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Martin Potter

Martin Potter

Actor · b. 1944 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

​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.

Movies16

  • Movie6.7

    Fellini – satyricon

    Satyricon

    1969 · 370 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Big Sleep

    1978 · 105 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Nicholas and Alexandra

    1971 · 81 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Lady Oscar

    1979 · 38 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie4.2

    Marquis de Sade’s: Justine

    Cruel Passion

    1977 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Satan's Slave

    1976 · 50 votes

  • Movie5.2
  • Movie4.0

    The Outsiders

    2006 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.1

    Craze

    1974 · 22 votes

  • Movie4.7

    Goodbye Gemini

    1970 · 14 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Ciao, Federico!

    1970 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Gunpowder

    1986 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Only Way

    1970 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.1

    All Coppers Are...

    1972 · 7 votes

  • Movie8.0

    The Bone Grinder

    1968 · 1 votes

Series9

  • TV7.2

    Theatre 625

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV7.4
  • TV5.4

    A.D.

    1985 · 12 votes

  • TV7.5

    The Famous Five

    1978 · 20 votes

  • TV7.4
  • TV
  • TV8.0

    The Caesars

    1968 · 6 votes

  • TV8.7

    The Borgias

    1981 · 3 votes