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Biography

Academy Award winning actor started his acting career in the 1950's on stage, screen and television. He was chosen by John F. Kennedy to…more

Born

9/9/1925, La Jolla, California, USA

Died

9/10/2011

Birth Name

Clifford Parker Robertson III

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (5)

Role
- The Lyon's Den
  Hal Malloy
- The Twilight Zone
  Jerry Etherson
  - S 3: Ep 33 The Dummy
    5/4/62
- The Twilight Zone
  Christian Horn
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Hundred Yards over the Rim
    4/7/61
- Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers
  Rod Brown (1953-54)
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Case of the Invisible Saboteurs
    4/25/53
- Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers
  Ranger Rod Brown
  - S 1: Ep 1 Operation Decoy
    4/18/53
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Falcon Crest
  Michael Ranson
  - S 3: Ep 28 Ashes to Ashes
    5/18/84
  - S 3: Ep 27 The Avenger
    5/11/84
  - S 3: Ep 26 For Better, For Worse
    5/4/84
  - S 3: Ep 25 Win, Place and Show
    4/13/84
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Gathering Storm
    3/16/84
  - + 21 More Credits
- Falcon Crest
  Dr. Michael Ranson
  - S 3: Ep 24 Love's Triumph
    4/6/84
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Final Countdown
    3/23/84
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself (1974-1975)
  - S 5: Ep 5 George Burns
    5/17/78
  - S 1: Ep 17 Don Rickles
    2/7/74
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 18 Dina Merrill & Cliff Robertson
    1/1/68
  - S 6: Ep 2 Rita Moreno & Cliff Robertson
    9/11/67
  - S 5: Ep 9 The MATCH GamE All-Star Weekday Show.
    10/31/66
  - S 5: Ep 2 Dina Merrill & Cliff Robertson
    9/12/66
  - S 4: Ep 42 June Lockhart & Cliff Robertson
    6/13/66
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (69)

Role
- The Lyon's Den
  Hal Malloy
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hubris
    10/19/03
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Fifth
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Quantum Theory
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
  Ben Parker
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 75: Ep 1 The 75th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/03
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
- The Outer Limits
  Theodore Harris
  - S 5: Ep 6 Joyride
    2/26/99
- E! True Hollywood Story
  himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Bob Fosse
    1/3/99
- E! True Hollywood Story
  (himself)
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Kennedys: Power, Seduction and Hollywood
    4/5/98
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 7 Phil Hartman/Bush
    11/23/96
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 187 September 22, 1992
    9/22/92
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 48 November 7, 1990
    11/7/90
  - S 2: Ep 99 January 18, 1990
    1/18/90
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 103 June 5, 1989
    6/5/89
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 172 May 29, 1980
    5/29/80
  - S 3: Ep 165 May 25, 1977
    5/25/77
  - S 3: Ep 112 March 7, 1977
    3/7/77
  - S 3: Ep 26 October 25, 1976
    10/25/76
  - S 2: Ep 162 May 17, 1976
    5/17/76
  - + 1 More Credits
- Film '72
  Self
  - S 6: Ep 13 Film 77 Episode 13
    12/4/77
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Evel Knievel
    11/10/75
  - S 2: Ep 6 Michael Landon
    5/15/75
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 17 Don Rickles (Celebrity Roast)
    2/8/74
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 2 711105
    11/5/71
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 42: Ep 1 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards
    4/7/70
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 60 November 21, 1969
    11/21/69
  - S 4: Ep 194 June 16, 1972
    6/16/72
  - S 4: Ep 170 May 15, 1972
    5/15/72
  - S 4: Ep 78 January 5, 1972
    1/5/72
  - S 3: Ep 219 August 6, 1971
    8/6/71
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 27 October 7, 1969
    10/7/69
  - S 3: Ep 32 October 15, 1968
    10/15/68
  - S 3: Ep 11 September 16, 1968
    9/16/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 26 Week of October 6, 1969
    10/6/69
  - S 7: Ep 93 January 15, 1969
    1/15/69
  - S 7: Ep 19 October 3, 1968
    10/3/68
  - S 3: Ep 211 June 29, 1965
    6/29/65
  - S 3: Ep 183 May 20, 1965
    5/20/65
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 86 January 10, 1969
    1/10/69
  - S 2: Ep 9 September 12, 1968
    9/12/68
  - S 6: Ep 115 March 13, 1972
    3/13/72
  - S 4: Ep 130 July 3, 1970
    7/3/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 55 November 22, 1968
    11/22/68
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 7: Ep 54 November 21, 1968
    11/21/68
  - S 7: Ep 53 November 20, 1968
    11/20/68
  - S 7: Ep 52 November 19, 1968
    11/19/68
  - S 7: Ep 51 Week of November 18, 1968
    11/18/68
  - S 14: Ep 135 March 5, 1976
    3/5/76
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 11 November 4-8, 1968
    11/4/68
  - S 1: Ep 17 February 6-10, 1967
    2/6/67
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 52 Joanne Carson & Cliff Robertson
    8/26/68
  - S 6: Ep 23 Phyllis Newman & Cliff Robertson
    2/5/68
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 124 February 15, 1968
    2/15/68
- Batman
  Shame
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Great Train Robbery (2)
    2/8/68
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Great Escape (1)
    2/1/68
  - S 2: Ep 26 It's the Way You Play the Game
    12/1/66
  - S 2: Ep 25 Come Back, Shame
    11/30/66
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  District Attorney Benjamin Reynolds
  - S 4: Ep 21 Verdict For Terror
    3/22/67
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 116 February 13, 1967
    2/13/67
  - S 3: Ep 128 March 3, 1966
    3/3/66
  - S 15: Ep 58 November 23, 1977
    11/23/77
  - S 15: Ep 57 November 22, 1977
    11/22/77
  - S 13: Ep 238 August 27, 1976
    8/27/76
  - + 4 More Credits
- ABC Stage 67
  Ben Weldon
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Trap of Solid Gold
    1/4/67
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Will Nye
  - S 4: Ep 3 And Baby Makes Five
    10/5/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Quincy Parke
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Game
    9/15/65
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Eddie Finneran
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Meal Ticket
    2/28/64
- Breaking Point
  Evan Ross
  - S 1: Ep 21 So Many Pretty Girls, So Little Time
    2/17/64
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Circus Never Came To Town
    11/5/63
- The Outer Limits
  Allan Maxwell
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Galaxy Being
    9/16/63
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Jeff
  - S 1: Ep 30 The Man Who Came Home Late
    5/8/63
- Alcoa Premiere
  Hoby Dunlap
  - S 1: Ep 18 Second Chance
    3/13/62
- Ben Casey
  Lt. Col. Stanley Wensby/Eddie Smith
  - S 1: Ep 22 For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
    3/5/62
- Bus Stop
  Charlie Vansinger
  - S 1: Ep 19 How Does Charlie Feel?
    2/4/62
- The United States Steel Hour
  Horace Mann Borden
  - S 9: Ep 6 Man on the Mountaintop
    11/15/61
- Dick Powell Show
  Danny Langdon
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Geetas Box
    11/14/61
- Outlaws
  Jack Masters
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Connie Masters Story
    10/12/61
- General Electric Theater
  Pegosi
  - S 9: Ep 24 The Small Elephants
    3/12/61
- The United States Steel Hour
  Charlie Gordon
  - S 8: Ep 13 The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
    2/22/61
- Outlaws
  Chad Burns
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ballad for a Badman
    10/6/60
- The United States Steel Hour
  Mason Stephens
  - S 8: Ep 2 The Man Who Knew Tomorrow
    9/21/60
- Riverboat
  Martinus Van der Brig
  - S 2: Ep 1 End of a Dream
    9/19/60
- Playhouse 90
  Lieutenant
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Cruel Day
    2/24/60
- The Untouchables
  Frank Halloway
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Underground Railway
    12/31/59
- Alcoa Theatre
  Parker Sefton
  - S 3: Ep 12 Shadow of Evil
    11/30/59
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Hard Road
    3/30/59
- Alcoa Theatre
  Johnny
  - S 2: Ep 20 Goodbye, Johnny
    2/2/59
- Wagon Train
  Liam Fitzmorgan
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Liam Fitzmorgan Story
    10/28/58
- Playhouse 90
  Joe Clay
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Days of Wine and Roses
    10/2/58
- Playhouse 90
  Danny Carson
  - S 2: Ep 37 Natchez
    5/29/58
- Playhouse 90
  Host
  - S 2: Ep 36 Bomber's Moon
    5/22/58
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 10: Ep 53 Vengeance
    9/25/57
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Paul Sommers
  - S 10: Ep 43 The Big Break
    7/17/57
- The United States Steel Hour
  Frank
  - S 3: Ep 16 A Fair Shake
    2/1/56
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Clark
  - S 5: Ep 55 Ten-Minute Alibi
    9/13/54
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 53 A Matter of Luck
    8/30/54
  - S 5: Ep 50 About Sara Caine
    8/9/54
  - S 5: Ep 47 It Happened in Paris
    7/19/54
  - S 5: Ep 45 The Expert
    7/5/54
  - S 5: Ep 44 The Decision
    6/28/54
  - + 2 More Credits
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Mitch Hickock
  - S 5: Ep 49 Home Town
    8/2/54
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  John Robinson
  - S 5: Ep 38 The Use of Dignity
    5/25/54
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Paul Smith
  - S 5: Ep 25 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
    2/15/54
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Nathaniel Currier
  - S 2: Ep 8 Ten Thousand Words
    11/30/52
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 2 Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word
    10/19/52
  - S 1: Ep 38 The Bride's Teapot
    9/21/52
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 46 Leave It to Mother
    7/3/51
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 34 A Secret Island
    5/6/51
Cameo (1)

Role
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 2: Ep 18 Episode #32
    2/3/69
  - S 2: Ep 11 Episode #25
    12/2/68
Director (1)

Role
- Outlaws
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid
    1/4/62
Story (1)

Role
- Outlaws
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid
    1/4/62

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Trivia
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- Cliff did radio spots asking for donations for the Salvation Army in 2002.
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- Cliff's personal hobby is collecting antique airplanes; he is a licensed and experienced sailplane pilot as well.
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- Cliff was originally considered for the role of Sam Loomis in Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock, but was passed over in favor of John Gavin.
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Quotes
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- (About Hollywood) Cliff: This isn't exactly a stable business. It's like trying to stand up in a canoe with your pants down
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- Cliff: The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'
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