John Marlborough East

John Marlborough East (1860–1924) was a British stage and film actor.^[1] He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in Picturegoer magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player".^[2] He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood^[3] which is today the site of Elstree Studios. However, his career rapidly declined. He made his final picture Owd Bob in 1924 and died the same year.

Selected filmography

• Little Lord Fauntleroy (1914)
• The Harbour Lights (1914)
• Enoch Arden (1914)
• The Little Minister (1915)
• The Coal King (1915)
• The Manxman (1917)
• The Land of Mystery (1920)
• The Woman of His Dream (1921)
• Kipps (1921)
• The Bargain (1921)
• The Glorious Adventure (1922)
• Constant Hot Water (1923)
• Owd Bob (1924)

References

1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/2986
2. ^ Sweet p.15
3. ^ Sweet p.15

Bibliography

• Sweet, Matthew. Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema. Faber and Faber, 2005.

External links

• John Marlborough East at the Internet Movie Database