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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 12, 1912
Died
November 11, 1994
Place of Birth
Paddington, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Ernest William Clark
Ernest Clark
0.3 Popularity
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
Known For
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Father (Voice)
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993
4.9
Abbot
The Pope Must Die
1991
🎬
6.0
Doctor at the Top
1991
4.0
Sir Philip Wentworth
Queenie
1987
2.0
Chorus
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
4.3
The Man
Dead Head
1986
5.0
Hatche's Father
Memed My Hawk
1984
7.6
Lord Hunter
Gandhi
1982
6.7
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
4.8
Private Schulz
1981
Credits
Queen of the Wild Frontier
as Father (Voice)
1993
0.0
The Pope Must Die
as Abbot
1991
4.9
🎬
Doctor at the Top
1991
6.0
Queenie
as Sir Philip Wentworth
1987
4.0
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Chorus
1986
2.0
Dead Head
as The Man
1986
4.3
Memed My Hawk
as Hatche's Father
1984
5.0
Gandhi
as Lord Hunter
1982
7.6
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
6.7
Private Schulz
1981
4.8
The Cannon & Ball Show
as The Professor
1979
0.0
The Cannon & Ball Show
as Self
1979
0.0
Mixed Blessings
as Mr. Huntley
1978
6.2
All Creatures Great and Small
as Duke of Mannerton
1978
7.8
Doctor on the Go
1975
5.0
Doctor at Sea
1974
1.0
Doctor in Charge
as Professor Geoffrey Loftus
1972
6.0
Doctor at Large
as Professor Loftus
1971
4.3
Song of Norway
as Councilman
1970
4.6
The Executioner
as Roper
1970
5.8
Run a Crooked Mile
as Chairman
1969
8.0
🎬
The Chequers Manoeuvre
as The Brigadier
1968
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Salt & Pepper
as Col. Balsom
1968
5.0
The Cuckoo Patrol
as Marshall
1967
3.8
It!
as Harold Grove
1967
6.2
All Gas and Gaiters
as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
1967
5.7
Finders Keepers
as Air Marshal
1966
5.7
Eye of the Devil
as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
1966
6.2
The Stable Door
1966
0.0
Arabesque
as Beauchamp
1966
6.3
BBC Play of the Month
as Finch McComas
1965
5.0
The Secret of My Success
as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
1965
7.0
Masquerade
as Minister
1965
5.0
The Wednesday Play
as Pritchard
1964
4.5
Master Spy
as Dr. Pembury
1964
6.0
The Devil-Ship Pirates
as Sir Basil Smeeton
1964
5.6
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HMS Paradise
as Commander Trickett
1964
0.0
Nothing But the Best
as Roberts
1964
5.8
Boy With a Flute
as Sir George Noble
1964
10.0
A Stitch in Time
as Professor Crankshaw
1963
7.4
Ladies Who Do
as Stockbroker
1963
7.0
Billy Liar
as Prison Governor
1963
6.8
Tomorrow at Ten
as Police Doctor
1963
5.7
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
Time to Remember
as Cracknell
1962
5.5
Richard the Lionheart
as Frederick
1962
0.0
The Scales of Justice
as Mr. Hayes
1962
6.7
Three on a Spree
as Colonel Drew
1961
6.0
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Rex
1961
0.0
No Love for Johnnie
as M.P. (uncredited)
1961
6.2
Partners in Crime
as Ashton
1961
5.7
Maigret
1960
7.2
Sink the Bismarck!
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
1960
6.8
A Touch of Larceny
as Cmdr. Bates
1960
5.9
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Interpol Calling
as Inspector MacAndrew
1959
6.7
The Invisible Man
as Sir Charles Anderson
1958
7.1
Blind Spot
as F. G. Fielding
1958
5.5
A Woman of Mystery
as Mr. Harvey
1958
4.0
The Safecracker
as Major Adbury
1958
5.8
I Accuse!
as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
1958
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
as Stryver
1958
6.7
The Birthday Present
as Barrister
1957
7.1
Time Without Pity
as Under Secretary
1957
6.5
The Man in the Sky
as Maine
1957
7.4
Reach for the Sky
as Wing Commander Beiseigel
1956
6.8
The Baby and the Battleship
as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
1956
6.0
1984
as Outer Party Announcer
1956
6.5
The Dam Busters
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
1955
6.9
Beau Brummell
as Dr. Warren
1954
6.5
Father Brown
as Bishop's Secretary
1954
6.4
Doctor in the House
as Dr. Parrish
1954
6.5
The Mudlark
as Hammond
1950
6.5
Obsession
1949
6.8
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When We Are Married
as Councillor Albert Parker
1949
0.0
The Circus Clown
as Vaudeville Act
1934
6.0