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
Acting
Movie
Gandhi
as Lord Hunter
1982
Movie
Arabesque
as Beauchamp
1966
Movie
The Dam Busters
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
1955
Movie
1984
as Outer Party Announcer
1956
TV
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Movie
Billy Liar
as Prison Governor
1963
Movie
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
1960
Movie
Eye of the Devil
as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
1966
Movie
Obsession
1949
Movie
Time Without Pity
as Under Secretary
1957
TV
All Creatures Great and Small
as Duke of Mannerton
1978
Movie
Reach for the Sky
as Wing Commander Beiseigel
1956
Movie
A Stitch in Time
as Professor Crankshaw
1963
Movie
Beau Brummell
as Dr. Warren
1954
Movie
Father Brown
as Bishop's Secretary
1954
Movie
Doctor in the House
as Dr. Parrish
1954
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It!
as Harold Grove
1967
Movie
The Pope Must Die
as Abbot
1991
Movie
The Devil-Ship Pirates
as Sir Basil Smeeton
1964
Movie
Salt & Pepper
as Col. Balsom
1968
Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
as Stryver
1958
Movie
Masquerade
as Minister
1965
Movie
A Touch of Larceny
as Cmdr. Bates
1960
TV
The Agatha Christie Hour
as Rogers
1982