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person_profile-Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ernest Clark

Date of Birth:

Feb 12, 1912

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Nov 11, 1994

Biography of

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

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Filmography of

Ernest Clark

Found 43 Movies in total

The Pope Must Diet

Abbot ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1986

Memed My Hawk

Hatche's Father ( Actor )

... 1984

Gandhi

Lord Hunter ( Actor )

... 1982

Song of Norway

Councilman ( Actor )

... 1970

The Executioner

Roper ( Actor )

... 1970

Run a Crooked Mile

Chairman ( Actor )

... 1969

Salt & Pepper

Col. Balsom ( Actor )

... 1968

The Cuckoo Patrol

Marshall ( Actor )

... 1967

It!

Harold Grove ( Actor )

... 1967

Finders Keepers

Air Marshal ( Actor )

... 1966

Arabesque

Beauchamp ( Actor )

... 1966

The Secret of My Success

Earl of Aldershot's solicitor ( Actor )

... 1965

Masquerade

Minister ( Actor )

... 1965

Master Spy

Dr. Pembury ( Actor )

... 1964

The Devil-Ship Pirates

Sir Basil Smeeton ( Actor )

... 1964

Nothing But the Best

Roberts ( Actor )

... 1964

A Stitch in Time

Prof. Crankshaw ( Actor )

... 1963

Ladies Who Do

Stockbroker ( Actor )

... 1963

Billy Liar

Prison Governor ( Actor )

... 1963

Tomorrow at Ten

Police Doctor ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1962

Three on a Spree

Colonel Drew ( Actor )

... 1961

Partners in Crime

Ashton ( Actor )

... 1961

Sink the Bismarck!

Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk' ( Actor )

... 1960

A Touch of Larceny

Cmdr. Bates ( Actor )

... 1960

Blind Spot

F. G. Fielding ( Actor )

... 1958

A Woman of Mystery

Mr. Harvey ( Actor )

... 1958

I Accuse!

Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial ( Actor )

... 1958

The Safecracker

Major Adbury ( Actor )

... 1958

A Tale of Two Cities

Stryver ( Actor )

... 1958

The Birthday Present

Barrister ( Actor )

... 1957

Time Without Pity

Under Secretary ( Actor )

... 1957

The Man in the Sky

Maine ( Actor )

... 1957

Reach for the Sky

Wing Commander Beiseigel ( Actor )

... 1956

The Baby and the Battleship

Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby ( Actor )

... 1956

1984

Outer Party Announcer ( Actor )

... 1956

The Dam Busters

Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C. ( Actor )

... 1955

Beau Brummell

Doctor Warren ( Actor )

... 1954

Father Brown

Bishop's Secretary ( Actor )

... 1954

Doctor in the House

Dr. Parrish ( Actor )

... 1954

Obsession

(unconfirmed) ( Actor )

... 1949

The Circus Clown

Vaudeville Act ( Actor )

... 1934