Cliff Robertson, who died of natural causes on Saturday, a day after his 88th birthday, won a best-actor Oscar for “Charly,” receded from Hollywood in the wake of the David Begelman-Columbia scandal ...

NEW YORK -- President John F. Kennedy had just one critique when he saw photos of the actor set to play him in a World War II drama. The year was 1963 and actor Cliff Robertson looked convincing in ...

Actor also won an Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in “Charly.” Actor Cliff Robertson, shown in 1986, who won an Oscar for ‘Charly,’ died Saturday. He was 88. AP file photo NEW YORK ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar playing a mentally disabled janitor in "Charly" and worked in movies ranging from "PT 109" to "Spider-Man 3," died in New York Saturday, ...

The year was 1963 and actor Cliff Robertson looked convincing in his costume for "PT-109," the first film to portray a sitting president. Kennedy had favored Robertson for the role, but one detail was ...

For much of his early career, Cliff Robertson created roles on TV and the stage–like Joe Clay in The Days of Wine and Roses and Val Xavier in Orpheus Descending–only to find himself passed over when ...

Robertson, who went on to win an Oscar for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in "Charly", died of natural causes Saturday afternoon in Stony Brook, a day after his 88th birthday, according to ...

Robertson first appeared in the "Charly" story in a TV version, "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon." Both were based on "Flowers for Algernon," a short story that author Daniel Keyes later revised into ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar playing a mentally disabled janitor in "Charly" and worked in movies ranging from "PT 109" to "Spider-Man 3," died in New York Saturday, ...