Talk:Cliff Robertson
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Additional Movie Not Listed in Table on Cliff Robertson
edit1973 : The Man Without a Country in which Robertson plays Philip Nolan. Please refer to iMDB for details.
Forged check
editRobertson was the victim of a boycott later in life, apparently in retaliation for going to the authorities after his signature was forged by a producer. I can't name the individuals involved, but it was headline news at the time and none of this is noted.68.111.71.197 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC).
- Ok well if you "can't name them" perhaps we ought not to use phrases like "the people who run Hollywood" as absent any specific citation, it sound a lot to me like a dogwhistle for 'Jews'. In any case it's weasly as it is. 50.164.202.78 (talk) 21:20, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- No, it had nothing to do with a religious conspiracy. It was the studio owners' retribution against Robertson for revealing that one of them had embezzled money. (See next section.) Embram (talk) 14:11, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
Cause of Robertson's career decline.
editThe main article has a section entitled "Career decline" and a section entitled "Columbia Pictures scandal," but without connecting the two. It's universally accepted that industry retribution against Robertson for reporting David Begelman's embezzlement was the cause for Robertson's career decline. Someone reading the Wikipedia article wouldn't know that. Embram (talk) 14:11, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
Birthdate
editRobertson was born Clifford P. Robertson in Los Angeles on September 9, 1923. Here's the proof. Crisso (talk) 17:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
I would of thought that the TV series "The Untouchables" would have rated a mention. 121.215.27.78 (talk) 11:56, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
BirthPLACE correction
editWhile "Birthdate" above is correct, birthplace is incorrect, and La Jolla, CA--not Los Angeles--is noted in three (3) sources, most recently in NYTimes obituary I have used in correction.Mwprods (talk) 18:53, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
September 11 coincidence
editIt's creepy and ironic at the same time. During the September 11 attack he was flying and seen the first attack and forced to land, that he should happen to pass away a day before the 10th anniversary of that attack and a day after his birthday. Chilly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.31.228.131 (talk) 10:42, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
- I didn't realize you (or someone else; a different IP address 99.135.197.161?) were serious about changing the article. The WP community tends to view "creepy coincidences" as non-encyclopedic; they are considered original research and synthesis and routenely get reverted. (In a nutshell: research is the readers' business, not ours; and we can't put 2 and 2 together to get 5.) There is no need to risk implying there is anything behind the "coincidences", which the readers are well able to see for themselves. Please familiarize yourself with the policies. JustinTime55 (talk) 21:17, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
-- Outer Limits episodes and other TV ==
Much of Robertson's TV work is not mentioned. For example, he was in both the (1960s) Outer Limits pilot, entitied "The Galaxy Being," and in a 1990's OL episode. Nor does this mention the TV ep., "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" which led to the theatrical movie, "Charlie," both based on the science fiction story, "Flowers for Algernon."
Alvin P. Bluthman apbluthman@aol.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.9.56.203 (talk) 19:17, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Did Cliff Robertson smoke cigarettes?
editDid Cliff Robertson smoke cigarettes? He seems to smoke a lot of them in his movies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betathetapi545 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Politics
edithe supported democrat Udall for president - showed up at events (met him at one in 1976) and gave money. No mention of this. 107.77.198.116 (talk) 21:03, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
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AT&T commercial spokesperson
editNo mention of Cliff Robertson's 1980's tenure as a commercial spokesperson for AT&T?--Msr69er (talk) 21:55, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
Potential malware link on Cliff Robertson article.
editThe first external link (titled “official website”) on the Cliff Robertson wikipedia article links to some weird webpage that looks like it is written in Vietnamese or some other Asian language. I am worried that the odd webpage may infect visitors computers with malware. 2601:5CF:8180:2730:31D0:1886:3841:A7D3 (talk) 10:41, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing that out. I've removed it since it appears to be usurped. Schazjmd (talk) 13:38, 30 July 2024 (UTC)