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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 5, 1942
Place of Birth:
Glendale, California, USA
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Cliff Potts
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Cliff Potts (born January 5, 1942) is an American television and film actor most noted for supporting roles and guest appearances in more than sixty episodic television series between 1967 and 1999.
Potts was a regular supporting player during the first season of The Name of the Game, a revolving 90-minute 1968 series about a publishing empire that featured Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack. He also appeared in a starring role in the short-lived 1977 TV series, "Big Hawaii," in which he played Mitch Fears, the rebellious son of rich landowner Barret Fears (John Dehner). He portrayed John Brooke in Little Women.
His most widely-known film role is that of John Wolf in the cult science fiction film, Silent Running.
Currently, Potts is retired from acting.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Embrace the Darkness | Turner |
| 1999 | Temptations | Ben Hopkins |
| 1996 | Deadly Charades | Tate |
| 1995 | See Jane Run | Daniel Garson |
| 1990 | Under Crystal Lake | Swan |
| 1985 | International Airport | Jack |
| 1983 | Sahara | String |
| 1983 | M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers | Steve Lightner |
| 1983 | For Love and Honor | Sgt. Allard |
| 1980 | Belle Starr | Cole Younger |
| 1980 | Desperate Voyage | Vic Michael |
| 1979 | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | Bob Dalton |
| 1978 | Love’s Dark Ride | Stephen P. Ehlers |
| 1977 | Danger in Paradise | Mitch Fears |
| 1975 | Nevada Smith | Nevada Smith |
| 1974 | Hangup | Lou |
| 1974 | A Case of Rape | Larry Retzliff |
| 1974 | Live Again, Die Again | Joe Dolan |
| 1974 | Trapped Beneath the Sea | Gordon Gaines |
| 1972 | Silent Running | John Keenan |
| 1972 | Snow Job | Bob Skinner |
| 1972 | The Groundstar Conspiracy | Carl Mosely |
| 1972 | Magic Carpet | Roger Warden |
| 1972 | Cry for Me, Billy | Billy |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Andy Stamper |
| 1970 | San Francisco International | William Sturtevant |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Vanishing Son | Wyatt Parnell |
| 1989 | Baywatch | Coach Coglin |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Admiral Kennelly |
| 1986 | Matlock | Harry Neiman |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Roger Harden |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Gar Manning |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ralph Maddox |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ed Potts |
| 1983 | For Love and Honor | |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Detective Holland |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | |
| 1982 | Hotel | Martin Stewart |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | |
| 1981 | Bret Maverick | |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Paul Salinger |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | |
| 1978 | Little Women | John Brooke |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | |
| 1977 | Big Hawaii | Mitch Fears |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Ted McCovey |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle | Courtenay Massengale |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Paul |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Paul Moran |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Andy Hill |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Mike Doyle |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Lee Harper |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Wes |