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In Remembrance Robertson at the 1989 annual national membership meeting. CLIFF ROBERTSON, a former National Board member, died September 10 in Stony Brook, N.Y., one day aſter his 88th birthday. Robertson's career as an actor on Ford Lile Glen Lincoln Steve Lincoln Celia Lipton Marc London Edmund F. Loughlin Arnolda Lowry Hecmar Lugo Norman MacDonald Mora Macy Ralph Major Fritz Manes Rose Manning Shirley F. Marcus Carla Marino Jeri Markwell Tawni Ann Marrs Mirianne Marshall Michailina Martel Ray Mason Gia McGinley Jess Medina Frances Meehan 2/12/2005 2/22/2001 10/31/2006 3/11/2011 2/9/2010 7/23/2011 9/3/2002 2/12/2011 6/1/1994 12/28/2004 8/18/1998 9/27/2011 7/28/2009 5/18/2003 12/20/2006 7/20/2010 7/20/2011 7/13/2004 7/16/2011 6/18/2011 9/30/2011 4/19/2005 8/14/2006 Stephan James Meloy 8/11/2011 Paul Michael Nico Minardos Marcia Mohr Eleanor Mondale Lola Montes Stephen Moran Marjorie Morehouse Ruben Moreno John A. Murray Philip G. Murray Tony Nancy Frank Nastasi Walter Neal Babette New Hope Newell Henry Eizo Noguchi Frank Oberschall 7/8/2011 8/27/2011 2/1/2003 9/17/2011 5/16/2008 8/30/2002 6/13/2010 9/22/2011 7/9/2011 7/16/2011 11/11/2004 6/15/2004 2/2/2003 2/22/1998 12/27/2009 4/1/2011 4/27/2003 Jess Osuna television and in film spanned nearly six decades, and he served as a board member for 30 of those years. He began his board service in 1962 with a three-year stint in Hollywood and then served as a National Board member from the New York Division for 27 consecutive years, 1978-2005. Robertson is also remembered for the real-life role he played as a whistle- blower in the check-forging scandal of then-Columbia Pictures President David Begelman in the late 1970s. In 2008, Screen Actors Guild New York Division paid tribute to Robertson. He said then about his service on the board: "Actors are predisposed to bending a little bit if they have to, whether it's on overtime, or a meal penalty, and it's mostly born out of a fear of the inability to work. I can't blame actors for bending a little bit if they have to — they have to get food on 4/2/2011 Charles Francis Pape 12/9/2001 Bonnie Blair Parker Viki Parkes Gary Parks Dan Pattarson Victor Paul Geraldine Paulette Steven Pearl Francesca Peters George Peters Roger Peterson Alice Playten Len Polow Ray Powers William John Powers Shirley Prestia Francesco Quinn Raymond M. Rahner Lucy Re Joel Redlin Hal Reed Hank Reeves Margaret Ann Rich Harry Richard Canada Richmond 6/28/2011 4/1/2002 6/15/1998 2/16/2005 9/13/2011 4/27/1999 10/27/2009 1/6/2004 12/12/1993 10/1/2010 6/25/2011 12/21/2009 7/28/2010 8/13/2011 10/6/2011 8/5/2011 1/21/2004 7/22/2010 11/11/2005 10/22/2010 3/26/2007 7/22/2010 7/12/2010 1/28/2006 Michael Charles Rizzo 6/29/2011 Grace A. Roberts-Bates 9/9/2011 Cliff Robertson John Rochford Ann Rollins Elle Rome Marco Rosales Alex Ross Jean Ross Herbert Rubens Martin B. Rudy Swede Rundquist Elizabeth Russell Matty Ryan George Sabbagh 9/10/2011 2/25/2009 7/9/2004 9/11/2009 1/4/2000 5/6/2011 1/13/2007 8/4/2011 3/9/2011 4/11/2011 5/4/2002 7/5/1994 3/6/2009 Lucille Saint-Peter John J. Saunders Gregory Scanlon Ruth Scarborough Sam Scardino Ephraim Schaffer Robert L. Schmidt Jamie Schmitt the table for their families. But I learned the hard way that you can't look the other way when people are breaking rules on a set or anywhere else in life. I am proud and grateful for my service to Screen Actors Guild and to my fellow actors." With a background in theater, Robertson made the transition to live television in the early '50s. In the 1963 World War II film PT-109, playing a young John F. Kennedy, Robertson had the distinction of being the first actor in a film to portray a sitting president. He won an Emmy in 1966 for his television work in The Game for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre and in 1969 won an Academy Award for playing a man with a developmental disability in Charly. In recent years he appeared in three Spider- Man films. In 1987, Robertson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 9/14/2007 Linda Michiko Sameshima 2/11/2011 Anne Sargent 7/23/2007 7/10/2011 2/19/2010 6/10/2011 8/10/2011 5/4/2001 7/18/2010 11/8/2002 Mischa Schwartzmann 6/22/2004 Fred Scialla Jane Scott Anabel Shaw Margaret Sheehan Steve Shelto Mary Shipp Madison T. Shockley Michael Showers Lee J. Siegel Jan Simms Howie Singer Joe Six Harold Slappy Bubba Smith Dottie Smith Joe Sorbello Howard Spiegel G. D. Spradlin Joe R. Starcer Bill Steele Bob E. Stern Carl Steven David B. 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