Ernest Clark

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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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1993
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Movie Father (Voice)
1991
The Pope Must Die
Movie Abbot
1991
Doctor at the Top
TV show
1987
Queenie
TV show Sir Philip Wentworth
1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Movie Chorus
1984
Memed My Hawk
Movie Hatche's Father
1982
Gandhi
Movie Lord Hunter
1982
The Agatha Christie Hour
TV show Rogers
1981
Private Schulz
TV show Fritsch
1979
The Cannon & Ball Show
TV show The Professor
1978
Mixed Blessings
TV show Mr. Huntley
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
TV show Duke of Mannerton
1975
Doctor on the Go
TV show
1974
Doctor at Sea
TV show
1973
Away from It All
TV show The Colonel
1972
Doctor in Charge
TV show Professor Geoffrey Loftus

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1971
Doctor at Large
TV show Professor Loftus
1970
Song of Norway
Movie Councilman
1970
The Executioner
Movie Roper
1969
Run a Crooked Mile
Movie Chairman
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Oliver Cox
1968
The Chequers Manoeuvre
Movie The Brigadier
1968
Salt & Pepper
Movie Col. Balsom
1967
The Cuckoo Patrol
Movie Marshall
1967
It!
Movie Harold Grove
1967
All Gas and Gaiters
TV show The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
1966
Finders Keepers
Movie Air Marshal
1966
Eye of the Devil
Movie French Police Inspector (uncredited)
1966
The Stable Door
Movie
1966
Arabesque
Movie Beauchamp
1965
BBC Play of the Month
TV show Finch McComas
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show Brigadier Glover
1965
The Secret of My Success
Movie Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
1965
Masquerade
Movie Minister
1964
The Wednesday Play
TV show Pritchard
1964
Master Spy
Movie Dr. Pembury
1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Movie Sir Basil Smeeton
1964
HMS Paradise
TV show Commander Trickett
1964
Nothing But the Best
Movie Roberts
1964
Boy With a Flute
Movie Sir George Noble