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Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half a century. 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 movie Charly. On television, he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin's autobiographic Return to Earth, played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 adaptation of John Ehrlichman's Watergate novel The Company, and portrayed Henry Ford in the 1987 Ford: The Man and the Machine. His last well-known film appearances were in 2002 through 2007 as Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man film trilogy.
Robertson was born on September 9, 1923 in La Jolla, California, the son of Clifford Parker Robertson, Jr. (1902–1968), and his first wife, the former Audrey Olga Willingham (1903-1925). His Texas-born father was described as "the idle heir to a tidy sum of ranching money". Robertson recalled that his father "was a very romantic figure—tall, handsome. He married four or five times, and between marriages he'd pop in to see me. He was a great raconteur, and he was always surrounded by sycophants who let him pick up the tab. During the Depression, he tapped the trust for $500,000, and six months later he was back for more." The actor's parents divorced when he was one, and Robertson's mother died of peritonitis a year later in El Paso, Texas, at the age of 21. He was raised by his maternal grandmother, Mary Eleanor "Eleanora" Willingham (née Sawyer, 1875–1957), in California, and he and his father rarely saw one another. He graduated from La Jolla High School in 1941, where he was known as "The Walking Phoenix".[why?] He then served in the merchant marine in World War II before attending Antioch College in Ohio and dropping out to work as a journalist for a short time.
Paris, France. In the harsh fashion world the life of young model Dominique (Sylvia Hoeks) is dictated by her never ending search for assignments. Unfriendly roommates, demanding agents and indifferent casting directors force her to keep up appearances with a self defense mechanism fueled by cynicism. In this superficial reality she's determined not to lower her mask and take her own path.
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Actors: Tim Reid (producer), Tim Reid (actor), Daphne Reid (actress), Dan Martinez (composer), Matt L. Lockhart (producer), Ken Roy (producer), Jim Ed Wills (editor), King Hoey (actor), Malique Hawkins (actor), Michael A. LeMelle (actor), Rich Wills (producer), Erinn O'Sullivan (actress), Praheme (writer), Praheme (director), Alex Demah (actor),
Plot: Troop 491: The Adventures of the Muddy Lions follows Tristan, a naïve adolescent boy coping with life in the projects. He is enrolled in the Boy Scouts by his mother in an effort to keep him off the streets, but when he witnesses a homicide, the local thug demands his silence. Tristan must learn, with the help of his new friends, that doing the right thing isn't always easy. Will he follow the code of the streets or the code of the scouts?
Genres: Family,Actors: Simon Phillips (producer), Zach Galligan (actor), Chris Wilson (actor), Nick Thomas-Webster (actor), Jason Flemyng (actor), Gino Picciano (actor), Forbes KB (actor), Martin Kemp (actor), Simon Phillips (actor), Lee Nicholas Harris (actor), Doug Bradley (actor), Dexter Fletcher (actor), Neil Maskell (actor), Christopher Fosh (actor), Tamer Hassan (actor),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Simon Phillips (actor), Neil Maskell (actor), Paul Tanter (writer), Paul Tanter (director), Paul Tanter (producer), Patricia Rybarczyk (producer), Paul Atherton (producer), Toby Meredith (producer), Peter Barrett (actor), Rafael Quintian (producer), Valentine Stockdale (producer), Adam Cole (actor), Garry Stewart (producer), Taz Ayoub (producer), Matthew Williams (composer),
Genres: Animation, Crime, Short, Thriller,Actors: Ernest Harden Jr. (actor), Cynda Williams (actress), Jamie Burton-Oare (actress), Jan Johnson Goldberger (producer), Jan Johnson Goldberger (writer), Christy Gamble (actress), Monica Mallet (actress), Shay Roundtree (actor), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (actor), Todd Jeffery (director), Felicia D. Moore (editor), Felicia D. Moore (producer), Jonathan D. Boyce (writer), Abubakar Paul Bello (writer), Abubakar Paul Bello (writer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Maria Grazia Cucinotta (actress), François Perrot (actor), Macha Méril (actress), Jean-Claude Adelin (actor), Isabelle Pasco (actress), Beatrice Rosen (actress), Lorraine De Selle (producer), Francesco Massaro (director), Corrado Zanchi (miscellaneous crew), Francesco Marcucci (writer), Claudia Giannotti (actress), Élodie Bollée (actress), Maria Venturi (writer), Serge Lascar (writer), Félicité Du Jeu (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Nanette K. Martin (miscellaneous crew), Arturo Gil (actor), Philippe Bergeron (actor), Kenny Golde (producer), Pierre Dwyer (editor), Georgy Kao (director), Georgy Kao (writer), Georgy Kao (composer), Ulrich Sinn (composer), Bernard Baski (actor), Scott Johnson (costume designer), Paul Kocar (miscellaneous crew), Kathy Fisher (miscellaneous crew), Asher Kaplan (miscellaneous crew), Lochran Derek (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Philippe Sarde (composer), Dominique Reymond (actress), François Berléand (actor), André Julien (actor), Daniel Langlet (actor), Jacques Mathou (actor), Pierre Arditi (actor), Henri Poirier (actor), Caroline Cellier (actress), Jean-Philippe Écoffey (actor), Georges Trillat (actor), Charlie Nelson (actor), Catherine Corsini (actress), Catherine Corsini (writer), Catherine Corsini (director),
Plot: Helene loves to play poker for big money in men's company. But one day she looses big time against bar manager Antonio. He grants her 24 hours to come up with the 50,000 Francs. She asks all of her friends, but nobody will help her. When she finally steals the money from her brother Stephane, she gets them into serious trouble -- she didn't know where he got it.
Keywords: gambling, title-directed-by-femaleActors: Didier Philippe-Gérard (miscellaneous crew), Dominique Aveline (actor), Charlie Schreiner (actor), Jean-Louis Vattier (actor), Élisabeth Buré (actress), Brigitte Lahaie (actress), France Lomay (actress), Barbara Moose (actress), Philippe Bréjean (composer), Natalie Perrey (miscellaneous crew), Richard Allan (actor), Claude Janna (actress), Vicky Mesmin (actress), Annabel Le Doeuff (editor), Gérard Vernier (director),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Maurice Chevit (actor), Folco Lulli (actor), Guy Marly (actor), Albert Michel (actor), Pierre Mirat (actor), Jean-Paul Moulinot (actor), Jacques Préboist (actor), René Clermont (actor), Jean Franval (actor), Jean Lefebvre (actor), Jean Luisi (actor), Pascal Mazzotti (actor), Roger Crouzet (actor), Tino Rossi (actor), Annie Roudier (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Jean Angelo (actor), Armand Numès (actor), Daniel Riche (writer), Louise Marquet (actress), Raymonde Dupré (actress), Marcel Marquet (actor), Henriette Miller (actress),
Genres: Short,