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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. - Pedro Zamora was born on 29 February 1972 in Havana, Cuba. He died on 11 November 1994 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Jesús Martínez was born on 13 April 1913 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for ¡Ay, Palillo, no te rajes! (1948), Lo que el viento trajo (1941) and Palillo Vargas Heredia (1945). He died on 11 November 1994 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Elizabeth Maconchy was born on 19 March 1907 in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was a composer, known for Elizabeth Maconchy (1984) and Omnibus (1967). She was married to William LeFanu. She died on 11 November 1994 in Norwich, England, UK.
- Dina Gralla was born on 15 January 1905 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Kinder des Glücks (1931), Modellhaus Crevette (1928) and Befehl zur Ehe (1928). She was married to Lincoln Eyre ( newpaper correspondent). She died on 11 November 1994 in Berlin, Germany.
- ( November 10, 1920 - November 11, 1994) was a Yakut Soviet writer, translator. Lev Gabyshev entered the history of cinema as the first Yakut screenwriter. The feature film "Tayna predkov" ("Secret of the Ancestors"), USSR, "Tajikfilm", 1972. was shot according to the script based on the story"The Golden Stream" by Nikolai Yakutsky.
- Margaret Hurst was born on 19 July 1916 in Toronto, Canada. She was an actress, known for Meet the Navy (1946). She died on 11 November 1994 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.