Ernest Clark
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
Acted in
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993
as Father (Voice)
The Pope Must Diet
1991
as Abbot
Doctor at the Top
1991
Queenie
1987
as Sir Philip Wentworth
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Chorus
Dead Head
1986
as The Man
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Hatche's Father
Gandhi
1982
as Lord Hunter
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Private Schulz
1981
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as The Professor
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as Self
Mixed Blessings
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Duke of Mannerton
Doctor on the Go
1975
Doctor at Sea
1974
Doctor in Charge
1972
Doctor at Large
1971
as Professor Loftus
Song of Norway
1970
as Councilman
The Executioner
1970
as Roper
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
as Chairman
Salt & Pepper
1968
as Col. Balsom
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967
as Marshall
It!
1967
as Harold Grove
Finders Keepers
1966
as Air Marshal
The Stable Door
1966
All Gas and Gaiters
1966
Arabesque
1966
as Beauchamp
The Secret of My Success
1965
as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
Masquerade
1965
as Minister
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
as Sir Basil Smeeton
Nothing But the Best
1964
as Roberts
Boy With a Flute
1964
as Sir George Noble
A Stitch in Time
1963
as Prof. Crankshaw
Ladies Who Do
1963
as Stockbroker
Billy Liar
1963
as Prison Governor
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Tomorrow at Ten
1962
as Police Doctor
Time to Remember
1962
The Scales of Justice
1962
as Mr. Hayes
Three on a Spree
1961
as Colonel Drew
Partners in Crime
1961
as Ashton
Maigret
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
A Touch of Larceny
1960
as Cmdr. Bates
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959
as Inspector MacAndrew
The Invisible Man
1958
as Sir Charles Anderson
Blind Spot
1958
as F. G. Fielding
A Woman of Mystery
1958
as Mr. Harvey
The Safecracker
1958
as Major Adbury
I Accuse!
1958
as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Stryver
The Birthday Present
1957
as Barrister
Time Without Pity
1957
as Under Secretary
The Man in the Sky
1957
as Maine
Reach for the Sky
1956
as Wing Commander Beiseigel
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
1984
1956
as Outer Party Announcer
The Dam Busters
1955
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Beau Brummell
1954
as Dr. Warren
Father Brown
1954
as Bishop's Secretary
Doctor in the House
1954
as Dr. Parrish
Obsession
1949
When We Are Married
1949
as Councillor Albert Parker
The Circus Clown
1934
as Vaudeville Act