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Ernest Clark
Actor
Born February 12, 1912Died November 11, 1994 (82 years)
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
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
| 1993 | If You See God, Tell Him (TV Series) · as Businessman 2 |
| 1991 | The Pope Must Diet · as Abbot |
| 1991 | Doctor At The Top (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Queenie (TV Series) · as Sir Philip Wentworth |
| 1986 | Dead Head (TV Series) · as The Man |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk · as Hatche's Father |
| 1982 | Gandhi · as Lord Hunter |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... (TV Series) · as Father |
| 1982 | The Agatha Christie Hour (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Private Schulz (TV Series) |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) · as Duke Of Mannerton |
| 1974 | Doctor At Sea (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Doctor in Charge (TV Series) · as Professor Geoffrey Loftus |
| 1971 | Doctor At Large (TV Series) · as Professor Loftus |
| 1970 | Song of Norway · as Councilman |
| 1970 | The Executioner · as Roper |
| 1969 | Run a Crooked Mile · as Chairman |
| 1969 | Castle Keep · as British Colonel |
| 1969 | Doctor in the House (TV Series) · as Professor Loftus |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Oliver Cox |
| 1968 | Attack on the Iron Coast · as Air Vice Marshall Woodbridge |
| 1968 | Salt and Pepper · as Col. Balsom |
| 1967 | The Cuckoo Patrol · as Marshall |
| 1967 | It! · as Harold Grove |
| 1966 | Finders Keepers · as Air Marshal |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil · as French Police Inspector |
| 1966 | Arabesque · as Beauchamp |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Stable Door · as Mr. Craig |
| 1966 | All Gas and Gaiters (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Secret of My Success · as Earl Of Aldershot's Solicitor |
| 1965 | The Power Game (TV Series) · as Frank Orwell |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Finch Mccomas |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Brigadier Glover |
| 1965 | Masquerade · as Minister |
| 1965 | Public Eye (TV Series) · as Inspector Grant |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Ivor Brendon |
| 1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates · as Sir Basil Smeeton |
| 1964 | Nothing But the Best · as Roberts |
| 1964 | The Great War (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1964 | Boy with a Flute · as Sir George Noble |
| 1963 | Master Spy · as Dr. Pembury |
| 1963 | A Stitch in Time · as Prof. Crankshaw |
| 1963 | Ladies Who Do · as Stockbroker |
| 1963 | Billy Liar · as Prison Governor |
| 1963 | Tomorrow at Ten · as Police Doctor |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Emsworth |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Stanley |
| 1962 | Young and Willing · as Vice Chancellor |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Richard the Lionheart (TV Series) · as Frederick |
| 1962 | The Scales of Justice (TV Series) · as Mr. Hayes |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie · as M.p. |
| 1961 | Three on a Spree · as Colonel Drew |
| 1961 | Partners in Crime · as Ashton |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny · as Cmdr. Bates |
| 1960 | Bootsie and Snudge (TV Series) · as Hammond |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! · as Captain Ellis - 'suffolk' |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Colonel Barraclough |
| 1959 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Inspector Macandrew |
| 1959 | The Edgar Wallace Mysteries (TV Series) · as Ashton |
| 1958 | The Safecracker · as Major Adbury |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Sir Charles Anderson |
| 1958 | Blind Spot · as F. G. Fielding |
| 1958 | Dial 999 (TV Series) · as Rogers |
| 1958 | A Woman of Mystery · as Mr. Harvey |
| 1958 | I Accuse! · as Prosecutor At First Dreyfus Trial |
| 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities · as Stryver |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity · as Under Secretary |
| 1957 | The Birthday Present · as Barrister |
| 1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) · as Dr. Hilary Saunders |
| 1957 | Decision Against Time · as Maine |
| 1956 | Stars in Your Eyes · as Ronnie |
| 1956 | Reach for the Sky · as Wing Commander Beiseigel |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship · as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Assistant Commissioner |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dr. Alec Barnes |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters · as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.b.e., K.c.b., A.f.c. |
| 1954 | Beau Brummell · as Dr. Warren |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Mr.cartney |
| 1954 | The Detective · as Bishop's Secretary |
| 1954 | Doctor in the House · as Dr. Parrish |
| 1953 | The Long Memory · as Prosecuting Counsel |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Dr. Simpson |
| 1950 | The Mudlark · as Hammond |
| 1950 | Seven Days to Noon · as Barber |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as David Arkwright |
| 1949 | Private Angelo · as Cast |
| 1949 | |
| 1934 | The Circus Clown · as Vaudeville Act |