People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Queen of the Wild Frontier as Father (Voice) | 1993-05-06 |
The Pope Must Diet as Abbot | 1991-06-21 |
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Chorus | 1986-09-16 |
Memed My Hawk as Hatche's Father | 1984-05-10 |
Gandhi as Lord Hunter | 1982-12-01 |
Song of Norway as Councilman | 1970-11-04 |
The Executioner as Roper | 1970-09-06 |
Run a Crooked Mile as Chairman | 1969-11-18 |
Salt & Pepper as Col. Balsom | 1968-07-03 |
The Cuckoo Patrol as Marshall | 1967-07-16 |
It! as Harold Grove | 1967-07-01 |
Finders Keepers as Air Marshal | 1966-12-08 |
The Stable Door | 1966-06-01 |
Arabesque as Beauchamp | 1966-05-04 |
The Secret of My Success as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor | 1965-09-29 |
Masquerade as Minister | 1965-04-13 |
The Devil-Ship Pirates as Sir Basil Smeeton | 1964-08-01 |
Nothing But the Best as Roberts | 1964-03-10 |
Boy With a Flute as Sir George Noble | 1964-01-01 |
A Stitch in Time as Prof. Crankshaw | 1963-12-01 |
Ladies Who Do as Stockbroker | 1963-11-01 |
Billy Liar as Prison Governor | 1963-08-15 |
Tomorrow at Ten as Police Doctor | 1962-09-01 |
Time to Remember | 1962-07-01 |
Three on a Spree as Colonel Drew | 1961-06-28 |
Partners in Crime as Ashton | 1961-02-01 |
Sink the Bismarck! as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk' | 1960-02-11 |
A Touch of Larceny as Cmdr. Bates | 1960-02-04 |
Blind Spot as F. G. Fielding | 1958-07-01 |
A Woman of Mystery as Mr. Harvey | 1958-04-21 |
The Safecracker as Major Adbury | 1958-03-05 |
I Accuse! as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial | 1958-03-05 |
A Tale of Two Cities as Stryver | 1958-02-07 |
The Birthday Present as Barrister | 1957-10-31 |
Time Without Pity as Under Secretary | 1957-03-21 |
The Man in the Sky as Maine | 1957-01-24 |
Reach for the Sky as Wing Commander Beiseigel | 1956-07-05 |
The Baby and the Battleship as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby | 1956-06-01 |
1984 as Outer Party Announcer | 1956-03-06 |
The Dam Busters as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C. | 1955-05-16 |
Beau Brummell as Dr. Warren | 1954-11-16 |
Father Brown as Bishop's Secretary | 1954-06-08 |
Doctor in the House as Dr. Parrish | 1954-03-23 |
Obsession | 1949-08-03 |
When We Are Married as Councillor Albert Parker | 1949-07-10 |
The Circus Clown as Vaudeville Act | 1934-06-30 |