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Ernest Clark

Acting Born Feb 12, 1912 Paddington, London, England, UK 24 credits

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.
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Known for

Film

Sansho the Bailiff

as Finch McComas
Film

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012
Film

Exam

as Brigadier Glover
Film

Gandhi

as Lord Hunter

Queenie

as Sir Philip Wentworth

Full filmography

  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Finch McComas
  • The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
  • Maigret (1960)
  • No Hiding Place (1959)
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Pritchard
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Ivor Brendon
  • All Creatures Great and Small (1978) as Duke of Mannerton
  • ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Oliver Cox
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Brigadier Glover
  • Interpol Calling (1959) as Inspector MacAndrew
  • Richard the Lionheart (1962) as Frederick
  • Drama 61-67 (1961) as Rex
  • The Agatha Christie Hour (1982) as Rogers
  • Gandhi (1982) as Lord Hunter
  • Private Schulz (1981) as Fritsch
  • The Scales of Justice (1962) as Mr. Hayes
  • The Invisible Man (1958) as Sir Charles Anderson
  • Mixed Blessings (1978) as Mr. Huntley
  • The Cannon & Ball Show (1979) as The Professor
  • The Cannon & Ball Show (1979) as Self
  • All Gas and Gaiters (1967) as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
  • Queenie (1987) as Sir Philip Wentworth
  • HMS Paradise (1964) as Commander Trickett
  • 1984 (1956) as Outer Party Announcer