Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 12, 1912
Died
Nov 11, 1994
Place of Birth
Paddington, London, England, UK
Credits
77 titles
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
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Father (Voice)
The Pope Must Die
Abbot
Doctor at the Top
Queenie
Sir Philip Wentworth
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Chorus
Memed My Hawk
Hatche's Father
Gandhi
Lord Hunter
The Agatha Christie Hour
Rogers
Private Schulz
Fritsch
The Cannon & Ball Show
The Professor
Mixed Blessings
Mr. Huntley
All Creatures Great and Small
Duke of Mannerton
Doctor on the Go
Doctor at Sea
Away from It All
The Colonel
Doctor in Charge
Professor Geoffrey Loftus
Doctor at Large
Professor Loftus
Song of Norway
Councilman
The Executioner
Roper
Run a Crooked Mile
Chairman
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Oliver Cox
The Chequers Manoeuvre
The Brigadier
Salt & Pepper
Col. Balsom
The Cuckoo Patrol
Marshall
It!
Harold Grove
All Gas and Gaiters
The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
Finders Keepers
Air Marshal
Eye of the Devil
French Police Inspector (uncredited)
The Stable Door
Arabesque
Beauchamp
BBC Play of the Month
Finch McComas
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Brigadier Glover
The Secret of My Success
Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
Masquerade
Minister
The Wednesday Play
Pritchard
Master Spy
Dr. Pembury
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Sir Basil Smeeton
HMS Paradise
Commander Trickett
Nothing But the Best
Roberts
Boy With a Flute
Sir George Noble
A Stitch in Time
Professor Crankshaw
Ladies Who Do
Stockbroker
Billy Liar
Prison Governor
Tomorrow at Ten
Police Doctor
The Beverly Hillbillies
Time to Remember
Cracknell
Richard the Lionheart
Frederick
The Scales of Justice
Mr. Hayes
Three on a Spree
Colonel Drew
Drama 61-67
Rex