Cliff Potts

Biography

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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

Silent Running

Love’s Dark Ride

Sometimes a Great Notion

Embrace the Darkness

Snow Job

Sahara

The Groundstar Conspiracy

Hangup

A Case of Rape

Filmography

1999 Temptations

as Ben Hopkins

1999 Embrace the Darkness

as Turner

1996 Deadly Charades

as Tate

1995 See Jane Run

as Daniel Garson

1994 Vanishing Son

as Wyatt Parnell

1990 Under Crystal Lake

as Swan

1989 Baywatch

as Coach Coglin

1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Admiral Kennelly

1986 Matlock

as Harry Neiman

1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Roger Harden

1985 MacGyver

as Gar Manning

1985 International Airport

as Jack

1984 Crazy like a Fox

1984 Murder, She Wrote

as Ralph Maddox

1984 Murder, She Wrote

as Ed Potts

1983 Sahara

as String

1983 For Love and Honor

as Sgt. Allard