Martin Potter

Martin Potter

Known for

Acting

Born

October 4, 1944 (age 81)

Birthplace

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Biography

​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...

Best known work

Satyricon
Satyricon
1969
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1978
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
Satan's Slave
Satan's Slave
1976
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
Lady Oscar
Lady Oscar
1979
Craze
Craze
1974
The Famous Five
The Famous Five
1978
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Cruel Passion
Cruel Passion
1977

Filmography

  1. 2006

    The Outsiders

    as Cardinal

  2. 1986

    Gunpowder

    as Powder

  3. 1985

    A.D.TV

    as Gaius Calpurnius Piso (5 episodes)

  4. 1983

  5. 1983

    Summer School

    as Tarzan

  6. 1982

    The Comic Strip Presents...TV

    as Tarzan (1 episode)

  7. 1981

    The BorgiasTV

    as Paolo Orsini (10 episodes)

  8. 1979

    Lady Oscar

    as Comte de Giraudet, Oscar's Fiancé

  9. 1978

    The Famous FiveTV

    as Morgan Jones (1 episode)

  10. 1978

    The Big Sleep

    as Owen Taylor

  11. 1978

    All Creatures Great and SmallTV

    as John Elder (1 episode)

  12. 1977

    Cruel Passion

    as Lord Carlisle

  13. 1976

    Satan's Slave

    as Stephen Yorke

  14. 1975

    The Legend of Robin HoodTV

    as Robin Hood (6 episodes)

  15. 1974

    Craze

    as Ronnie

  16. 1972

  17. 1971

    Nicholas and Alexandra

    as Prince Yussoupov

  18. 1970

    Ciao, Federico!

    as Self (uncredited)

  19. 1970

  20. 1970

    The Only Way

    as Morten Jensen

  21. 1969

    Satyricon

    as Encolpio

  22. 1969

    W. Somerset MaughamTV

    as Mark Featherstone (1 episode)

  23. 1968

    The CaesarsTV

    as Nero Caesar (1 episode)

  24. 1968

  25. 1968

    The Bone Grinder

    as Back Clerk

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