Job Actor
Years active 1943-2007
Top Roles Warren Kingsley, Jr., Burt Vail aka The Big Kahuna, William McFly, Lt. John F. Kennedy, Burt Hanson
Top GenresDrama, War, Comedy, Romance, Film Adaptation, Action
Top TopicsWorld War II, Aviation, Based on Play
Top Collaborators (Director), , , (Director)
Shares birthday with Joseph E. Levine, Jane Greer, Arthur Freed  see more..

Cliff Robertson Overview:

Actor, Cliff Robertson, was born Clifford Parker Robertson III on Sep 9, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA. Robertson died at the age of 88 on Sep 10, 2011 in Stony Brook, NY and was laid to rest in Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton, NY.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Cliff Robertson was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Actor for Charly (as Charly Gordon) in 1968.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1968Best ActorCharly (1968)Charly GordonWon
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

BlogHub Articles:

A Man Against a Mouse: in Charly (1968)

By Virginie Pronovost on Oct 26, 2018 From The Wonderful World of Cinema

Two years after the first edition of her Disability in Films Blogathon, Robin from Pop Culture Reverie is back with a second edition of the event! This time, our mutual friend Crystal from In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood has joined her to co-host. In 2016, I explored physical disability wi... Read full article


Birthday of the Week:

By Beth Daniels on Sep 9, 2014 From Mildred's Fatburgers

Born Clifford Parker Robertson, III, September 9, 1923 - September 10, 2011 Not in Any Way a Biography Flowers for Algernon,By Daniel Keyes, Bantam, 1970Made into the film Charly (1968), for which won an Academy Award for Best Actor. A Butch Anthony Perkins Fo... Read full article


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Cliff Robertson Quotes:

Charly Gordon: That, that is, is. That, that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.


Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter: Faith moves mountains. It doesn't take them.


Ens. Leonard J. Thom: [reporting aboard the PT109] Mr. Kennedy? Ensign Leonard Thom, your exec.
[they exchange salutes]
Lt. John F. Kennedy: Oh, hi. Glad to meet you, Leonard.
[they shake hands]
Lt. John F. Kennedy: Welcome aboard.
Ens. Leonard J. Thom: [looking around the boat] How long did they give you to put it in shape?
Lt. John F. Kennedy: Well, we've used about half the time just talking right here.


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Cliff Robertson Facts
Special guest at Roger Ebert's 4th annual Overlooked Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois in March 2002.

Both he and his then wife Dina Merrill played "Special Guest Villains" in "Batman" (1966).

Owns a number of vintage aircraft, including an original German Messerschmitt ME-108, which is on display at the Parker/O'Malley Air Museum in upstate New York.

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