John Marlborough East was a British

United Kingdom

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 stage and film actor. He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in Picturegoer

Picturegoer

Picturegoer was a magazine published in the United Kingdom between 1913 and 1960. Its primary focus was contemporary films and the performers who appeared in them....

 magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player". He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood

Borehamwood

-Film industry:Since the 1920s, the town has been home to several film studios and many shots of its streets are included in final cuts of 20th century British films. This earned it the nickname of the "British Hollywood"...

 which is today the site of Elstree Studios

Elstree Studios

"Elstree Studios" refers to any of several film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England, since film production begun in 1927.-Name:...

. However, his career rapidly declined. He made his final picture Owd Bob

Owd Bob (1924 film)

Owd Bob is a 1924 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring J. Fisher White, Ralph Forbes and James Carew. It is based on the novel Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant.-Cast:* J. Fisher White - Adam McAdam...

in 1924 and died the same year.

Selected filmography

• Little Lord Fauntleroy (1914)
• The Harbour Lights
  The Harbour Lights (1914 film)
  The Harbour Lights is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Gerald Lawrence, Mercy Hatton and Daisy Cordell. It is an adaptation of the Victorian melodramatic play The Harbour Lights by George R...
  
  (1914)
• Enoch Arden
  Enoch Arden (film)
  Enoch Arden is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Gerald Lawrence, Fay Davis and Ben Webster. It was based on a poem Enoch Arden by Alfred Lord Tennyson.-Cast:* Gerald Lawrence - Enoch Arden* Fay Davis - Annie Lee...
  
  (1914)
• The Little Minister
  The Little Minister (1915 film)
  The Little Minister is a 1915 British silent romance film directed by Percy Nash and starring Joan Ritz, Gregory Scott and Henry Vibart. It was based on an 1891 novel The Little Minister by J.M. Barrie which was subsequently turned into a play The Little Minister in 1897...
  
  (1915)
• The Coal King
  The Coal King
  The Coal King is a 1915 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Douglas Cox, May Lynn and Frank Tennant.-Cast:* Douglas Cox - Sir Reginald Harford* May Lynn - Ann Roberts* Frank Tennant - Walter Harford...
  
  (1915)
• The Manxman
  The Manxman (1917 film)
  The Manxman is a 1917 British drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Henry Ainley, Adeline Hayden Coffin and Will Corrie. It is based on the novel The Manxman by Hall Caine which was later made into a film The Manxman in 1929 by Alfred Hitchcock.-Cast:* Henry Ainley - Philip...
  
  (1917)
• The Land of Mystery (1920)
• The Woman of His Dream
  The Woman of His Dream
  The Woman of His Dream is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Mary Dibley, Alec Fraser and Sydney Seaward. It was adapted from a novel by Ethel M...
  
  (1921)
• Kipps
  Kipps (1921 film)
  Kipps is a 1921 British drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring George K. Arthur, Edna Flugrath and Christine Rayner. It is an adaptation of the novel Kipps by H.G. Wells.-Cast:* George K...
  
  (1921)
• The Bargain
  The Bargain (1921 film)
  The Bargain is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Rex McDougall. It was based on a play by Edward Irwin.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Dennis Trevor* Chrissie White - Mary...
  
  (1921)
• The Glorious Adventure
  The Glorious Adventure (1922 film)
  The Glorious Adventure is a US/UK feature film directed by J. Stuart Blackton, written by Felix Orman.-Production background:The film was made entirely in Prizmacolor, and starred Lady Diana Manners, Gerald Lawrence, Cecil Humphreys, and Victor McLaglen, and was released by United Artists.Neither...
  
  (1922)
• Constant Hot Water (1923)
• Owd Bob
  Owd Bob (1924 film)
  Owd Bob is a 1924 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring J. Fisher White, Ralph Forbes and James Carew. It is based on the novel Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant.-Cast:* J. Fisher White - Adam McAdam...
  
  (1924)

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