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
★7.6
MOVIE1982
Gandhi
as Lord Hunter
★6.2
MOVIE1967
It!
as Harold Grove
★6.1
MOVIE1966
Eye of the Devil
as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1960
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
★6.5
MOVIE1957
Time Without Pity
as Under Secretary
★5.9
MOVIE1970
The Executioner
as Roper
★6.5
MOVIE1956
1984
as Outer Party Announcer
★6.9
MOVIE1955
The Dam Busters
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
★6.3
MOVIE1966
Arabesque
as Beauchamp
★6.0
MOVIE1960
A Touch of Larceny
as Cmdr. Bates
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Ladies Who Do
as Stockbroker
★6.9
MOVIE1956
Reach for the Sky
as Wing Commander Beiseigel
★5.0
MOVIE1991
The Pope Must Die
as Abbot
★6.0
MOVIE1984
Memed My Hawk
as Hatche's Father
★6.8
MOVIE1963
Billy Liar
as Prison Governor
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Obsession
★5.8
MOVIE1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates
as Sir Basil Smeeton
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Beau Brummell
as Dr. Warren
★6.8
MOVIE1958
A Tale of Two Cities
as Stryver
★4.6
MOVIE1967
The Cuckoo Patrol
as Marshall
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Doctor in the House
as Dr. Parrish
★7.0
MOVIE1965
The Secret of My Success
as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
★6.1
MOVIE1964
Nothing But the Best
as Roberts
★7.4
MOVIE1963
A Stitch in Time
as Professor Crankshaw
★6.4
MOVIE1956
The Baby and the Battleship
as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
★7.5
MOVIE1957
The Man in the Sky
as Maine
★6.6
MOVIE1950
The Mudlark
as Hammond
★5.3
MOVIE1968
Salt & Pepper
as Col. Balsom
★5.3
MOVIE1970
Song of Norway
as Councilman
★10.0
MOVIE1968
The Chequers Manoeuvre
as The Brigadier
★6.7
MOVIE1961
No Love for Johnnie
as M.P. (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1958
I Accuse!
as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
MOVIE1949
When We Are Married
as Councillor Albert Parker
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Father Brown
as Bishop's Secretary
★6.8
MOVIE1966
Finders Keepers
as Air Marshal
★6.0
MOVIE1963
Tomorrow at Ten
as Police Doctor
★5.1
MOVIE1965
Masquerade
as Minister
★6.0
MOVIE1958
The Safecracker
as Major Adbury
★5.7
MOVIE1961
Partners in Crime
as Ashton
★6.7
MOVIE1934
The Circus Clown
as Vaudeville Act
★6.0
MOVIE1958
A Woman of Mystery
as Mr. Harvey
★5.9
MOVIE1958
Blind Spot
as F. G. Fielding
★10.0
MOVIE1964
Boy With a Flute
as Sir George Noble
★4.5
MOVIE1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Chorus
★7.7
MOVIE1969
Run a Crooked Mile
as Chairman
★6.4
MOVIE1961
Three on a Spree
as Colonel Drew
★7.3
MOVIE1957
The Birthday Present
as Barrister
★5.5
MOVIE1962
Time to Remember
as Cracknell
★6.3
MOVIE1964
Master Spy
as Dr. Pembury
MOVIE1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier
as Father (Voice)
MOVIE1966