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