Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark MC (12 February 1912 – 11 November 1994) was a British actor of stage, television and film.

[1][2] Clark was the son of a master builder in Maida Vale, and was educated nearby at St Marylebone Grammar School.

[3] He had always wanted to be an actor and when offered a job with the local rep, he took it and apart from six years in the army during World War II, he remained in the profession.

[4][5] In 1955 he appeared on stage in Witness for the Prosecution at Henry Miller's Theatre in New York City, and on film as Air Vice-Marshal The Honourable Ralph Cochrane AFC RAF, AOC, No.

[11] His third marriage, from 1972 until his death, was to Julia Lockwood (née Margaret Julia Leon in 1941), the actress daughter of the British film star Margaret Lockwood, with whom he had four children, Timothy, Nicholas, Lucy and Katharine.