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