Cliff Robertson
Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor and aviator whose career in film and television spanned half 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 film Charly.
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| Full name at birth | Clifford Parker Robertson III
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| Claim to fame | Spider Man Film Trilogy (2002-2007), The Naked And The Dead (1958).
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| Date of birth | 9 September 1923
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| Place of birth | La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
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| Date of death | 10 September 2011
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| Age | 88 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, United States
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| Cause of death | Natural Causes
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| Resting place | Cedar Lawn Cemetery, East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
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| Occupation | Actor.
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| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Net worth | $5,000,000 USD
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| High school | La Jolla High School, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States (1941)
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| University | Journalism,Antioch College,Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States (Dropped Out)
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- Robertson was raised by his grandmother and an uncle, after his mother died when he was two and a half.
- Along with Leonard Nimoy, David McCallum, Barbara Rush and Peter Breck, he is one of only five actors to appear in both "The Outer Limits" (1963) and the revival "The Outer Limits" (1995).
- Robertson gave some of his best performance most memorably as a mentally retarded man in Charly (1968), for which he won an Academy award for best actor. His critical success with "Charly"
- In addition to his Oscar and Emmy and several lifetime achievement awards from various film festivals, Robertson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. He was also awarded the 2008 Ambassador of Good Will Aviation Award by the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 18, 2008, for his leadership in and promotion of general aviation.
- He even entered balloon races, including one in 1964 from the mainland to Catalina Island that ended with him being rescued from the Pacific Ocean
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