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===Television=== [[File:Cliff Robertson Felicia Farr 1958.jpg|thumb|upright|Robertson and [[Felicia Farr]] in the ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' presentation of "Natchez"]] Robertson's early television appearances included a starring role in the live [[space opera]] ''[[Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers]]'' (1953β1954), as well as recurring roles on ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1952), ''[[Alcoa Theatre]]'' (1959), and ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' (1958, 1960), ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]'' (three episodes). Robertson also appeared as a special guest star on ''Wagon Train'' for one episode, portraying an Irish immigrant. In 1958, Robertson portrayed Joe Clay in the first broadcast of ''Playhouse 90'''s ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (1958 TV drama)|Days of Wine and Roses]]''. In 1960, he was cast as Martinus Van Der Brig, a con man, in the episode "End of a Dream" of ''[[Riverboat (TV series)|Riverboat]]''. Other appearances included: "[[Wagon Train]]" (1958), ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episodes "[[A Hundred Yards Over the Rim]]" (1961) and "[[The Dummy]]" (1962), followed by ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' in the 1963 episode "The Man Who Came Home Late". He guest-starred on such television series as ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'', ''[[Breaking Point (1963 TV series)|Breaking Point]]'' and ''[[ABC Stage 67]]''. He had starring roles in episodes of both the 1960s and 1990s versions of ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', including "[[The Galaxy Being]]", the first episode of the original series. He was awarded an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] for his leading role in a 1965 episode, "The Game" of ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]''. He appeared as a villain on five episodes of ABC's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series as the gunfighter "Shame" (1966 and 1968), the second time with his wife, [[Dina Merrill]], as "Calamity Jan". In 1976, he portrayed a retired [[Buzz Aldrin]] in an adaptation of Aldrin's autobiography ''[[Return to Earth (film)|Return to Earth]]''. The next year, he portrayed a fictional [[Director of Central Intelligence]] (based on [[Richard Helms]]) in ''[[Washington: Behind Closed Doors]]'', an adaptation of [[John Ehrlichman]]'s [[roman Γ clef]] ''[[The Company (Ehrlichman novel)|The Company]]'', in turn based on the [[Watergate scandal]]. In 1987, he portrayed [[Henry Ford]] in ''Ford: The Man and The Machine''. From 1983 to 1984, he played Dr. Michael Ranson in ''[[Falcon Crest]]''.
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