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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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.