Clifford Parker Robertson III, an American actor who was born on September 9th, 1923, had a long and successful career in both film and television. California’s La Jolla is where Robertson was born. Clifford Parker Robertson Jr. and Audrey Olga Robertson, Clifford’s first wife, are his parents.
In the 1963 movie PT 109, Robertson played a teenage John F. Kennedy; for his work in the 1968 movie Charly, he received the Academy Award for Best Actor.
After completing his education there, Robertson became a permanent employee of the Actors Studio. He had a steady job in television at the start of the 1950s, and he temporarily played Rocket Rangers member Rod Brown.
He performed on Broadway in the plays Late Love and The Wisteria Tree by Joshua Logan. Robertson made his acting debut in Logan’s 1955 movie Picnic. Robertson portrayed William Holden’s best friend in the character that Paul Newman created for the stage.
Among Robertson’s early television credits are a lead role in the live space opera Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers and recurring parts on Playhouse 90’s Outlaws, Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Alcoa Theatre. Additionally, Robertson played an Irish immigrant in one of Wagon Train’s episodes as a special guest star.
Cliff Robertson age at death
Robertson, 88, passed away from natural causes on September 10, 2011, in Stony Brook, New York.
