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.
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
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Filmography (Movies)
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Character:Father (Voice)
Release Date:06/05/1993
The Pope Must Die
Character:Abbot
Release Date:21/06/1991
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Character:Chorus
Release Date:16/09/1986
Memed My Hawk
Character:Hatche's Father
Release Date:10/05/1984
Gandhi
Character:Lord Hunter
Release Date:01/12/1982
Song of Norway
Character:Councilman
Release Date:04/11/1970
The Executioner
Character:Roper
Release Date:06/09/1970
Run a Crooked Mile
Character:Chairman
Release Date:18/11/1969
The Chequers Manoeuvre
Character:The Brigadier
Release Date:30/09/1968
Salt & Pepper
Character:Col. Balsom
Release Date:03/07/1968
The Cuckoo Patrol
Character:Marshall
Release Date:16/07/1967
It!
Character:Harold Grove
Release Date:01/07/1967
Finders Keepers
Character:Air Marshal
Release Date:08/12/1966
Eye of the Devil
Character:French Police Inspector (uncredited)
Release Date:18/11/1966
The Stable Door
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1966
Arabesque
Character:Beauchamp
Release Date:04/05/1966
The Secret of My Success
Character:Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
Release Date:29/09/1965
Masquerade
Character:Minister
Release Date:13/04/1965
Master Spy
Character:Dr. Pembury
Release Date:19/08/1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Character:Sir Basil Smeeton
Release Date:01/08/1964
Nothing But the Best
Character:Roberts
Release Date:10/03/1964
Boy With a Flute
Character:Sir George Noble
Release Date:01/01/1964
A Stitch in Time
Character:Professor Crankshaw
Release Date:01/12/1963
Ladies Who Do
Character:Stockbroker
Release Date:01/11/1963
Billy Liar
Character:Prison Governor
Release Date:15/08/1963
Tomorrow at Ten
Character:Police Doctor
Release Date:23/06/1963
Time to Remember
Character:Cracknell
Release Date:01/07/1962
Three on a Spree
Character:Colonel Drew
Release Date:28/06/1961
No Love for Johnnie
Character:M.P. (uncredited)
Release Date:14/02/1961
Partners in Crime
Character:Ashton
Release Date:01/02/1961
Sink the Bismarck!
Character:Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
Release Date:11/02/1960
A Touch of Larceny
Character:Cmdr. Bates
Release Date:04/02/1960
Blind Spot
Character:F. G. Fielding
Release Date:01/07/1958
A Woman of Mystery
Character:Mr. Harvey
Release Date:21/04/1958
The Safecracker
Character:Major Adbury
Release Date:05/03/1958
I Accuse!
Character:Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
Release Date:05/03/1958
A Tale of Two Cities
Character:Stryver
Release Date:07/02/1958
The Birthday Present
Character:Barrister
Release Date:31/10/1957
Time Without Pity
Character:Under Secretary
Release Date:21/03/1957
The Man in the Sky
Character:Maine
Release Date:24/01/1957
Reach for the Sky
Character:Wing Commander Beiseigel
Release Date:05/07/1956
The Baby and the Battleship
Character:Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
Release Date:01/06/1956
1984
Character:Outer Party Announcer
Release Date:06/03/1956
The Dam Busters
Character:Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Release Date:16/05/1955
Beau Brummell
Character:Dr. Warren
Release Date:16/11/1954
Father Brown
Character:Bishop's Secretary
Release Date:08/06/1954
Doctor in the House
Character:Dr. Parrish
Release Date:23/03/1954
The Mudlark
Character:Hammond
Release Date:03/10/1950
Obsession
Character:
Release Date:03/08/1949
When We Are Married
Character:Councillor Albert Parker
Release Date:10/07/1949
The Circus Clown
Character:Vaudeville Act
Release Date:30/06/1934
Television Appearances
Doctor at the Top
Character:
Queenie
Character:Sir Philip Wentworth
Dead Head
Character:The Man
The Agatha Christie Hour
Character:
Private Schulz
Character:Fritsch
The Cannon & Ball Show
Character:The Professor
The Cannon & Ball Show
Character:Self
Mixed Blessings
Character:Mr. Huntley
All Creatures Great and Small
Character:Duke of Mannerton
Doctor on the Go
Character:
Doctor at Sea
Character:
Doctor in Charge
Character:Professor Geoffrey Loftus
Doctor at Large
Character:Professor Loftus
All Gas and Gaiters
Character:The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Finch McComas
The Wednesday Play
Character:Pritchard
HMS Paradise
Character:Commander Trickett
The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:
Richard the Lionheart
Character:Frederick
The Scales of Justice
Character:Mr. Hayes
Drama 61-67
Character:Rex
Maigret
Character:
No Hiding Place
Character:
Interpol Calling
Character:Inspector MacAndrew
The Invisible Man
Character:Sir Charles Anderson
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