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Cliff Robertson
Clifford Parker Robertson III 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.
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Born 9 September 1923 · Died 10 September 2011 · Q181899
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
Psychology Today: Cliff Robertson
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2016· 1 entry
The two millionth Young Eagle was flown by actor Harrison Ford
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2011· 3 entries
Tulsa World: Cliff Robertson, actor who portrayed John Kennedy, dies at 88
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Died 2011-09-10.
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One day after his 88th birthday, Robertson died of natural causes in Stony Brook, New York
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2009· 1 entry
Robertson was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, and was part of the Living Legends of Aviation
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (2006).
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1993· 1 entry
Which offers youths the chance to work for flight and ground school instruction
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1989· 1 entry
Was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
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1987· 1 entry
Portrayed Henry Ford in Ford: The Man and The Machine
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1977· 1 entry
Robertson discovered that his signature had been forged on a $10,000 check payable to him, although it was for work he had not performed
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1976· 1 entry
Portrayed a retired Buzz Aldrin in an adaptation of Aldrin's autobiography Return to Earth
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1971· 1 entry
“nobody made more mediocre movies than I did. Nobody ever did such a wide variety of mediocrity”
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1969· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Charly (1969).
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Immediately after winning the Academy Award for Charly, Robertson, a lifelong aviation enthusiast, attempted to produce and direct an aviation film, I Shot Down the Red Baron, I Think, featuring World War I aerial combat
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During the civil war conflict in Nigeria, Robertson helped organize an effort to fly food and medical supplies into the area
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966).
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Married actress and Post Cereals heiress Dina Merrill, the former wife of Stanley M
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1965· 1 entry
Said his contract with Columbia was for one film a year
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1964· 1 entry
From the mainland to Catalina Island that ended with him being rescued from the Pacific Ocean
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1961· 3 entries
Robertson played the lead role in a United States Steel Hour television production titled "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon", based on the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
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“A Hundred Yards Over the Rim”
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Was the third lead in Paramount's All in a Night's Work, starred in Samuel Fuller's Underworld U
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1960· 1 entry
Was cast as Martinus Van Der Brig, a con man, in the episode "End of a Dream" of Riverboat
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1958· 1 entry
Robertson portrayed Joe Clay in the first broadcast of Playhouse 90's Days of Wine and Roses
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1957· 2 entries
Awarded Theatre World Award (1957).
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Robertson married actress Cynthia Stone, the former wife of actor Jack Lemmon
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1941· 1 entry
From La Jolla High School, where he was known as "The Walking Phoenix"
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1925· 1 entry
“[My father] was a very romantic figure – tall, handsome. He married four or five times, and between marriages he”
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1923· 1 entry
Born 1923-09-09.
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