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
Fotos
Películas (52)
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993 · Father (Voice)
The Pope Must Die
1991 · Abbot
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 · Chorus
Memed My Hawk
1984 · Hatche's Father
Gandhi
1982 · Lord Hunter
Song of Norway
1970 · Councilman
The Executioner
1970 · Roper
Run a Crooked Mile
1969 · Chairman
The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968 · The Brigadier
Salt & Pepper
1968 · Col. Balsom
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967 · Marshall
It!
1967 · Harold Grove
Finders Keepers
1966 · Air Marshal
Eye of the Devil
1966 · French Police Inspector (uncredited)
The Stable Door
1966
Arabesque
1966 · Beauchamp
The Secret of My Success
1965 · Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
Masquerade
1965 · Minister
Master Spy
1964 · Dr. Pembury
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964 · Sir Basil Smeeton
Nothing But the Best
1964 · Roberts
Boy With a Flute
1964 · Sir George Noble
A Stitch in Time
1963 · Professor Crankshaw
Ladies Who Do
1963 · Stockbroker
Billy Liar
1963 · Prison Governor
Tomorrow at Ten
1963 · Police Doctor
A Woman's Privilege
1962 · Mr. Hayes
Time to Remember
1962 · Cracknell
Three on a Spree
1961 · Colonel Drew
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · M.P. (uncredited)
Partners in Crime
1961 · Ashton
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
A Touch of Larceny
1960 · Cmdr. Bates
Blind Spot
1958 · F. G. Fielding
A Woman of Mystery
1958 · Mr. Harvey
The Safecracker
1958 · Major Adbury
I Accuse!
1958 · Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
A Tale of Two Cities
1958 · Stryver
The Birthday Present
1957 · Barrister
Time Without Pity
1957 · Under Secretary
The Man in the Sky
1957 · Maine
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Wing Commander Beiseigel
The Baby and the Battleship
1956 · Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
1984
1956 · Outer Party Announcer
The Dam Busters
1955 · Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Beau Brummell
1954 · Dr. Warren
Father Brown
1954 · Bishop's Secretary
Doctor in the House
1954 · Dr. Parrish
The Mudlark
1950 · Hammond
Obsession
1949
When We Are Married
1949 · Councillor Albert Parker
The Circus Clown
1934 · Vaudeville Act
Series (26)
Doctor at the Top
1991
Queenie
1987 · Sir Philip Wentworth
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982 · Rogers
Private Schulz
1981 · Fritsch
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979 · The Professor, Self
Mixed Blessings
1978 · Mr. Huntley
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Duke of Mannerton
Doctor on the Go
1975
Doctor at Sea
1974
Away from It All
1973 · The Colonel
Doctor in Charge
1972 · Professor Geoffrey Loftus
Doctor at Large
1971 · Professor Loftus
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Oliver Cox
All Gas and Gaiters
1967 · The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Finch McComas
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Brigadier Glover
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Pritchard, Ivor Brendon
HMS Paradise
1964 · Commander Trickett
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Richard the Lionheart
1962 · Frederick
The Scales of Justice
1962 · Mr. Hayes
Drama 61-67
1961 · Rex
Maigret
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959 · Inspector MacAndrew
The Invisible Man
1958 · Sir Charles Anderson