Acting
Martin Potter
Born October 4, 1944 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK (age 81)
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 futur…
Known For
Summer School · 1983Summer School
1983
MovieComedy
A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from its air of authenticity.
Nicholas and Alexandra · 1971Nicholas and Alexandra
★ 7.01971
MovieDramaWar
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Satyricon · 1969Satyricon
★ 6.71969
MovieDramaFantasy
After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
The Big Sleep · 1978The Big Sleep
★ 5.91978
MovieCrimeMystery
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
Lady Oscar · 1979Lady Oscar
★ 5.71979
MovieHistoryDrama
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
Satan's Slave · 1976Satan's Slave
★ 5.31976
MovieHorror
A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her wicked uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even those she thought were dead return to haunt her.
Gunpowder · 1986Gunpowder
★ 6.01986
MovieActionComedy
Dr. Vache has a plan to destroy the world’s economy by flooding it with gold. Spies Gunn and Powder are on a mission to save it.
Cruel Passion · 1977Cruel Passion
★ 4.21977
MovieDramaHorror
Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution, predatory lesbians, a fugitive murderess, bondage, branding, and one supremely sadistic monk. It's a twisted tale of strange desires, perverse pleasures and the ultimate corruption of innocence as told by the Marquis de Sade.
Movies
Summer School · 1983Summer School
1983
MovieComedy
A motley band of suburbanites arrives at a summer school to simulate life in an Iron Age village. However, the village is right in the middle of a modern university campus which somewhat detracts from its air of authenticity.
Nicholas and Alexandra · 1971Nicholas and Alexandra
★ 7.01971
MovieDramaWar
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Satyricon · 1969Satyricon
★ 6.71969
MovieDramaFantasy
After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
The Big Sleep · 1978The Big Sleep
★ 5.91978
MovieCrimeMystery
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
Lady Oscar · 1979Lady Oscar
★ 5.71979
MovieHistoryDrama
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
Satan's Slave · 1976Satan's Slave
★ 5.31976
MovieHorror
A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her wicked uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even those she thought were dead return to haunt her.
Gunpowder · 1986Gunpowder
★ 6.01986
MovieActionComedy
Dr. Vache has a plan to destroy the world’s economy by flooding it with gold. Spies Gunn and Powder are on a mission to save it.
Cruel Passion · 1977Cruel Passion
★ 4.21977
MovieDramaHorror
Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution, predatory lesbians, a fugitive murderess, bondage, branding, and one supremely sadistic monk. It's a twisted tale of strange desires, perverse pleasures and the ultimate corruption of innocence as told by the Marquis de Sade.
The Year of the Sex Olympics · 1968The Year of the Sex Olympics
★ 5.21968
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Influenced by concerns about overpopulation, the counterculture of the 1960s and the societal effects of television, the play depicts a world of the future where a small elite control the media, keeping the lower classes docile by serving them an endless diet of lowest common denominator programmes and pornography. The play concentrates on an idea the programme controllers have for a new programme which will follow the trials and tribulations of a group of people left to fend for themselves on a remote island. In this respect, the play is often cited as having anticipated the craze for reality television.
The Only Way · 1970The Only Way
★ 6.31970
MovieDramaWar
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark's Jews remained free. The Nazis agreed. In October 1943, the agreement was broken... This is the true and magnificent saga of Denmark's valorous actions to save Danish Jews from Nazi extermination at peril of death!
All Coppers Are... · 1972All Coppers Are...
★ 7.11972
MovieDrama
A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
Craze · 1974Craze
★ 5.11974
MovieHorrorThriller
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers human sacrifice.
Goodbye Gemini · 1970Goodbye Gemini
★ 4.71970
MovieDramaThriller
Unnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.
Doctor Who: Terminus · 1983Doctor Who: Terminus
★ 6.41983
MovieDramaAction
The TARDIS attaches itself to a space liner after Turlough, still under the Black Guardian's influence, damages its controls. The Doctor and Nyssa meet two space pirates, Kari and Olvir, who have come on board the liner in search of plunder, while Tegan and Turlough get lost in the infrastructure. The liner docks with what appears to be a hulk floating in space. This is Terminus, which claims to offer a cure for Lazar's disease. It is crewed by armoured slave workers, the Vanir. The cure is administered by a huge, dog-like creature known as the Garm. Nyssa, who has contracted the disease from sufferers transported aboard the liner, discovers that the cure - involving exposure to radiation - does actually work.
The Bone Grinder · 1968The Bone Grinder
★ 8.01968
MovieDramaTV Movie
George, an ineffectual and inoffensive clerk, and his prim wife Gladys reserve their greatest efforts for preserving their respectibility. Sam, a rough-necked American seaman, invades their dull suburban routine. The play examines the clash of cultures between a fading British Empire and the dominance of American materialistic values.
Ciao, Federico! · 1970Ciao, Federico!
★ 7.21970
MovieDocumentary
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."
TV Shows
Theatre 625 · 1964Theatre 625
★ 7.21964
SeriesDrama
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
All Creatures Great and Small · 1978All Creatures Great and Small
★ 7.81978
SeriesComedyDrama
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
The Comic Strip Presents... · 1982The Comic Strip Presents...
★ 7.41982
SeriesComedy
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
A.D. · 1985A.D.
★ 5.41985
SeriesDrama
A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom of the Wicked. The five-part serial is considered the third and final part of a trilogy, preceded by Moses the Lawgiver (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
Set just after Jesus' Crucifixion, the lives and adventures of His disciples are explored, and events in Rome during the reigns of Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
The Legend of Robin Hood · 1975The Legend of Robin Hood
★ 7.41975
SeriesDrama
The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.
The Borgias · 1981The Borgias
★ 8.71981
SeriesDrama
A a serial in ten parts on the lives of one of the most intriguing families in history.
The Caesars · 1968The Caesars
★ 8.01968
SeriesDrama
The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.