Cliff Robertson Passes

[dfergie]

Cliff Robertson, 88; actor starred in films and on stage and TV

Cliff Robertson obituary: Oscar-winning actor - latimes.com

 

[riffjim4069]

Besides playing Uncle Ben Parket in the Spiderman Movies, I remember seeing him a number of the older movies that I used to watch via Bill Kennedy at the Movies in the late '60s to mid '70s.

R.I.P.

 

[yaz96]

RIP

 

[Bobby]

RIP Cliff, say hello to Algernon.....

 

[xtgold]

He was blacklisted for years.

 

[Frank Jr.]

RIP

 

[Bobby]

He was blacklisted for years.

Yeah he was, 6 of them, and for exposing a crime committed by a Hollywood boss.

From Wikipedia:

Columbia Pictures Scandal

In 1977, Robertson discovered that his name had been forged on a $10,000 check, although it was not money that was due him. He also learned that the forgery had been carried out by Columbia studio head David Begelman, and on reporting it he inadvertently triggered one of the biggest Hollywood scandals of the 1970s. Robertson was subsequently blacklisted for several years before he finally returned to film in Brainstorm (1983).[7][10] The story of the scandal is told in David McClintick's 1982 bestseller "Indecent Exposure."

Just setting the record straight...

 

[xtgold]

That was Natalie Wood's last film.