Ernest Clark
Known for: Acting
Born: February 12, 1912
Died: November 11, 1994
Place of birth: 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
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Filmography
51 movies · 26 TV shows, newest first
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Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993
5.0
The Pope Must Die
19918.0
Doctor at the Top
1991
5.0
Queenie
1987
4.5
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
6.0
Memed My Hawk
1984
7.6
Gandhi
1982
6.8
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
5.3
Private Schulz
1981
NR
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
6.8
Mixed Blessings
1978
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
5.0
Doctor on the Go
1975
1.0
Doctor at Sea
1974NR
Away from It All
1973
6.0
Doctor in Charge
1972
5.0
Doctor at Large
1971
5.3
Song of Norway
1970
5.9
The Executioner
1970
7.7
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
10.0
The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968
5.3
Salt & Pepper
1968
4.6
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967
6.2
It!
1967
6.3
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
6.8
Finders Keepers
1966
6.1
Eye of the Devil
1966
NR
The Stable Door
1966
6.3
Arabesque
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.0
The Secret of My Success
1965
5.0
Masquerade
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
6.3
Master Spy
1964
5.8
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964NR
HMS Paradise
1964
6.1
Nothing But the Best
1964
10.0
Boy With a Flute
1964
7.4
A Stitch in Time
1963
7.0
Ladies Who Do
1963
6.8
Billy Liar
1963
6.0
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
5.5
Time to Remember
1962
9.0
Richard the Lionheart
1962
6.7
The Scales of Justice
1962
6.4
Three on a Spree
1961NR
Drama 61-67
1961
6.7
No Love for Johnnie
1961
5.7
Partners in Crime
1961
7.1
Maigret
1960
6.8
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
6.0
A Touch of Larceny
1960
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
7.3
The Invisible Man
1958
5.9
Blind Spot
1958
6.0
A Woman of Mystery
1958
6.0
The Safecracker
1958
6.6
I Accuse!
1958
6.8
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
7.3
The Birthday Present
1957
6.5
Time Without Pity
1957
7.5
The Man in the Sky
1957
6.9
Reach for the Sky
1956
6.4
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
6.5
1984
1956
6.9
The Dam Busters
1955
6.5
Beau Brummell
1954
6.5
Father Brown
1954
6.5
Doctor in the House
1954
6.6
The Mudlark
1950
6.8
Obsession
1949NR
When We Are Married
1949
6.7
The Circus Clown
1934