Cliff Robertson Wins Best Actor: 1969 Oscars
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- Cliff Robertson wins the Oscar for Best Actor for Charly at the 41st Academy Awards. Introduced by Burt Lancaster and accepted by Frank Sinatra.
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With the great power comes also great responsibility
You know you’ve made it when Frank Sinatra accepts an award on YOUR behalf.
R.I.P. Cliff Robertson (1923-2011), a truly great actor in such films as PT-109 (as John F. Kennedy), Charly (for which he won a Best Actor Oscar), Uncle Ben Parker in the 3 Spider-Man films.
Loved him! 💕💕💕💕
Three Days of the Condor.
Rest in peace, Mr. Robertson.
Uncle Ben won an Oscar.
RIP Cliff Robertson
It must have been a very frustrating experience for Robertson not being able to receive his Oscar in person. He was also very good in an early part in Picnic with William Holden and Kim Novak.
R.I.P. Cliff Robertson, you were a great actor.
I thought that Cliff Robertson gave the performance of his career in Charly, a project that he labored to get made in Hollywood for years; he had played the role in a television adaptation of Flowers For Algernon, and he optioned the screen rights, initially hiring William Goldman [ Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid ] to write the screenplay. Thereafter, he hired Stirling Silliphant [ In The Heat Of The Night] to re-write and Ralph Nelson directed. When he won Best Actor, Bob Aldrich wouldn't allow him to leave the set of his film, Too Late The Hero, to Robertson's regret. He was a man of great class and integrity.
I wanted Ron Moody for Oliver.
The problem that year was all five performances were really, really good. It would be interesting to see the actual vote totals for that year to see how close it actually was. I would've voted for Peter O'Toole; a tremendous performance in Lion in Winter. Alan Arkin was also great in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
R.I.P. Cliff Robertson/Ben Parker! ;-(
RIP Cliff Robertson (September 9, 1923 - September 10, 2011), aged 88
You will always be remembered as a legend.
Burt and Frank look fantastic! And so did Oscar! As for Robertson that was a role of a lifetime and a well deserved Oscar.
peter o toole was great in lion in winter.
So was Ron Moody on Oliver.
@@garydeblasio8810 absolutely
He should have won the Oscar in Spider-Man
hahaaaa
Yep
Oh my gosh hunk hunk and hunk Burt Lancaster Cliff Robertson and even Frank Sinatra at that age
I'm glad he won :)
R.I.P. Cliff Robertson (1923-2011).
the world lost a true talent on Saturday and for that, we have been blessed. thank you Mr. Robertson and may you rest in peace.
We lost the true Ben Parker.
This man did only 3 big movies....
He won an oscar for an excellent performance in that 1968 movie, then he play the president in the fun action sequel Escape From La with Kurt russell and then he played Ben Parker in one of the best superhero trilogies ever
Cliff Robertson also did a great job in the early 1960's playing former president John F. Kennedy in the movie PT-109. He was also great as a nasty presidential candidate running for office against Henry Fonda in the now seemingly forgotten 1964 political thriller The Best Man also with Ava Gardner, written by Gore Vidal.
I respect this man for exposing David Begelman.
Cliff Robertson was a decent man. I will never
forget him. Rest in Peace friend.
5. Alan Arkin in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter- Arkin is very good with his deaf mute role. It does not seem to be the biggest challenge ever though, and his final expressions seems off. (3.5/5)
4. Ron Moody in Oliver- Moody gives a very enjoyable performance in Oliver. He really comes off well as Fagin and he handles his songs very well. (3.5/5)
3. Cliff Robertson in Charly- I can take or leave Robertson's first half of his performance but his transition phase and final phase of the performance are perfect. (4/5)
2. Alan Bates in The Fixer- Bates is very effective and gives a truly sympathetic performance. A great performance which works incredibly well. (4.5/5)
1. Peter O'Toole in The Lion in Winter- O'Toole is plainly brilliant as Henry the second. Everyone one of his scenes he succeeds as well as possible. (5/5)
Deserving Performances:Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple, Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in The West
Peter O Toole was robbed!
Beautiful clear diction of Burt Lancaster. And to have Frank Sinatra accept your Oscar? Possibly better than accepting it yourself!
This was a much deserved win but Ron Moody in Oliver! was also fantastic !!!!!
Cliff Robertson won the Oscar and deserved it. After that, Ron Moody in "Oliver".
Congratulations Cliff!
Peter O'Toole had stiff competition during 1962, had stiffer competition in 1964 but he certainly should have won it this time
The Academy didn't like him. Charly (adaptation of Flowers for Algernon) was okay but Peter OToole was robbed
Yeah....you're probably right.
He knocked out of the park in Lion in Winter. He was robbed.
AMEN 2 that sentiment...
thanks 4 ur sincerity & 💯% HONESTY!!!!
R.I.P. Cliff Robertson!!!!!
Burt Lancaster!
That was one good movie. I saw it when it first came out and cried myself to death!
Same here and I fell in love with him. I was not quite a teenager , I think. 💕💕
@@Gypsy1194 Have you ever seen 'Autumn Leaves' with him and Joan Crawford? Wonderful movie.
Burt Lancaster is my hero
RIP Cliff Robertson.. Bye Uncle Ben :(
he's so awesome, Frank!
Cliff was filiming TOO THE THE HERO in Manila that night. He begged and pleaded with director Robert Aldrich to let him fly to LA, even offering to pay out of pocket for any costs associated with the absence. Aldrich refused. Ironically, his co-star Michael Caine had a similar issue when he won his first Oscar 18 years later.
R.I.P. Cliff. :(
Peter o'toole absolutely robbed !
He was great and well deserving of his portraying of Charly. He and the movie were terrific
Cliff Robertson desperately wanted to be at the Oscars in the event that he won, however, Robert Aldrich, who was directing Cliff and Michael Caine in Too Late The Hero declined to let him leave the location. It was a career best for Robertson, who had lost the opportunity to re-create his lead roles in The Days Of Wine And Roses and The Hustler. He unsuccessfully tried to generate interest in a sequel. O'Toole's best, in my view, were Lawrence Of Arabia and Becket.
RIP
Had no idea that he died so recently
So Cliff was filming in our country that time 🇵🇭 and in place of him 'Ol Blue Eyes recieves the trophy. Mad respect.
The best Uncle Ben Parker, R.I.P. Cliff Robertson.
R.I.P Cliff Robertson
R.I.P.
Our Uncle Ben! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
peter o' toole should've won, this was the closest out of his 8 nominations to winning i beleive
RIP
A very competetive list of actors in good movies.
0:56 Surprised that Uncle Ben actually filmed a movie here in my country.
Cliff Robertson was great as Charly.
I am crying
With great Oscar comes great responsibilities
RIP Cliff aka the best Uncle Ben :(
That's a coincidence, I was gonna check out that movie this week, but I didn't know if it was good. Now I know:)
you can't be serious, all were amazing that year, especially Bates, Arkin and O'Toole.
And Ron Moody too. Never saw Bates' performance but all the others were excellent and Robertson performance as a mentally challenged man was believable and touching without overdoing it, A hard thing to carry off.
They made them gorgeous in those days
UNCLE BEN!!!!!!!!!
And why did Peter o Toole never go to the Oscars? I was looking for information on the Internet, I could not find it anywhere, maybe someone knows why he attended the ceremony in 1981 and did not go to the rest.
He also attended when he lost to Forest Whitaker and for his honorary one. Some people just aren’t awards happy.
Cliff Robertson: I missed the part where that's my problem
Robert Aldrich, who was directing Robertson in a film with Michael Caine entitled Too Late The Hero, wouldn't let him leave the set in the Philippines to return to Hollywood to accept the Oscar-the highlight of his career.
I like Alan Bates but I would have given the oscar to Ron Moody.
Ron Moody was brilliant. But Robertson deserved it, too. O'Toole titular performance was Beckett.
0:23
un premio para la responsabilidad
Too bad Kate Hepburn didn’t present this. Given that she won the previous year. Gregory Peck, then president of the Academy begged her to come but she refused. Would’ve made for the best Oscar moment of all time since she tied with Streisand later on that evening.
john wayne great actor and person!!!
Those were the days when any one of those names would be a worthy winner.
Robbo was given the Oscars spazzpass.
UNCLE BEN??
Oh wow, Frank wasn’t his annoying, grandstanding self here.
BUUUUUUUURT!
And the Oscar goes Uncle Ben for the Kennedy movie
Technically Ron Moody is a supporting actor in Oliver! Not that Mark Lester had a hope in Hell of being nominated here.
It's like the Oscars don't upload these clips until the winner's dead.
Uncle Ben
They could really have given this to O'Toole
Ben Parker
Uncle ben.
Is it just me or was the 1969 Oscars a repeat of the same few people on stage throughout the evening??? Just search up 1969 Oscars and watch whatever you find and you'll see what I mean lol
They did a friends of Oscars theme. If you watch the beginning all the nights presenters are introduced. They repeated this theme in 1970, but dropped it after. I wasn’t the biggest fan. Every Oscar show should have different presenters for each award, including last year’s acting winners. Which they’ve pretty much done the last over 50 years.
Uncle Ben y'all
You can tell Ron Moody really wanted to win. .....now I think maybe he should have.
Uncle ben
The night were Uncle Ben and Grandpa Joe both won Oscars
weird he beat peter o'toole.....
frank sinatra was such a ham
Cliff Robertson was not present at the Awards ceremony. Frank Sinatra accepted the award on his behalf.
Uncle Ben :V
Alan Arkin should have won the award.
One of the best Oscar awards ever! o´toole should´ve won!!!!
So probably poor Peter O'Toole should've won here - can't comment, but I will say I cannot fathom old Kath being better than Babs.
But don't discount Robertson, that was an amazing performance and if not deserved, certainly not among the worst.
Tio Ben Picão....
Once you get nominated....really they should just honour the 5 actors each year. Jack Lemmon made that point. Robertson's performance was great, but the film suffered from over direction and that might have unfortunately impacted on how people view Robertson as Charly Gordon. Just occured to me that Lancaster would have made a great Jor-El in an earlier 'Superman' film project.
Alan Bates or Peter Otoole should have won
Ron Moody should have won this.
Robertson did not go full-retard, so they gave it to him.
Why didn’t barbra Streisand present since she won the previous year
This was the year Streisand won; she presented the Best Actor award to John Wayne the following year.
HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER is far better , but Charley was great too
Fräääääänk !
Uncle Ben😟😟
How on earth did Peter O'Toole lose to this dated performance by Robertson?
I think Peter was a close second since Kate won for her role in LIW. The studio took out a lot of complimentary ads praising Robertsons performance from critics. This, and the emotional heft of Charly was probably enough to put Robertson over the edge. It’s still a divisive win. Some people are ok with it, some people hate it.
Should have been O'Toole's definitely
69GeTHLeGioN69
The sad fact that the great Peter O'Toole never won an Oscar is the biggest crime in the history of film.
tiffsaver what about DiCaprio?
Alessandro Arantes
No.
+tiffsaver
Thank you
+tiffsaver biggest crime in the history of film? Really? there are way better actors that never got an Oscar like Chaplin, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Gloria Swanson, Peter Sellers, James Dean, Cary Grant etc. Also TDK not even getting a nomination for Best Picture, but Around The World In Eighty f#cking Days & The Greatest Show On Earth winning best Picture oscars, is a joke that makes me want to puke.
Peter O'Toole should've won
Ron Moody ? from Oliver just amazing as most British actors were
@Tash21 Technically Ron Moody wasn't the lead in Oliver! (Mark Lester was since he portrayed the titular Oliver). While Ron Moody has the most dynamic presence, the character of Fagin is a supporting character whom Oliver meets along his journey.
Back in the day when the Oscar was pink ...