Cast
Ernest Clark
Acting
Cast
Ernest Clark
Known for
Acting
Born
1912-02-12
From
Paddington, London, England, UK
Died
1994-11-11
Also known as Ernest William 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
Gandhi
as Lord Hunter
Arabesque
as Beauchamp
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
1984
as Outer Party Announcer
Father Brown
as Bishop's Secretary
Obsession
The Dam Busters
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
I Accuse!
as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
The Pope Must Die
as Abbot
Eye of the Devil
as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
The Baby and the Battleship
as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
Billy Liar
as Prison Governor
Salt & Pepper
as Col. Balsom
Beau Brummell
as Dr. Warren
No Love for Johnnie
as M.P. (uncredited)
Masquerade
as Minister
Time Without Pity
as Under Secretary
A Stitch in Time
as Professor Crankshaw
Reach for the Sky
as Wing Commander Beiseigel
Doctor in the House
as Dr. Parrish
A Tale of Two Cities
as Stryver
The Devil-Ship Pirates
as Sir Basil Smeeton
Ladies Who Do
as Stockbroker
The Secret of My Success
as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
The Cuckoo Patrol
as Marshall
Nothing But the Best
as Roberts
Blind Spot
as F. G. Fielding
Run a Crooked Mile
as Chairman
The Man in the Sky
as Maine
Tomorrow at Ten
as Police Doctor
The Safecracker
as Major Adbury
It!
as Harold Grove
The Mudlark
as Hammond
A Touch of Larceny
as Cmdr. Bates
Finders Keepers
as Air Marshal
Song of Norway
as Councilman
The Executioner
as Roper
A Woman of Mystery
as Mr. Harvey
The Birthday Present
as Barrister
Memed My Hawk
as Hatche's Father
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Chorus
The Circus Clown
as Vaudeville Act
Time to Remember
as Cracknell
Boy With a Flute
as Sir George Noble
Partners in Crime
as Ashton
Three on a Spree
as Colonel Drew
Master Spy
as Dr. Pembury
Queen of the Wild Frontier
as Father (Voice)
When We Are Married
as Councillor Albert Parker
The Stable Door
The Chequers Manoeuvre
as The Brigadier