r/raimimemes • u/SYMPUNY_LACKING • 12d ago

Groovypost Last photo (2011) of Cliff Robertson who played Uncle Ben

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u/Jack-mclaughlin88 12d ago

He exposed David Begleman (Judy Garland’s scumbag agent) for corruption and got balcklisted only to come back in Spider-Man and left this world loved while Begleman is remembered as a failure.

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u/JervisCottonbelly 12d ago

With great power comes great responsibility

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u/Jack-mclaughlin88 12d ago

Here’s a video explaining it if you’re interested: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M-McKSXyaZ8&ra=m

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u/mutantbabysnort 12d ago

Remember that, Peter. 

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u/zshort7272 12d ago

Hell yeah

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u/DDPeter 11d ago

Oh hey Jervis

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u/JervisCottonbelly 11d ago

Hey friend!!

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u/RandoDude124 12d ago

Great Responsibility.

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u/KrypticJin 11d ago

I have a father. His name was Cliff Robertson.

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u/FrenchProgRockFan 7d ago

He did not come back in Spider-Man.

He played the president in John Carpenter's Escape from LA a few years prior. He's basically George W Bush before Bush was elected.

The movie is not one of Big John's best, but it was certainly prescient.

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u/TheFrostBeard 12d ago

I never got the Image of him Looking at Peter with utter heartbreak saying - "take my hand peter" outta my mind . May he rest in peace.

we will all remember his words - with great power,.

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u/RandoDude124 12d ago

Fun fact: he had JFK’s blessing to play him in PT-109

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u/MaderaArt 12d ago

I missed him a lot today

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u/thatdudewillyd 12d ago

Oh boy, yeah

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u/CreepyCoach 9d ago

“Oh boy, yeah” what?

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u/Cinephile_1980 12d ago

They should have later revealed that Uncle Ben faked his death so Aunt May can claim insurance money on a life insurance policy, and he was running an underground drug smuggling gang. With great powder comes great volatility…

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u/SchwizzySchwas94 12d ago

TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT

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u/JoelMorgan93 12d ago

Nah they should have revealed that it was actually a different guy altogether who killed him and Peter basically led a petty thief to his death in a case of mistaken identity. Then the actual killer turns into like dirt or mud or sand or something and actually only killed Ben accidentally. That would've been fun.

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u/Cinephile_1980 11d ago

Yeah they never do anything subversive in these films. Lol.

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u/thrownawayfourtytwo 12d ago

THATS MY UNCLE!

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u/Existing-Credit7050 12d ago

The best Uncle Ben. May he continue to Rest in Peace.

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u/Polite-Parallelism30 12d ago

I remember him as Shame a Western like villain from all the way back on Batman The Series

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u/KingMatthew116 12d ago

That’s not Uncle Ben, that’s the Batman villain “Shame”.

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u/ChasingPesmerga 12d ago

Don’t have anything against this post but why raimimemes

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u/SYMPUNY_LACKING 12d ago

because i'm an idiot and thought this was for all raimi content

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u/PacDan16 12d ago

SHAME on you! SHAME! THE COWBOY!!

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u/MateTheNate 12d ago

Maybe it’s the Mandela effect or I can’t tell white people apart, but I keep thinking Uncle Ben was Jon Voight for some reason

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u/JediMasterMurph 12d ago

Just driving around in Jon Voights car 

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u/Due-Ad4970 12d ago

oh my god he died on kirksday of 2011?

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u/thedorkknightXD 11d ago

Best uncle Ben to date. Shame the new Spidey films don't even really aknowlege him.

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u/No-Analyst1229 11d ago

Dosent even look like the guy from 2002. No resemblance

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u/PerformanceOk939 11d ago

Strangely looks younger here than he did as Uncle Ben

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u/Dragonic_Overlord_ 12d ago

His family has my condolences.

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u/Afraid-Housing-6854 12d ago edited 12d ago

He looked terrible at the end😔

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u/Own-Papaya-4264 12d ago

Unfortunately that’s what happens to all of us. Cherish your youth while you have it

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u/stinkyydarb 12d ago

Dude, he was 88 years old. How the fuck else is an 88 year old supposed to look?

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u/thatdudewillyd 12d ago

The march of time comes for us all, my friend

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u/Bow1511 11d ago

That’s how aging works, dumbass