves Reverend Jim Larkin (Character) - 1963
      40% 36% The Interns Dr. John Paul Otis (Character) - 1962
      100% 82% Underworld U.S.A. Tolly Devlin (Character) - 1961
      No Score Yet 43% All in a Night's Work Warren Kingsley, Jr. (Character) - 1961
      No Score Yet 0% The Big Show Josef Everard (Character) - 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Revolt of the Tartars Higgins (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet As the Sea Rages Clements (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet 22% Battle of the Coral Sea Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway (Character) - 1959
      55% 86% Gidget Burt Vail (Character) - 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Days of Wine and Roses Joe Clay (Character) - 1958
      83% 46% The Naked and the Dead Lt. Robert Hearn (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet 17% The Girl Most Likely Pete (Character) - 1957
      91% 63% Autumn Leaves Burt Hanson (Character) - 1956
      50% 54% Picnic Alan Benson (Character) $24.0K 1955

      TV

      Credit
      64% No Score Yet The Lyon's Den Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Theodore Harris (Character) 1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Falcon Crest Dr. Michael Ranson (Character) 1981-1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Washington: Behind Closed Doors Unknown (Character) 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1968
      72% 79% Batman Unknown (Guest Star) 1966 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1963 1967
      92% 83% The Outer Limits Alan Maxwell (Character) 1963
      92% 95% The Twilight Zone Jerry Etherson (Character) 1961-1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Lt. Col. Stanley Wensby/Eddie Smith (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The United States Steel Hour Charlie Gordon (Character) 1956 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Liam Fitzmorgan (Guest Star) 1958