
Ernest Clark
Acting
79
Acting 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 ...
Known For
Filmography

Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993
as Father (Voice)

The Pope Must Die
1991
as Abbot
Doctor at the Top
1991

Queenie
1987
as Sir Philip Wentworth

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Chorus

Memed My Hawk
1984
as Hatche's Father

Gandhi
1982
as Lord Hunter

The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
as Rogers

Private Schulz
1981
as Fritsch

The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as The Professor

The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as Self

All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Duke of Mannerton

Mixed Blessings
1978
as Mr. Huntley

Doctor on the Go
1975

Doctor at Sea
1974
Away from It All
1973
as The Colonel

Doctor in Charge
1972
as Professor Geoffrey Loftus

Doctor at Large
1971
as Professor Loftus

The Executioner
1970
as Roper

Song of Norway
1970
as Councilman

Run a Crooked Mile
1969
as Chairman

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Oliver Cox

Salt & Pepper
1968
as Col. Balsom

The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968
as The Brigadier

It!
1967
as Harold Grove

The Cuckoo Patrol
1967
as Marshall

All Gas and Gaiters
1967
as The Dean, The Very Reverend Lionel Pugh-Critchley

Finders Keepers
1966
as Air Marshal

The Stable Door
1966

Arabesque
1966
as Beauchamp

Eye of the Devil
1966
as French Police Inspector (uncredited)

Masquerade
1965
as Minister

The Secret of My Success
1965
as Earl of Aldershot's solicitor

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Finch McComas

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Brigadier Glover

The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
as Sir Basil Smeeton

Boy With a Flute
1964
as Sir George Noble

Nothing But the Best
1964
as Roberts

Master Spy
1964
as Dr. Pembury

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Pritchard
HMS Paradise
1964
as Commander Trickett

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Ivor Brendon

Ladies Who Do
1963
as Stockbroker

Tomorrow at Ten
1963
as Police Doctor

Billy Liar
1963
as Prison Governor

A Stitch in Time
1963
as Professor Crankshaw

Time to Remember
1962
as Cracknell

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

The Scales of Justice
1962
as Mr. Hayes

Richard the Lionheart
1962
as Frederick

Partners in Crime
1961
as Ashton

Three on a Spree
1961
as Colonel Drew

No Love for Johnnie
1961
as M.P. (uncredited)
Drama 61-67
1961
as Rex

Sink the Bismarck!
1960
as Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

A Touch of Larceny
1960
as Cmdr. Bates

Maigret
1960

Interpol Calling
1959
as Inspector MacAndrew

No Hiding Place
1959

Blind Spot
1958
as F. G. Fielding

A Tale of Two Cities
1958
as Stryver

The Safecracker
1958
as Major Adbury

A Woman of Mystery
1958
as Mr. Harvey

I Accuse!
1958
as Prosecutor at First Dreyfus Trial

The Invisible Man
1958
as Sir Charles Anderson

The Man in the Sky
1957
as Maine

The Birthday Present
1957
as Barrister

Time Without Pity
1957
as Under Secretary

1984
1956
as Outer Party Announcer

Reach for the Sky
1956
as Wing Commander Beiseigel

The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby

The Dam Busters
1955
as Air Vice-Marshal The Hon. Ralph Cochrane G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C.

Beau Brummell
1954
as Dr. Warren

Father Brown
1954
as Bishop's Secretary

Doctor in the House
1954
as Dr. Parrish

The Mudlark
1950
as Hammond

Obsession
1949
When We Are Married
1949
as Councillor Albert Parker

The Circus Clown
1934
as Vaudeville Act