Cast & creator
Ernest Clark
Best known for Private Schulz, The Wednesday Play, The Wednesday Play
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
Also known as: Ernest William Clark
52
film credits
28
television credits
80
1934–1993 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (80)
Showing 80 of 80 credits
Private Schulz
Fritsch
1981
The Wednesday Play
Pritchard
1964The Wednesday Play
Ivor Brendon
1964
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
BBC Play of the Month
Finch McComas
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Brigadier Glover
1965
No Hiding Place
1959
All Creatures Great and Small
Duke of Mannerton
1978
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Oliver Cox
1969
Maigret
1960Drama 61-67
Rex
1961
Richard the Lionheart
Frederick
1962
Interpol Calling
Inspector MacAndrew
1959
The Agatha Christie Hour
Rogers
1982
Gandhi
Lord Hunter
1982
The Cannon & Ball Show
The Professor
1979The Cannon & Ball Show
Self
1979
The Invisible Man
Sir Charles Anderson
1958
The Scales of Justice
Mr. Hayes
1962HMS Paradise
Commander Trickett
1964
All Gas and Gaiters
The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley
1967
Mixed Blessings
Mr. Huntley
1978Away from It All
The Colonel
1973
Doctor in Charge
Professor Geoffrey Loftus
1972
Queenie
Sir Philip Wentworth
1987
Doctor at Large
Professor Loftus
1971
The Dam Busters
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.
1955
Sink the Bismarck!
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'
1960
Eye of the Devil
French Police Inspector (uncredited)
1966
1984
Outer Party Announcer
1956
The Pope Must Die
Abbot
1991
Arabesque
Beauchamp
1966
A Tale of Two Cities
Stryver
1958
The Executioner
Roper
1970
Reach for the Sky
Wing Commander Beiseigel
1956Doctor at the Top
1991
Beau Brummell
Dr. Warren
1954
Salt & Pepper
Col. Balsom
1968
Nothing But the Best
Roberts
1964
Doctor on the Go
1975
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Sir Basil Smeeton
1964
A Touch of Larceny
Cmdr. Bates
1960
Doctor in the House
Dr. Parrish
1954
Billy Liar
Prison Governor
1963
It!
Harold Grove
1967
Time Without Pity
Under Secretary
1957
I Accuse!
Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial
1958
The Secret of My Success
Earl of Aldershot's solicitor
1965
A Stitch in Time
Professor Crankshaw
1963
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Chorus
1986
No Love for Johnnie
M.P. (uncredited)
1961
Doctor at Sea
1974
Obsession
1949
The Man in the Sky
Maine
1957
The Baby and the Battleship
Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
1956
A Woman of Mystery
Mr. Harvey
1958
Run a Crooked Mile
Chairman
1969
Boy With a Flute
Sir George Noble
1964
Memed My Hawk
Hatche's Father
1984
Tomorrow at Ten
Police Doctor
1963
Masquerade
Minister
1965
Ladies Who Do
Stockbroker
1963
Three on a Spree
Colonel Drew
1961When We Are Married
Councillor Albert Parker
1949
Father Brown
Bishop's Secretary
1954
Blind Spot
F. G. Fielding
1958
The Safecracker
Major Adbury
1958
Time to Remember
Cracknell
1962
Finders Keepers
Air Marshal
1966
The Birthday Present
Barrister
1957
Song of Norway
Councilman
1970
Master Spy
Dr. Pembury
1964
The Mudlark
Hammond
1950
The Circus Clown
Vaudeville Act
1934
The Cuckoo Patrol
Marshall
1967
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Father (Voice)
1993
Partners in Crime
Ashton
1961
The Chequers Manoeuvre
The Brigadier
1968
The Stable Door
1966
A Woman's Privilege
Mr. Hayes
1962