12 Facts About Cliff Bole

Clifford John Bole was a director of a number of American and Canadian television programs.

Cliff Bole 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.

Cliff Bole went on to train as a script clerk and as a production assistant before moving into directing.

Cliff 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.

Cliff Bole 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.

Cliff Bole 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.

Cliff Bole directed the TNG episode "Conspiracy", which featured the first appearance of the alien race called the Bolians, who were named after Cliff Bole.

Cliff Bole subsequently described working on The Next Generation as "the biggest joy and ensemble I've ever worked with".

Cliff Bole had previously worked with Avery Brooks, who played Hawk on Spenser: For Hire.

Rick Berman brought him in for Voyager, which resulted in Cliff Bole directing, amongst others, "The Q and the Grey", one of the best-received episodes of Voyager.

Cliff Bole was recognized with a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California Walk of Stars at 255 South Palm Canyon Drive in 2005.

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