Editing Cliff Robertson (section)

===''Charly''===
In 1961 Robertson played the lead role in a ''[[The United States Steel Hour|United States Steel Hour]]'' television production titled "[[Flowers for Algernon#Adaptations|The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon]]", based on the novel ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'' by [[Daniel Keyes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DfrzQ2Z8vY|title=U.S. Steel Hour: "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" (2/22/1961)|date=18 April 2018 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=November 16, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116161213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DfrzQ2Z8vY|url-status=live}}</ref> Frustrated at the progress of his career, Robertson optioned the rights to the teleplay and hired [[William Goldman]] to write a script. Before Goldman completed his work, Robertson arranged for Goldman to be hired to Americanize the dialogue for ''[[Masquerade (1965 film)|Masquerade]]'' (1965), a spy spoof which Robertson starred in, replacing [[Rex Harrison]]. 

Robertson then made a war film, ''[[Up from the Beach]]'' (1965) for Fox and guest-starred on that studio's TV show, ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' (1966). He co-starred with Harrison in ''[[The Honey Pot]]'' (1967) for [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] then appeared in another war film, ''[[The Devil's Brigade (film)|The Devil's Brigade]]'' (1968) with [[William Holden]].

Robertson disliked Goldman's ''Algernon'' script and replaced the writer with [[Stirling Silliphant]] for what became ''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]'' (1968). The film was another box office success and Robertson won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1960s|1968 Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his portrayal of a mentally-challenged man.