Ernest Clark
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
Known For
Credits
- 1993 · Queen of the Wild Frontier as Father (Voice)
- 1991 · The Pope Must Diet as Abbot
- 1991 · Doctor at the Top as
- 1987 · Queenie as Sir Philip Wentworth
- 1986 · Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Chorus
- 1986 · Dead Head as The Man
- 1984 · Memed My Hawk as Hatche's Father
- 1982 · Gandhi as Lord Hunter
- 1982 · The Agatha Christie Hour as
- 1981 · Private Schulz as
- 1979 · The Cannon & Ball Show as The Professor
- 1979 · The Cannon & Ball Show as Self
- 1978 · Mixed Blessings as
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Duke of Mannerton
- 1975 · Doctor on the Go as
- 1974 · Doctor at Sea as
- 1972 · Doctor in Charge as
- 1971 · Doctor at Large as Professor Loftus
- 1970 · Song of Norway as Councilman
- 1970 · The Executioner as Roper
- 1969 · Run a Crooked Mile as Chairman
- 1968 · Salt & Pepper as Col. Balsom
- 1967 · The Cuckoo Patrol as Marshall
- 1967 · It! as Harold Grove
- 1966 · Finders Keepers as Air Marshal
- 1966 · The Stable Door as
- 1966 · All Gas and Gaiters as
- 1966 · Arabesque as Beauchamp
- 1965 · The Secret of My Success as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
- 1965 · Masquerade as Minister
- 1964 · The Devil-Ship Pirates as Sir Basil Smeeton
- 1964 · Nothing But the Best as Roberts
- 1964 · Boy With a Flute as Sir George Noble
- 1963 · A Stitch in Time as Prof. Crankshaw
- 1963 · Ladies Who Do as Stockbroker
- 1963 · Billy Liar as Prison Governor
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as
- 1962 · Tomorrow at Ten as Police Doctor
- 1962 · Time to Remember as
- 1962 · The Scales of Justice as Mr. Hayes
- 1961 · Three on a Spree as Colonel Drew
- 1961 · Partners in Crime as Ashton
- 1960 · Maigret as
- 1960 · Sink the Bismarck! as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
- 1960 · A Touch of Larceny as Cmdr. Bates
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1959 · Interpol Calling as Inspector MacAndrew
- 1958 · The Invisible Man as Sir Charles Anderson
- 1958 · Blind Spot as F. G. Fielding
- 1958 · A Woman of Mystery as Mr. Harvey
- 1958 · The Safecracker as Major Adbury
- 1958 · I Accuse! as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
- 1958 · A Tale of Two Cities as Stryver
- 1957 · The Birthday Present as Barrister
- 1957 · Time Without Pity as Under Secretary
- 1957 · The Man in the Sky as Maine
- 1956 · Reach for the Sky as Wing Commander Beiseigel
- 1956 · The Baby and the Battleship as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
- 1956 · 1984 as Outer Party Announcer
- 1955 · The Dam Busters as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
- 1954 · Beau Brummell as Dr. Warren
- 1954 · Father Brown as Bishop's Secretary
- 1954 · Doctor in the House as Dr. Parrish
- 1949 · Obsession as
- 1949 · When We Are Married as Councillor Albert Parker
- 1934 · The Circus Clown as Vaudeville Act