Cliff Potts
Biography
Cliff Potts is an American actor who has appeared in film and television. He is known for a co-starring part in Silent Running (1972), the science fiction movie that starred Bruce Dern. On The Name of the Game, a 1968 series about a publishing empire, he was a regular supporting cast member in its first season, and he starred as Sergeant Eugene Allard in the NBC series For Love and Honor. His other television roles include leads in the miniseries Once an Eagle and in Big Hawaii, where he played Mitch Fears, the title part in a 1975 remake of Nevada Smith, and John Brooke in Little Women in 1978. His film work includes Sometimes a Great Notion (1971), The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) and Sahara (1983). He also acted in A Case of Rape, an Emmy-nominated television movie, and he returned to the screen in Our Wild Hearts, a 2013 Hallmark Channel film, after 14 years away.
84years old
Turns 85 on January 5in 82 days
- Born Glendale
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Cliff Potter (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 12 years1971 to 1983
Every film, newest first
- 1983M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk DriversIMDb rating 6.1
- 1983SaharaIMDb rating 4.9
- 1972Silent RunningIMDb rating 6.6
- 1972The Groundstar ConspiracyIMDb rating 6.0
- 1971Sometimes a Great NotionIMDb rating 6.9
Genres
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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Driversas Steve Lightner
Saharaas String
Silent Runningas John Keenan
The Groundstar Conspiracyas Carl Mosely
Sometimes a Great Notionas Andy Stamper
Worked with
Cliff Potts shares two films with Michael Sarrazin, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.










Films together
Michael Sarrazin2 films together, 1971 to 1972
Michael Sarrazin's page The Groundstar Conspiracy1972IMDb rating 6.0Potts as Carl MoselySarrazin as John David Welles / Peter Bellamy
Sometimes a Great Notion1971IMDb rating 6.9Potts as Andy StamperSarrazin as Leeland Stamper
Lee de Broux2 films together, 1971 to 1983
Lee de Broux's page M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers1983IMDb rating 6.1Potts as Steve LightnerBroux as Officer Chesrow
Sometimes a Great Notion1971IMDb rating 6.9Potts as Andy StamperBroux as Willard Eggleston
Bruce Dern1 film together, 1972
Bruce Dern's page Silent Running1972IMDb rating 6.6Potts as John KeenanDern as Freeman Lowell
John Rhys-Davies1 film together, 1983
John Rhys-Davies's page Sahara1983IMDb rating 4.9Potts as StringRhys-Davies as Rasoul
Henry Fonda1 film together, 1971
Henry Fonda's page Sometimes a Great Notion1971IMDb rating 6.9Potts as Andy StamperFonda as Henry Stamper
Paul Newman1 film together, 1971
Paul Newman's page Sometimes a Great Notion1971IMDb rating 6.9Potts as Andy StamperNewman as Hank Stamper
Douglas TrumbullDirector, 1 film, 1972
All films by Douglas Trumbull Silent Running1972IMDb rating 6.6Potts as John Keenan
Paul NewmanDirector, 1 film, 1971
All films by Paul Newman Sometimes a Great Notion1971IMDb rating 6.9Potts as Andy Stamper
Andrew V. McLaglenDirector, 1 film, 1983
All films by Andrew V. McLaglen Sahara1983IMDb rating 4.9Potts as String
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.
