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
Dr. Warren
Beau Brummell
Ashton
Partners in Crime
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
Sink the Bismarck!
Bishop's Secretary
Father Brown
Stockbroker
Ladies Who Do
Dr. Parrish
Doctor in the House
Minister
Masquerade
F. G. Fielding
Blind Spot
Roper
The Executioner
Maine
The Man in the Sky
Air Marshal
Finders Keepers
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
The Dam Busters
Harold Grove
It!
Father (Voice)
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Cracknell
Time to Remember
The Stable Door
Chairman
Run a Crooked Mile
Barrister
The Birthday Present
Vaudeville Act
The Circus Clown
Outer Party Announcer
1984
Lord Hunter
Gandhi
Councilman
Song of Norway
Marshall
The Cuckoo Patrol
Stryver
A Tale of Two Cities
Wing Commander Beiseigel
Reach for the Sky
Beauchamp
Arabesque
Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
The Secret of My Success
Sir Basil Smeeton
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Obsession
Col. Balsom
Salt & Pepper
Hatche's Father
Memed My Hawk
Sir George Noble
Boy With a Flute
Cmdr. Bates
A Touch of Larceny
Major Adbury
The Safecracker
Chorus
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Abbot
The Pope Must Die
Mr. Harvey
A Woman of Mystery
Police Doctor
Tomorrow at Ten
Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
I Accuse!
Prison Governor
Billy Liar
Under Secretary
Time Without Pity
Prof. Crankshaw
A Stitch in Time
Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
The Baby and the Battleship
Roberts
Nothing But the Best
Councillor Albert Parker
When We Are Married
Colonel Drew
Three on a Spree
Hammond
The Mudlark
Dr. Pembury
Master Spy
French Police Inspector (uncredited)
Eye of the Devil
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
49
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-02-12
Place of Birth
Paddington, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Ernest William Clark