Cliff Robertson
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Cliff Robertson 🇺🇸

Clifford Parker Robertson III
Actor, Academy Award Winner, Hollywood Whistleblower
Born Sep 09, 1923 🇺🇸 La Jolla, United States
Passed Away Sep 10, 2011 Stony Brook, United States
Lifespan 88 years old
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"With great power comes great responsibility."

Archival Overview

Academy Award-winning American actor who won Best Actor for Charly (1968), portrayed JFK in PT 109, played Uncle Ben in Spider-Man, and heroically exposed Hollywood studio embezzlement.

Biographical Record

Clifford Parker Robertson III studied at Antioch College and trained at the Actors Studio in New York. John F. Kennedy personally selected Robertson to portray his wartime heroics in the 1963 biographical film 'PT 109'.

In 1968, Robertson won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his poignant performance as a mentally disabled man in 'Charly'. In 1977, he courageously exposed Columbia Pictures studio head David Begelman's check-forgery scheme; blacklisted for years as a whistleblower, he staged a triumphant return, later playing Uncle Ben ('With great power comes great responsibility') in Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' trilogy.

Key Life Milestones

1968

Academy Award for Best Actor

Won the Oscar for his moving portrayal of Charlie Gordon in Charly, based on Flowers for Algernon.

1977

Exposing Studio Financial Fraud

Heroically blew the whistle on Columbia Pictures check forgery, sparking major ethics reforms in Hollywood.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
East Hampton, United States
GPS: 40.9634, -72.1848
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