Ernest Clark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1912
- Died
- November 11, 1994 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Paddington, London, England, UK
Biography
A distinguished stage actor, Ernest Clark was best known to British television viewers for his role as the crusty "Sir Geoffrey Loftus" in the long running "Doctor" comedy series during the 1970s. Born in Maida Vale, Clark was the son of a master builder and was educated at Marylebone Grammar School. His first job was as a reporter on a local newspaper and he was also a keen amateur actor. He made his first professional appearance at the Festival Theatre, Cambridge in 1937 and, throughout the 1930s and 40s, was rarely off the West End stage. In New York in 1950, he garnered rave reviews for his appearance in T.S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party". A prolific screen character actor, he was usually cast in cold, tight-lipped roles in British war films. He was vice-president of Equity, the British actor's union, from 1964-69 and president from 1970-73. An articulate, outspoken and often witty commentator for the acting profession, he always argued on the side of regulated entry into what he described as "an overcrowded industry". Clark's first two marriages were dissolved. His third wife was 'Julia Lockwood', the daughter of the British film star Margaret Lockwood. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Patrick Newley
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Filmography
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Movie · as Father (Voice)
The Pope Must Die
Movie · as Abbot
Doctor at the Top
TV · 7 eps
Queenie
TV · as Sir Philip Wentworth · 2 eps
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Movie · as Chorus
Memed My Hawk
Movie · as Hatche's Father
Gandhi
Movie · as Lord Hunter
The Agatha Christie Hour
TV · as Rogers · 1 ep
Private Schulz
TV · as Fritsch · 1 ep
The Cannon & Ball Show
TV · as The Professor, Self · 1 ep
All Creatures Great and Small
TV · as Duke of Mannerton · 1 ep
Mixed Blessings
TV · as Mr. Huntley · 3 eps
Doctor on the Go
TV · 26 eps
Doctor at Sea
TV · 13 eps
Away from It All
TV · as The Colonel · 1 ep
Doctor in Charge
TV · as Professor Geoffrey Loftus · 43 eps
Doctor at Large
TV · as Professor Loftus · 29 eps
The Executioner
Movie · as Roper
Song of Norway
Movie · as Councilman
Run a Crooked Mile
Movie · as Chairman
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Oliver Cox · 1 ep
Salt & Pepper
Movie · as Col. Balsom
The Chequers Manoeuvre
Movie · as The Brigadier
It!
Movie · as Harold Grove
The Cuckoo Patrol
Movie · as Marshall
All Gas and Gaiters
TV · as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley · 14 eps
Finders Keepers
Movie · as Air Marshal
The Stable Door
Movie
Arabesque
Movie · as Beauchamp
Eye of the Devil
Movie · as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
Masquerade
Movie · as Minister
The Secret of My Success
Movie · as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Finch McComas · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Brigadier Glover · 1 ep
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Movie · as Sir Basil Smeeton
Boy With a Flute
Movie · as Sir George Noble
Nothing But the Best
Movie · as Roberts
Master Spy
Movie · as Dr. Pembury
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Pritchard, Ivor Brendon · 1 ep
HMS Paradise
TV · as Commander Trickett · 1 ep
Ladies Who Do
Movie · as Stockbroker
Tomorrow at Ten
Movie · as Police Doctor
Billy Liar
Movie · as Prison Governor
A Stitch in Time
Movie · as Professor Crankshaw
Time to Remember
Movie · as Cracknell
A Woman's Privilege
Movie · as Mr. Hayes
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · 2 eps
The Scales of Justice
TV · as Mr. Hayes · 1 ep
Richard the Lionheart
TV · as Frederick · 1 ep
Partners in Crime
Movie · as Ashton
Three on a Spree
Movie · as Colonel Drew
No Love for Johnnie
Movie · as M.P. (uncredited)
Drama 61-67
TV · as Rex · 1 ep
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie · as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
A Touch of Larceny
Movie · as Cmdr. Bates
Maigret
TV · 1 ep
Interpol Calling
TV · as Inspector MacAndrew · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
Blind Spot
Movie · as F. G. Fielding
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Stryver
The Safecracker
Movie · as Major Adbury
A Woman of Mystery
Movie · as Mr. Harvey
I Accuse!
Movie · as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
The Invisible Man
TV · as Sir Charles Anderson · 1 ep
The Man in the Sky
Movie · as Maine
The Birthday Present
Movie · as Barrister
Time Without Pity
Movie · as Under Secretary
1984
Movie · as Outer Party Announcer
Reach for the Sky
Movie · as Wing Commander Beiseigel
The Baby and the Battleship
Movie · as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
The Dam Busters
Movie · as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Beau Brummell
Movie · as Dr. Warren
Father Brown
Movie · as Bishop's Secretary
Doctor in the House
Movie · as Dr. Parrish
The Mudlark
Movie · as Hammond
Obsession
Movie
When We Are Married
Movie · as Councillor Albert Parker
The Circus Clown
Movie · as Vaudeville Act