Cliff Bole

Clifford John Bole (November 9, 1937 – February 15, 2014) was a director of a number of American and Canadian television programs. He directed episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Vegas, Charlie's Angels, V: The Series, Baywatch, The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager among others. The Star Trek alien race called the Bolians is named after him. One of his earlier roles was as script supervisor on McHale's Navy in 1964.

Bole is perhaps best known for his directing work in the Star Trek franchise which began with the first season episode "Lonely Among Us" of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He went on to direct a further 24 episodes of that series, as well as seven episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and ten episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. He was originally referred to the TNG production team by colleague Jeff Hayes, although Bole knew producer Rick Berman from when they both worked at Warner Brothers.

He died at his home in Palm Desert, California on February 15, 2014.

Selected filmography

The Six Million Dollar Man (12 episodes) Charlie's Angels (6 episodes) Vega$ (12 episodes) Strike Force (4 episodes) Fantasy Island (20 episodes) Matt Houston (9 episodes) V (3 episodes) T.J. Hooker (17 episodes) Scarecrow and Mrs. King (4 episodes) Spenser: For Hire (3 episodes) MacGyver (16 episodes) Mission: Impossible (1988) (3 episodes) Paradise (4 episodes) Star Trek: The Next Generation (25 episodes) Baywatch (5 episodes) Pointman (2 episodes) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (7 episodes) M.A.N.T.I.S. (3 episodes) Star Trek: Voyager (10 episodes) The X-Files (4 episodes)