Martin Potter

Born: 1944-10-04

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Martin Potter (born 4 October 1944) is a British actor. After the National Youth Theatre and repertory theatre in Guildford and Hampstead, Potter received his first role in British television at the age of 24 in the television drama The Bonegrinder (1968) written by Dennis Potter. In the same year he had another small part alongside Brian Cox in the futuristic drama The Year of the Sex Olympics. One year later Potter's career took off with a much larger role. The Italian director Federico Fellini chose him for the main role of Encolpius in his film Satyricon. Terence Stamp, Fellini's original choice for the main role, was not available, and Fellini was looking for someone of a similar appearance. After this star role, Potter's career tended back to smaller roles again: mostly B-movies and television productions like the film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's Olive. Among his more well-known parts are the history film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and the film The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum as private detective Philip Marlowe). He also appeared in horror films, including Craze with Jack Palance, and television series such as Doctor Who. In 1975 he achieved some popularity with the title part of Robin Hood in a TV mini-series The Legend of Robin Hood. In 1985 he again took a part in a production concerning Ancient Rome: the American mini-series A.D. in which he portrayed the Roman politician and opponent of Nero, Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Potter (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Fellini Satyricon

as Encolpio
Released: 1969-09-18

After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but...

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as Prince Yussoupov
Released: 1971-11-29

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is...

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The Big Sleep

as Owen Taylor
Released: 1978-03-13

Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of...

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Craze

as Ronnie
Released: 1974-05-16

A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African...

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Lady Oscar

as Comte de Giraudet, Oscar's Fiancé
Released: 1979-03-03

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he...

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All Coppers Are...

as Joe
Released: 1972-01-24

A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.

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Satan's Slave

as Stephen Yorke
Released: 1976-08-01

A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one...

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Doctor Who: Terminus

as Eirak
Released: 1983-02-23

The TARDIS attaches itself to a space liner after Turlough, still under the Black Guardian's...

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The Year of the Sex Olympics

as Kin Hodder
Released: 1968-07-29

Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal...

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Summer School

as Tarzan
Released: 1983-01-31

A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age...

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Cruel Passion

as Lord Carlisle
Released: 1977-01-01

Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world...

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Goodbye Gemini

as Julian
Released: 1970-08-06

Unnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their...

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The Only Way

as Morten Jensen
Released: 1970-01-01

In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised...

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The Bone Grinder

as Back Clerk
Released: 1968-05-13

George, an ineffectual and inoffensive clerk, and his prim wife Gladys reserve their greatest...

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Ciao, Federico!

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1970-10-28

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."

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Gunpowder

as Powder
Released: 1986-01-02

Dr. Vache (Miller) has a plan to destroy the world's economy by flooding it with gold. Two...

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The Comic Strip Presents...

as Tarzan
First aired: 1982-11-02

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as John Elder
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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A.D.

as Gaius Calpurnius Piso
First aired: 1985-03-31

A 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.

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The Borgias

as Paolo Orsini
First aired: 1981-10-14

A a serial in ten parts on the lives of one of the most intriguing families in history.

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The Legend of Robin Hood

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-11-23

The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of...

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The Caesars

as Nero Caesar
First aired: 1968-09-22

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in...

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