Guy Newall

Guy Newall
200px Guy Newall in 1920.
Born	25 May 1885 Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Died	25 February 1937 (aged 37) Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Film actor Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1915 - 1937

Guy Newall (1885–1937) was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before his death in 1937. He established a production company with George Clark who he had met during the First World War, and they raised finance to construct a new studios at Beaconsfield Studios. Newall was married twice to the actresses Ivy Duke and Dorothy Batley.

Partial filmography

Director

• The Bigamist (1921)
• Fox Farm (1922)
• Boy Woodburn (1922)
• A Maid of the Silver Sea (1922)
• The Starlit Garden (1923)
• Rodney Steps In (1931)
• The Rosary (1931)
• The Chinese Puzzle (1932)
• The Admiral's Secret (1934)

Actor

• The Heart of Sister Ann (1915)
• Esther (1916)
• Driven (1916)
• Money for Nothing (1916)
• Mother Love (1916)
• Trouble for Nothing (1916)
• Comradeship (1919)
• The Garden of Resurrection (1919)
• I Will (1919)
• Fancy Dress (1919)
• The Lure of Crooning Water (1920)
• Duke's Son (1920)
• The Bigamist (1921)
• Boy Woodburn (1922)
• A Maid of the Silver Sea (1922)
• The Starlit Garden (1923)
• Ghost Train (1927)
• Number 17 (1928)
• The Road to Fortune (1930)
• The Eternal Feminine (1931)
• Potiphar's Wife (1931)
• The Marriage Bond (1932)
• Grand Finale (1936)
• Merry Comes to Town (1937)