LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Cliff Robertson: La Jolla
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The War for Independence is brought to life in this acclaimed series that uses battle re-enactments, rare documents and the voices of Kelsey Grammer, Cliff Robertson and others to trace the history of the conflict. The set includes six programs: "The Conflict Ignites," "1776," "Washington and Arnold," "The World at War," "England's Last Chance" and "Birth of the Republic." 300 min. total.
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Cliff Robertson was born in La Jolla, Calif,. and saw his first airplane at age five. By age 13, he was a dedicated hangar rat and his reward for washing and waxing was a little unofficial stick time. Years later, in the suburbs of London, the urge to fly surfaced again and hasn't gone away since.
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The scion of a prosperous California ranching family, actor Cliff Robertson took up drama in high school simply because it was the only "legal" way to cut classes. After wartime service, Robertson entered Ohio's Antioch College, beginning his professional career as a radio announcer. His first extensive stage work consisted of two years with the touring company of Mister Roberts. He made it to Broadway in 1952 in a play directed by Joshua Logan, and in 1955 made his film debut in the Logan-directed movie version of Picnic. As Joan Crawford's schizophrenic boyfriend in Autumn Leaves (1955), Robertson achieved the critical acceptance that would enable him to seek out choice film roles. In 1963, Robertson became the first American actor to portray a living American president when he was selected to play John F. Kennedy in PT 109; one year later, he showed up as a paranoid Nixon type in The Best Man. Equally busy on television, Robertson was universally applauded for his grueling performance as an alcoholic in the 1958 TV staging of Days of Wine and Roses, and in 1965 won an Emmy for a guest appearance on the dramatic anthology Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre.
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Robertson now collects airplanes, and is an avid pilot. He holds single-engine land and sea, multiengine, commercial, instrument, balloon and glider ratings. Aviation is more of a passion to him than acting. He is a close friend of Burt Rutan, designer of the Voyager airplane and SpaceShipOne. In 1969, as Nigeria was ravaged by civil war, Robertson helped organize flights bringing food and medicine into the area. And in 1978, when Ethiopia was hit by famine, Robertson again organized incoming supply flights for charity.
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Frank C. Robertson, who grew up on a ranch raising cattle and sheep, began his writing career in the 1920's. He sold countless short stories and about 150 hardcover Western novels. His books were translated into a dozen foreign languages. He ... wrote a newspaper column, "The Chopping Block," which ranged far and wide on human affairs.
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Robertson was born in La Jolla, Calif., in 1925, the scion of a prosperous California ranching family. As a boy of about 13, he'd hop on his bike to make the 13-mile ride to Speer Airport in San Diego (no longer in existence), just to watch the planes take off and land. He was a self-described "airport rat," one of a group of like-minded boys whose imaginations took flight in easier, lazier times.
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