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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Cliff Roberston, who won Hollywood's top honour for his portrayal of a mentally disabled man in 1968 film "Charly," died of natural causes in New York on Saturday.

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 had created a string of impressive performances in television and on Broadway, but always saw his role played in films by bigger names. His TV performances in "Days of Wine and Roses" and ...