Ernest Clark
Acting
Born 1912-02-12
Died 1994-11-11
Paddington, London, England, UK
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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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The Beverly Hillbillies
BBC Play of the Month
The Wednesday Play
All Creatures Great and Small
No Hiding Place
Maigret
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Drama 61-67
Interpol Calling
Richard the Lionheart
Gandhi
The Agatha Christie Hour
Private Schulz
The Scales of Justice
All Gas and Gaiters
The Invisible Man
Arabesque
The Cannon & Ball Show
1984
The Dam Busters
Mixed Blessings
Queenie
Sink the Bismarck!
Doctor in Charge
HMS Paradise
It!
Eye of the Devil
Doctor at Large
Billy Liar
Away from It All
Ladies Who Do
Doctor at Sea
Salt & Pepper
Time Without Pity
The Cuckoo Patrol
The Executioner
Doctor on the Go
Reach for the Sky
Beau Brummell
The Devil-Ship Pirates
The Baby and the Battleship
A Stitch in Time
The Pope Must Die
No Love for Johnnie
Masquerade
I Accuse!
Doctor at the Top
Doctor in the House
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
The Mudlark
A Tale of Two Cities
A Touch of Larceny
Obsession
Memed My Hawk
Father Brown
The Secret of My Success
The Man in the Sky
The Birthday Present
Nothing But the Best
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