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