Ernest Clark
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1912, Paddington, London, England, UK
- Died
- November 11, 1994
- Movies
- 52
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".
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1993 | Queen of the Wild Frontier | Father (Voice) |
| 1991 | The Pope Must Die | Abbot |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: Oedipus the King | Chorus |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Hatche's Father |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Lord Hunter |
| 1970 | Song of Norway | Councilman |
| 1970 | The Executioner | Roper |
| 1969 | Run a Crooked Mile | Chairman |
| 1968 | The Chequers Manoeuvre | The Brigadier |
| 1968 | Salt & Pepper | Col. Balsom |
| 1967 | The Cuckoo Patrol | Marshall |
| 1967 | It! | Harold Grove |
| 1966 | Finders Keepers | Air Marshal |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | French Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Stable Door | |
| 1966 | Arabesque | Beauchamp |
| 1965 | The Secret of My Success | Earl of Aldershot's solicitor |
| 1965 | Masquerade | Minister |
| 1964 | Master Spy | Dr. Pembury |
| 1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Sir Basil Smeeton |
| 1964 | Nothing But the Best | Roberts |
| 1964 | Boy With a Flute | Sir George Noble |
| 1963 | A Stitch in Time | Professor Crankshaw |
| 1963 | Ladies Who Do | Stockbroker |
| 1963 | Billy Liar | Prison Governor |
| 1963 | Tomorrow at Ten | Police Doctor |
| 1962 | A Woman's Privilege | Mr. Hayes |
| 1962 | Time to Remember | Cracknell |
| 1961 | Three on a Spree | Colonel Drew |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | M.P. (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Partners in Crime | Ashton |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk' |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny | Cmdr. Bates |
| 1958 | Blind Spot | F. G. Fielding |
| 1958 | A Woman of Mystery | Mr. Harvey |
| 1958 | The Safecracker | Major Adbury |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial |
| 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Stryver |
| 1957 | The Birthday Present | Barrister |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity | Under Secretary |
| 1957 | The Man in the Sky | Maine |
| 1956 | Reach for the Sky | Wing Commander Beiseigel |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby |
| 1956 | 1984 | Outer Party Announcer |
| 1955 | The Dam Busters | Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C. |
| 1954 | Beau Brummell | Dr. Warren |
| 1954 | Father Brown | Bishop's Secretary |
| 1954 | Doctor in the House | Dr. Parrish |
| 1950 | The Mudlark | Hammond |
| 1949 | Obsession | |
| 1949 | When We Are Married | Councillor Albert Parker |
| 1934 | The Circus Clown | Vaudeville Act |
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