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Cliff Robertson

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Clifford Parker “Cliff” Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half of a century. 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 movie Charly. On television, he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin’s autobiographic Return to Earth, played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 adaptation of John Ehrlichman’s Watergate novel The Company, and portrayed Henry Ford in the 1987 Ford: The Man and the Machine. His last well-known film appearances were in 2002 through 2007 as Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man film trilogy.

• Born: Clifford Parker Robertson III September 9, 1923 La Jolla, California, U.S.
• Died: September 10, 2011 (aged 88) Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
• Residence: Water Mill, New York
• Education: La Jolla High School
• Alma mater: Antioch College
• Occupation: Actor
• Years active: 1943–2007
• Home town: Boston, Massachusetts
• Spouse: Cynthia Stone (m. 1957–1959) «start: (1957)–end+1: (1960)»“Marriage: Cynthia Stone to Cliff Robertson” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Robertson) (divorced); 1 child, daughter Stephanie Robertson (b. 1958) Dina Merrill (m. 1966–1989) «start: (1966)–end+1: (1990)»“Marriage: Dina Merrill to Cliff Robertson” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Robertson) (divorced); 1 child, daughter Heather Merriweather Robertson (d. 2007)

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Funeral set in NY for Oscar-winner Cliff Robertson (AP)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2011-09-16 06:32:03
AP - A funeral for Academy Award-winning actor Cliff Robertson is being held Friday on New York's Long Island.

Funeral set in NY for Oscar-winner Cliff Robertson (omg!)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2011-09-16 06:32:03
omg! - AP - A funeral for Academy Award-winning actor Cliff Robertson is being held Friday on New York's Long Island.

Cliff Robertson, Film Star Who Bucked Hollywood, Dies at 88
Playbill Combined , 2011-09-13 14:30:00
Cliff Robertson, a movie star whose career was temporarily derailed when he challenged a movie executive, died Sept. 10 in Long Island. He was 88.