Cliff Potts
Birthday: Born in 1942-01-05 in Glendale, California, USA
Deathday: Alive
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cliff Potts licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Lou Grant
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Trapper John, M.D.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Admiral Kennelly
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds....
T. J. Hooker
Character: Detective Holland
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recuits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals....
Simon & Simon
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A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency....
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character: Paul
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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Roger Harden
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Hotel
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MacGyver
Character: Gar Manning
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Tales of the Gold Monkey
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In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx, transporting people-on-the-run in a well-worn Grumman Goose seaplane....
Ironside
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When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding....
Crazy like a Fox
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Run for Your Life
Character: Lee Harper
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Bret Maverick
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The Virginian
Character: Wes
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Once an Eagle
Character: Courtenay Massengale
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Murder, She Wrote
Character: Ralph Maddox
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases....
Big Hawaii
Character: Mitch Fears
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Baywatch
Character: Coach Coglin
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits....
The Name of the Game
Character: Andy Hill
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Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character: Dr. Paul Moran
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Ironside
Character: Mike Doyle
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding....
Little Women
Character: John Brooke
The two part miniseries chronicles the lives and loves of the four March sisters – Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth – growing up during the American Civil War. While their father leaves for battle, the sisters must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small....
Lou Grant
Character: Ted McCovey
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff....
Matlock
Character: Harry Neiman
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Hotel
Character: Martin Stewart
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Murder, She Wrote
Character: Ed Potts
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases....
Falcon Crest
Character: Paul Salinger
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Vanishing Son
Character: Wyatt Parnell
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Silent Running
Character: John Keenan
After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions....
Love’s Dark Ride
Character: Stephen P. Ehlers
A young advertising executive, blinded in a gun accident, attempts to rebuild his life and career by living through a nightclub entertainer who befriends him....
Sometimes a Great Notion
Character: Andy Stamper
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts....
Embrace the Darkness
Character: Turner
Vampires Galen and Miranda have just moved to a renovated warehouse in Los Angeles. Galen is tired of the vampiric life and becomes attracted to Jennifer, a dancer living in the building opposite who is trying to perfect a piece of erotic performance art....
Snow Job
Character: Bob Skinner
A famous skier, his mistress and a ski instructor rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse....
Sahara
Character: String
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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Character: Steve Lightner
A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver....
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Character: Carl Mosely
A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornered and captured. The problem is that he's been badly injured and claims to have lost his memory entirely. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between investigator Tuxan, the mystery intruder Welles and the people who sent him on the mission....
Hangup
Character: Lou
A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer....
A Case of Rape
Character: Larry Retzliff
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Live Again, Die Again
Character: Joe Dolan
After being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an old man and her children older than she is. Her daughter has also developed a psychotic obsession with her and may be out to kill her....
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Character: Bob Dalton
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves and train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels....
Belle Starr
Character: Cole Younger
Belle Star is a bandit with an itch to ride with the outlaw legends, the James gang, the Youngers and the Dalton boys....
Magic Carpet
Character: Roger Warden
A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police....
Cry for Me, Billy
Character: Billy
Drifter falls in love with Native American girl, with tragic results....
Danger in Paradise
Character: Mitch Fears
A young man has to battle his greedy stepmother for control of his father's huge estate....
San Francisco International
Character: William Sturtevant
This pilot for the TV series stars Pernell Roberts as Jim Conrad, who runs an airport, much to the chagrin of his boss, "his way." In this, two plots run - a kid whose parents are splitting up decides to take off in a little red prop plane (and Conrad talks him down), and thieves played by the handsome Tab Hunter and his truly ugly sidekicks try to steal a money shipment. Roberts was replaced by Lloyd Bridges when the show went to series....
International Airport
Character: Jack
Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him....
See Jane Run
Character: Daniel Garson
Jane Ravenson finds herself in the middle of a grocery store with $10,000 in her coat pockets and no memory of her life or who she is. Her husband eventually finds her and she starts to believe that her family life is fine until she feels a deep, nightmarish paranoia that something is horribly and terribly wrong....
Desperate Voyage
Character: Vic Michael
A modern-day pirate hijacks private yachts, steals the valuables on board, and sends the passengers to the bottom of the ocean. But his current captives have no intentions of being tossed into the briny....
For Love and Honor
Character: Sgt. Allard
A military drama set on a Texas base focuses on the ups and downs of young paratroopers, who, while they're gearing up for possible combat assignments, often find themselves entangled in love affairs....
Under Crystal Lake
Character: Swan
A small California farming community gets caught up in the bloody grip of big city crime and corruption....
Deadly Charades
Character: Tate
Shea Farrell is a B movie producer having trouble getting funding for his latest project. His wife, Leslie Kay, owns an art gallery. Shea would be lost without his assistant, Julie Hughes, and her boyfriend works for Leslie Kay. Shea Farrell and Leslie Kay role play to spice up their sex. Two plain clothes detectives are watching Shea and Leslie. Leslie Kay informs hubby that she is tiring of the games, and would like to have sex as themselves for a change. Then he starts getting gifts from Mada...
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Character: Gordon Gaines
Based on an incident that occurred off the coast of Florida in 1973, this film tells the story of four men who find themselves trapped in a mini-submarine in the ocean depths....
Nevada Smith
Character: Nevada Smith
A half-breed gunslinger and a friend he hasn't seen in years join together to escort a shipment of explosives across Utah....
Temptations
Character: Ben Hopkins
Beverly and Claire are two sisters who try to push through their parents' farm with the help of her husband, her boyfriend and a cowboy...