- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Edward Blakeley
- Nicknames
- JB
- Pop
- John E. Blakeley was born on October 1, 1888 in Ardwick, Manchester, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Off the Dole (1935), Home Sweet Home (1945) and Over the Garden Wall (1950). He was married to Martha Isabella Moorby. He died on February 20, 1958 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK.
- SpouseMartha Isabella Moorby(August 21, 1907 - February 20, 1958) (his death, 5 children)
- Children
- RelativesMike Blakeley(Grandchild)Matthew Blakeley(Great Grandchild)
- Owner of film production company Mancunian Films.
- Father of Tom Blakeley and John E. Blakeley Jr..
- Grandfather of Mike Blakeley.
- Great-grandfather of Matthew Blakeley.
- Born in 1889 into of a family of cinema owners and film renters in the North West. Co-founder of Mancunian Films in Manchester, their output distributed through a company called Butchers Films. Blakeley starred many north-country music hall performers in his films and is credited with making George Formby into a star. His slapstick comedies remained popular throughout the 1940s and into the early 1950s. The studio was acquired by the BBC in 1954 and eventually demolished in 1967.
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