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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

23

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-10-04 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Martin A. Potter

Martin Potter

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 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.

Known For

Acting

Satyricon

1969

Satyricon

as

Encolpio

Satan's Slave

1976

Satan's Slave

as

Stephen Yorke

Goodbye Gemini

1970

Goodbye Gemini

as

Julian

The Only Way

1970

The Only Way

as

Morten Jensen

Craze

1974

Craze

as

Ronnie

Gunpowder

1986

Gunpowder

as

Powder

Cruel Passion

1977

Cruel Passion

as

Lord Carlisle

Lady Oscar

1979

Lady Oscar

as

Comte de Giraudet, Oscar's Fiancé

Summer School

1983

Summer School

as

Tarzan

The Big Sleep

1978

The Big Sleep

as

Owen Taylor

The Bone Grinder

1968

The Bone Grinder

as

Back Clerk

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971

Nicholas and Alexandra

as

Prince Yussoupov

The Outsiders

2006

The Outsiders

as

Cardinal

Ciao, Federico!

1970

Ciao, Federico!

as

Self (uncredited)

The Caesars

The Caesars

as

Nero Caesar

The Borgias

The Borgias

as

Paolo Orsini

A.D.

A.D.

as

Gaius Calpurnius Piso

Production

Crew

Directing