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