Ernest Clark
Acting
1912-02-12 · Paddington, London, England, UK
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
Filmography
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993 · Movie
The Pope Must Die
1991 · Movie
Doctor at the Top
1991 · Series
Queenie
1987 · Series
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 · Movie
Memed My Hawk
1984 · Movie
Gandhi
1982 · Movie
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982 · Series
Private Schulz
1981 · Series
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979 · Series
Mixed Blessings
1978 · Series
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Series
Doctor on the Go
1975 · Series
Doctor at Sea
1974 · Series
Away from It All
1973 · Series
Doctor in Charge
1972 · Series
Doctor at Large
1971 · Series
Song of Norway
1970 · Movie
The Executioner
1970 · Movie
Run a Crooked Mile
1969 · Movie
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Series
The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968 · Movie
Salt & Pepper
1968 · Movie
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967 · Movie
It!
1967 · Movie
All Gas and Gaiters
1967 · Series
Finders Keepers
1966 · Movie
Eye of the Devil
1966 · Movie
The Stable Door
1966 · Movie
Arabesque
1966 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
The Secret of My Success
1965 · Movie
Masquerade
1965 · Movie
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
Master Spy
1964 · Movie
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964 · Movie
HMS Paradise
1964 · Series
Nothing But the Best
1964 · Movie
Boy With a Flute
1964 · Movie
A Stitch in Time
1963 · Movie
Ladies Who Do
1963 · Movie
Billy Liar
1963 · Movie
Tomorrow at Ten
1963 · Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
Time to Remember
1962 · Movie
Richard the Lionheart
1962 · Series
The Scales of Justice
1962 · Series
Three on a Spree
1961 · Movie
Drama 61-67
1961 · Series
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · Movie
Partners in Crime
1961 · Movie
Maigret
1960 · Series
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Movie
A Touch of Larceny
1960 · Movie
No Hiding Place
1959 · Series
Interpol Calling
1959 · Series
The Invisible Man
1958 · Series
Blind Spot
1958 · Movie
A Woman of Mystery
1958 · Movie
I Accuse!
1958 · Movie
The Safecracker
1958 · Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Movie
The Birthday Present
1957 · Movie
Time Without Pity
1957 · Movie
The Man in the Sky
1957 · Movie
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Movie
The Baby and the Battleship
1956 · Movie
1984
1956 · Movie
The Dam Busters
1955 · Movie
Beau Brummell
1954 · Movie
Father Brown
1954 · Movie
Doctor in the House
1954 · Movie
The Mudlark
1950 · Movie
Obsession
1949 · Movie
When We Are Married
1949 · Movie
The Circus Clown
1934 · Movie