ACTOR

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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cliff Robertson has received more than 4,388,270 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Cliff Robertson is the 904th most popular actor (down from 638th in 2019), the 1,615th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,179th in 2019) and the 433rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 59.52

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  • 50

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  • 3.34

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  • 5.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cliff Robertson ranks 904 out of 13,578. Before him are Colin Farrell, Michel Serrault, Karen Grassle, Barbara Hershey, Lotte Lenya, and James Mason. After him are Edward James Olmos, Karen Allen, Anita Pallenberg, Sônia Braga, Helen Hayes, and David Warner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cliff Robertson ranks 65. Before him are Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Merton Miller, Robert Maxwell, Vladimir Gelfand, Rasul Gamzatov, and Antony Flew. After him are Frederick Herzberg, Gyula Lóránt, Lola Flores, Yelena Bonner, Diane Arbus, and Aaron Spelling. Among people deceased in 2011, Cliff Robertson ranks 67. Before him are Roberts Blossom, Bubba Smith, Walter Bonatti, Daniel Bell, Richard Hamilton, and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. After him are Itamar Franco, Yelena Bonner, Johannes Heesters, Ferenc Mádl, Tom Gehrels, and Masahiro Hamazaki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cliff Robertson ranks 1,615 out of 20,380. Before him are Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Joseph Nye (1937), Frank Drake (1930), and Sidney Bechet (1897). After him are Edward James Olmos (1947), Karen Allen (1951), Frederick Herzberg (1923), Billy Milligan (1955), John C. Mather (1946), and Emmett Till (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cliff Robertson ranks 433. Before him are Barbara Bach (1947), Louise Brooks (1906), Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Norman Reedus (1969), Karen Grassle (1942), and Barbara Hershey (1948). After him are Edward James Olmos (1947), Karen Allen (1951), Helen Hayes (1900), George C. Scott (1927), Luke Perry (1966), and Ethel Barrymore (1879).

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Television and Movie Roles

Spider-Man
Ben Parker
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
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Spider-Man 2
Ben Parker
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
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Spider-Man 3
Ben Parker
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
May 1st 20076.433 / 10