Cliff Potts Biography

American actor Cliff Potts began his career billed under his real name of Cliff Potter. After featured parts in films like Man Called Gannon (1969), Silent Running (1971) and The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), Potts essayed the title character in the 1972 independent film Cry for Me Billy. His TV movie roles include Cole Younger in 1980's Belle Starr. Cliff Potts was also a regular on several weekly series: he played John Brooke in the 1979 video adaptation of Little Women, and was seen as ex-baseball player Ted McCovey, the new husband of reporter Billie Newman (Linda Kelsey), during the 1981-82 season of Lou Grant. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi