Ernest Clark
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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
Gandhi (1982)
as Lord Hunter
It! (1967)
as Harold Grove
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
Arabesque (1966)
as Beauchamp
Time Without Pity (1957)
as Under Secretary
Memed My Hawk (1984)
as Hatche's Father
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
as Cmdr. Bates
The Dam Busters (1955)
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
as Stryver
The Executioner (1970)
as Roper
Ladies Who Do (1963)
as Stockbroker
1984 (1956)
as Outer Party Announcer
The Cuckoo Patrol (1967)
as Marshall
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
as Chorus
The Pope Must Die (1991)
as Abbot
Salt & Pepper (1968)
as Col. Balsom
Billy Liar (1963)
as Prison Governor
Beau Brummell (1954)
as Dr. Warren
The Man in the Sky (1957)
as Maine
A Woman's Privilege (1962)
as Mr. Hayes
I Accuse! (1958)
as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
as Sir Basil Smeeton
Reach for the Sky (1956)
as Wing Commander Beiseigel
Doctor in the House (1954)
as Dr. Parrish
Nothing But the Best (1964)
as Roberts
Obsession (1949)
Actor
Masquerade (1965)
as Minister
Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
as Chairman
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as M.P. (uncredited)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
as Professor Crankshaw
When We Are Married (1949)
as Councillor Albert Parker
Boy With a Flute (1964)
as Sir George Noble
The Secret of My Success (1965)
as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
The Chequers Manoeuvre (1968)
as The Brigadier
Father Brown (1954)
as Bishop's Secretary
Three on a Spree (1961)
as Colonel Drew
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
A Woman of Mystery (1958)
as Mr. Harvey
Finders Keepers (1966)
as Air Marshal
The Safecracker (1958)
as Major Adbury
Song of Norway (1970)
as Councilman
Queen of the Wild Frontier (1993)
as Father (Voice)
Time to Remember (1962)
as Cracknell
Blind Spot (1958)
as F. G. Fielding
The Circus Clown (1934)
as Vaudeville Act
Partners in Crime (1961)
as Ashton
The Birthday Present (1957)
as Barrister
The Mudlark (1950)
as Hammond
Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
as Police Doctor
Master Spy (1964)
as Dr. Pembury
The Stable Door (1966)
Actor