Ernest Clark

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-02-12 (82 years old)

Deathday

1994-11-11

Place of Birth

Paddington, London, England, UK

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...

Acting

1954

Beau Brummell

as Dr. Warren

1961

1960

Sink the Bismarck!

as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

1954

Father Brown

as Bishop's Secretary

1963

Ladies Who Do

as Stockbroker

1954

Doctor in the House

as Dr. Parrish

1965

Masquerade

as Minister

1958

Blind Spot

as F. G. Fielding

1970

1957

1966

Finders Keepers

as Air Marshal

1955

The Dam Busters

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

1967

It!

as Harold Grove

1993

1962

Time to Remember

as Cracknell

1969

1957

1934

The Circus Clown

as Vaudeville Act

1956

1984

as Outer Party Announcer

1982

Gandhi

as Lord Hunter

1970

Song of Norway

as Councilman

1967

1958

1956

Reach for the Sky

as Wing Commander Beiseigel

1966

Arabesque

as Beauchamp

1965

The Secret of My Success

as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor

1964

The Devil-Ship Pirates

as Sir Basil Smeeton

1968

Salt & Pepper

as Col. Balsom

1984

Memed My Hawk

as Hatche's Father

1964

Boy With a Flute

as Sir George Noble

1960

A Touch of Larceny

as Cmdr. Bates

1958

The Safecracker

as Major Adbury

1991

1958

A Woman of Mystery

as Mr. Harvey

1963

Tomorrow at Ten

as Police Doctor

1958

I Accuse!

as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial

1963

Billy Liar

as Prison Governor

1957

Time Without Pity

as Under Secretary

1963

A Stitch in Time

as Prof. Crankshaw

1956

The Baby and the Battleship

as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby

1964

1949

When We Are Married

as Councillor Albert Parker

1961

Three on a Spree

as Colonel Drew

1950

The Mudlark

as Hammond

1964

Master Spy

as Dr. Pembury

1966

Eye of the Devil

as French Police Inspector (uncredited)

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