Biography
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
all 66
Movies 46
TV Shows 20
Voice 1
self 1
Queen of the Wild Frontier (1993)
The Pope Must Die (1991)
Doctor at the Top (1991)
Queenie (1987)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
Dead Head (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)
Doctor in Charge (1972)
Doctor at Large (1971)
Song of Norway (1970)
The Executioner (1970)
Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
Doctor in the House (1969)
Salt & Pepper (1968)
The Cuckoo Patrol (1967)
It! (1967)
Finders Keepers (1966)
The Stable Door (1966)
All Gas and Gaiters (1966)
Arabesque (1966)
The Secret of My Success (1965)
Masquerade (1965)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
Nothing But the Best (1964)
Boy With a Flute (1964)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Ladies Who Do (1963)
Billy Liar (1963)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Tomorrow at Ten (1962)
Time to Remember (1962)
The Scales of Justice (1962)
Three on a Spree (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)
I Accuse! (1958)
The Safecracker (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)
Obsession (1949)
When We Are Married (1949)
The Circus Clown (1934)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1912-02-12
Deathday1994-11-11 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceMaida Vale, United Kingdom
RelationshipsJulia Lockwood (1972-01-01 - 1994-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsErnest William Clark
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