The handsome movie actor Cliff Robertson, who played John F. Kennedy in "PT-109," won an Oscar for "Charly" died Saturday. He was 88. His secretary said he died in Stony Brook of natural causes a day after his 88th birthday.Robertson never elevated into the top ranks of leading men, but he remained a popular actor from the mid-1950s into the following century. His later roles included kindly Uncle Ben in the "Spider-Man" movies.His triumph came in 1968 with his Academy Award performance in "Charly," as a mentally disabled man who undergoes medical treatment that makes him a genius — until a poignant regression to his former state.Oscar winner Cliff Robertson dies in New York at 88
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The handsome movie actor Cliff Robertson, who played John F. Kennedy in "PT-109," won an Oscar for "Charly" died Saturday. He was 88. His secretary said he died in Stony Brook of natural causes a day after his 88th birthday.Robertson never elevated into the top ranks of leading men, but he remained a popular actor from the mid-1950s into the following century. His later roles included kindly Uncle Ben in the "Spider-Man" movies.His triumph came in 1968 with his Academy Award performance in "Charly," as a mentally disabled man who undergoes medical treatment that makes him a genius — until a poignant regression to his former state.
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