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Cliff Robertson

1923 - 2011

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Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Charly. On television, Robertson portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 TV film adaptation of Aldrin's autobiographic Return to Earth, played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors, and portrayed Henry Ford in Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987). His last well-known film appearances were as Uncle Ben in the 2002–2007 Spider-Man film trilogy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cliff Robertson is the 904th most popular actor, the 1,822nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,615th in 2019) and the 454th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Cliff Robertson ranks 904 out of 13,578. Before him are Jennifer Coolidge, Death of Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Jean-Claude Pascal, Tom Skerritt, and Clara Bow. After him are Stephen Boyd, Teri Hatcher, Anne Parillaud, Mario Adorf, Joan Plowright, and Nick Adams.

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Among people born in 1923, Cliff Robertson ranks 69. Before him are Agatha Barbara, Merton Miller, Victoria de los Ángeles, Rudolph A. Marcus, Rasul Gamzatov, and Koji Miyata. After him are Zlatko Čajkovski, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Walter M. Miller Jr., Norman Mailer, Edgar F. Codd, and Chuck Yeager. Among people deceased in 2011, Cliff Robertson ranks 66. Before him are Jorge Semprún, Frans Sammut, Roberts Blossom, Lucian Freud, Har Gobind Khorana, and Salmaan Taseer. After him are Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Bubba Smith, Joe Simon, Michael Gough, Michael Cacoyannis, and Pete Postlethwaite.

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Among people born in United States, Cliff Robertson ranks 1,822 out of 20,380. Before him are Frederick Douglass (1818), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Angie Dickinson (1931), Pat Brown (1905), Tom Skerritt (1933), and Clara Bow (1905). After him are Richard Serra (1939), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), Kevin McHale (1957), Jim Lovell (1928), Douglas McGregor (1906), and Dorothy Vaughan (1910).

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Among actors born in United States, Cliff Robertson ranks 454. Before him are Mary Anderson (1918), Linda Gray (1940), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Angie Dickinson (1931), Tom Skerritt (1933), and Clara Bow (1905). After him are Teri Hatcher (1964), Nick Adams (1931), Richard Lynch (1940), Bubba Smith (1945), Elisabeth Shue (1963), and Peter Weller (1947).

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