
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 …
Known For
Gandhi
Lord Hunter
The Dam Busters
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Billy Liar
Prison Governor
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
Arabesque
Beauchamp
1984
Outer Party Announcer
Obsession
A Stitch in Time
Professor Crankshaw
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Filmography
Acting (76)
Movies (51)
Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993as Father (Voice)
The Pope Must Die
1991as Abbot
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986as Chorus
Memed My Hawk
1984as Hatche's Father
Gandhi
1982as Lord Hunter
The Executioner
1970as Roper
Song of Norway
1970as Councilman
Run a Crooked Mile
1969as Chairman
Salt & Pepper
1968as Col. Balsom
The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968as The Brigadier
It!
1967as Harold Grove
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967as Marshall
The Stable Door
1966
Arabesque
1966as Beauchamp
Eye of the Devil
1966as French Police Inspector (uncredited)
Finders Keepers
1966as Air Marshal
The Secret of My Success
1965as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
Masquerade
1965as Minister
Master Spy
1964as Dr. Pembury
Boy With a Flute
1964as Sir George Noble
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964as Sir Basil Smeeton
Nothing But the Best
1964as Roberts
Tomorrow at Ten
1963as Police Doctor
Billy Liar
1963as Prison Governor
Ladies Who Do
1963as Stockbroker
A Stitch in Time
1963as Professor Crankshaw
Time to Remember
1962as Cracknell
No Love for Johnnie
1961as M.P. (uncredited)
Partners in Crime
1961as Ashton
Three on a Spree
1961as Colonel Drew
Sink the Bismarck!
1960as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
A Touch of Larceny
1960as Cmdr. Bates
Blind Spot
1958as F. G. Fielding
The Safecracker
1958as Major Adbury
A Tale of Two Cities
1958as Stryver
I Accuse!
1958as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
A Woman of Mystery
1958as Mr. Harvey
Time Without Pity
1957as Under Secretary
The Man in the Sky
1957as Maine
The Birthday Present
1957as Barrister
1984
1956as Outer Party Announcer
Reach for the Sky
1956as Wing Commander Beiseigel
The Baby and the Battleship
1956as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
The Dam Busters
1955as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
Father Brown
1954as Bishop's Secretary
Beau Brummell
1954as Dr. Warren
Doctor in the House
1954as Dr. Parrish
The Mudlark
1950as Hammond
When We Are Married
1949as Councillor Albert Parker
Obsession
1949
The Circus Clown
1934as Vaudeville Act
Television (25)
Doctor at the Top
1991
Queenie
1987as Sir Philip Wentworth
Dead Head
1986as The Man
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Private Schulz
1981as Fritsch
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979as The Professor
All Creatures Great and Small
1978as Duke of Mannerton
Mixed Blessings
1978as Mr. Huntley
Doctor on the Go
1975
Doctor at Sea
1974
Doctor in Charge
1972as Professor Geoffrey Loftus
Doctor at Large
1971as Professor Loftus
All Gas and Gaiters
1967as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
All Gas and Gaiters
1967as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
BBC Play of the Month
1965as Finch McComas
The Wednesday Play
1964as Pritchard
HMS Paradise
1964as Commander Trickett
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Richard the Lionheart
1962as Frederick
The Scales of Justice
1962as Mr. Hayes
Drama 61-67
1961as Rex
Maigret
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959as Inspector MacAndrew
The Invisible Man
1958as Sir Charles Anderson
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