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name: "Cliff Potts"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 January 1942"
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updated: "2026-09-21T03:22:41.231004+00:00"
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# Cliff Potts

Actor. Born 5 January 1942 in Glendale, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 January 1942, Glendale, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Potts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346245, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12121

## Biography

Cliff Potts is an American actor born on 5 January 1942 in Glendale, California. He began his career with guest roles in television series in the late 1960s and appeared in supporting parts in films including *Sometimes a Great Notion* (1971) and *Silent Running* (1972), in which he played John Keenan.

Potts was a regular supporting player in the first season of the series *The Name of the Game* (1968–69). He had a starring role as Mitch Fears in the short-lived series *Big Hawaii* (1977) and appeared as John Brooke in the television adaptation of *Little Women* (1978). His later credits include guest appearances in series such as *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1991) and *Murder, She Wrote*. He retired from acting around 1999.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Silent Running* (1972), Fi1m 76, as John Keenan — [page](https://film.one/film/silent-running.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Temptations* (1999), as Ben Hopkins
- *Embrace the Darkness* (1999), as Turner
- *Counter Measures* (1998), as Harrison
- *Deadly Charades* (1996), as Tate
- *See Jane Run* (1995), as Daniel Garson
- *Vanishing Son* (1994), series, as Wyatt Parnell
- *Under Crystal Lake* (1990), as Swan
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, as Coach Coglin
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Admiral Kennelly — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Harry Neiman
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Gar Manning
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, as Roger Harden
- *International Airport* (1985), as Jack
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, Actor
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Ralph Maddox, Ed Potts
- *Sahara* (1983), as String
- *For Love and Honor* (1983), series, Actor
- *For Love and Honor* (1983), as Sgt. Allard
- *M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers* (1983), as Steve Lightner
- *Tales of the Gold Monkey* (1982), series, Actor
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Martin Stewart
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Detective Holland
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Paul Salinger
- *Bret Maverick* (1981), series, Actor
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *Desperate Voyage* (1980), as Vic Michael
- *Belle Starr* (1980), as Cole Younger
- *The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang* (1979), as Bob Dalton
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor
- *Little Women* (1978), series, as John Brooke
- *Love’s Dark Ride* (1978), as Stephen P. Ehlers
- *Big Hawaii* (1977), series, as Mitch Fears
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, as Ted McCovey
- *Danger in Paradise* (1977), as Mitch Fears
- *Once an Eagle* (1976), series, as Courtenay Massengale
- *Nevada Smith* (1975), as Nevada Smith
- *Trapped Beneath the Sea* (1974), as Gordon Gaines
- *Hangup* (1974), as Lou
- *A Case of Rape* (1974), as Larry Retzliff
- *Live Again, Die Again* (1974), as Joe Dolan
- *Magic Carpet* (1972), as Roger Warden
- *Cry for Me, Billy* (1972), as Billy
- *The Groundstar Conspiracy* (1972), as Carl Mosely
- *Silent Running* (1972), as John Keenan — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/silent-running.md)
- *Snow Job* (1972), as Bob Skinner
- *Sometimes a Great Notion* (1971), as Andy Stamper
- *San Francisco International* (1970), as William Sturtevant
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Paul, Dr. Paul Moran
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Andy Hill
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Mike Doyle, Dan Peabody
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Lee Harper
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Wes

## Gallery

- ![Cliff Potts](https://film.one/media/person/1273386/gallery-36757a01b13e.jpg) Cliff Potts — NBC Television

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- ![Cliff Potts](https://film.one/media/person/1273386/gallery-015e3bc83658.jpg) Cliff Potts — Image via TMDB

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