Ernest Clark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 12, 1912
- Died
- Nov 11, 1994 (aged 82)
- Place of birth
- Paddington, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 78
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
Gandhi
1982Movie
Lord Hunter
Arabesque
1966Movie
Beauchamp
The Dam Busters
1955Movie
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
1984
1956Movie
Outer Party Announcer
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962TV
Billy Liar
1963Movie
Prison Governor
Filmography
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993Movie
Father (Voice)
The Pope Must Die
1991Movie
Abbot
Doctor at the Top
1991TV
Queenie
1987TV
Sir Philip Wentworth
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986Movie
Chorus
Memed My Hawk
1984Movie
Hatche's Father
Gandhi
1982Movie
Lord Hunter
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982TV
Rogers
Private Schulz
1981TV
Fritsch
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979TV
The Professor, Self
Mixed Blessings
1978TV
Mr. Huntley
All Creatures Great and Small
1978TV
Duke of Mannerton
Doctor on the Go
1975TV
Doctor at Sea
1974TV
Away from It All
1973TV
The Colonel
Doctor in Charge
1972TV
Professor Geoffrey Loftus
Doctor at Large
1971TV
Professor Loftus
Song of Norway
1970Movie
Councilman
The Executioner
1970Movie
Roper
Run a Crooked Mile
1969Movie
Chairman
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969TV
Oliver Cox
The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968Movie
The Brigadier
Salt & Pepper
1968Movie
Col. Balsom
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967Movie
Marshall
It!
1967Movie
Harold Grove
All Gas and Gaiters
1967TV
The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
Finders Keepers
1966Movie
Air Marshal
Eye of the Devil
1966Movie
French Police Inspector (uncredited)
The Stable Door
1966Movie
Arabesque
1966Movie
Beauchamp
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Finch McComas
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Brigadier Glover
The Secret of My Success
1965Movie
Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
Masquerade
1965Movie
Minister
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Pritchard, Ivor Brendon
Master Spy
1964Movie
Dr. Pembury
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964Movie
Sir Basil Smeeton
HMS Paradise
1964TV
Commander Trickett
Nothing But the Best
1964Movie
Roberts
Boy With a Flute
1964Movie
Sir George Noble
A Stitch in Time
1963Movie
Professor Crankshaw
Ladies Who Do
1963Movie
Stockbroker
Billy Liar
1963Movie
Prison Governor
Tomorrow at Ten
1963Movie
Police Doctor
A Woman's Privilege
1962Movie
Mr. Hayes
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962TV
Time to Remember
1962Movie
Cracknell
Richard the Lionheart
1962TV
Frederick
The Scales of Justice
1962TV
Mr. Hayes
Three on a Spree
1961Movie
Colonel Drew
Drama 61-67
1961TV
Rex
No Love for Johnnie
1961Movie
M.P. (uncredited)
Partners in Crime
1961Movie
Ashton
Maigret
1960TV
Sink the Bismarck!
1960Movie
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
A Touch of Larceny
1960Movie
Cmdr. Bates
No Hiding Place
1959TV
Interpol Calling
1959TV
Inspector MacAndrew
The Invisible Man
1958TV
Sir Charles Anderson
Blind Spot
1958Movie
F. G. Fielding
A Woman of Mystery
1958Movie
Mr. Harvey
The Safecracker
1958Movie
Major Adbury
I Accuse!
1958Movie
Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
A Tale of Two Cities
1958Movie
Stryver
The Birthday Present
1957Movie
Barrister
Time Without Pity
1957Movie
Under Secretary
The Man in the Sky
1957Movie
Maine
Reach for the Sky
1956Movie
Wing Commander Beiseigel
The Baby and the Battleship
1956Movie
Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
1984
1956Movie
Outer Party Announcer
The Dam Busters
1955Movie
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Beau Brummell
1954Movie
Dr. Warren
Father Brown
1954Movie
Bishop's Secretary
Doctor in the House
1954Movie
Dr. Parrish
The Mudlark
1950Movie
Hammond
Obsession
1949Movie
When We Are Married
1949Movie
Councillor Albert Parker
The Circus Clown
1934Movie
Vaudeville Act