Ernest Clark

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

The Beverly Hillbillies

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No Hiding Place

All Creatures Great and Small

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Maigret

All Movies (51)

• Queen of the Wild Frontier1993 · as Father (Voice)
• The Pope Must Die1991 · as Abbot
• Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986 · as Chorus
• Memed My Hawk1984 · as Hatche's Father
• Gandhi1982 · as Lord Hunter
• Song of Norway1970 · as Councilman
• The Executioner1970 · as Roper
• Run a Crooked Mile1969 · as Chairman
• The Chequers Manoeuvre1968 · as The Brigadier
• Salt & Pepper1968 · as Col. Balsom
• The Cuckoo Patrol1967 · as Marshall
• It!1967 · as Harold Grove
• Finders Keepers1966 · as Air Marshal
• Eye of the Devil1966 · as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
• The Stable Door1966
• Arabesque1966 · as Beauchamp
• The Secret of My Success1965 · as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
• Masquerade1965 · as Minister
• Master Spy1964 · as Dr. Pembury
• The Devil-Ship Pirates1964 · as Sir Basil Smeeton
• Nothing But the Best1964 · as Roberts
• Boy With a Flute1964 · as Sir George Noble
• A Stitch in Time1963 · as Professor Crankshaw
• Ladies Who Do1963 · as Stockbroker
• Billy Liar1963 · as Prison Governor
• Tomorrow at Ten1963 · as Police Doctor
• Time to Remember1962 · as Cracknell
• Three on a Spree1961 · as Colonel Drew
• No Love for Johnnie1961 · as M.P. (uncredited)
• Partners in Crime1961 · as Ashton
• Sink the Bismarck!1960 · as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
• A Touch of Larceny1960 · as Cmdr. Bates
• Blind Spot1958 · as F. G. Fielding
• A Woman of Mystery1958 · as Mr. Harvey
• The Safecracker1958 · as Major Adbury
• I Accuse!1958 · as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
• A Tale of Two Cities1958 · as Stryver
• The Birthday Present1957 · as Barrister
• Time Without Pity1957 · as Under Secretary
• The Man in the Sky1957 · as Maine
• Reach for the Sky1956 · as Wing Commander Beiseigel
• The Baby and the Battleship1956 · as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
• 19841956 · as Outer Party Announcer
• The Dam Busters1955 · as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
• Beau Brummell1954 · as Dr. Warren
• Father Brown1954 · as Bishop's Secretary
• Doctor in the House1954 · as Dr. Parrish
• The Mudlark1950 · as Hammond
• Obsession1949
• When We Are Married1949 · as Councillor Albert Parker
• The Circus Clown1934 · as Vaudeville Act

All TV Shows (28)

• Doctor at the Top1991
• Queenie1987 · as Sir Philip Wentworth
• The Agatha Christie Hour1982 · as Rogers
• Private Schulz1981 · as Fritsch
• The Cannon & Ball Show1979 · as The Professor
• The Cannon & Ball Show1979 · as Self
• Mixed Blessings1978 · as Mr. Huntley
• All Creatures Great and Small1978 · as Duke of Mannerton
• Doctor on the Go1975
• Doctor at Sea1974
• Away from It All1973 · as The Colonel
• Doctor in Charge1972 · as Professor Geoffrey Loftus
• Doctor at Large1971 · as Professor Loftus
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Oliver Cox
• All Gas and Gaiters1967 · as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Finch McComas
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Brigadier Glover
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Pritchard
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Ivor Brendon
• HMS Paradise1964 · as Commander Trickett
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962
• Richard the Lionheart1962 · as Frederick
• The Scales of Justice1962 · as Mr. Hayes
• Drama 61-671961 · as Rex
• Maigret1960
• No Hiding Place1959
• Interpol Calling1959 · as Inspector MacAndrew
• The Invisible Man1958 · as Sir Charles Anderson