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