Biography

Guy Newall was born on May 25, 1885 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1922), The Boat from Shanghai (1931) and The Persistent Lovers (1922). He was married to Dorothy Batley and Ivy Duke. He died on February 25, 1937 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

British stage actor, who got his start in pantomime, music hall comedy and the provincial theatre. In films from 1915, he was usually cast as the romantic lead in melodramas. After World War I, Newall formed a production company, Lucky Cat Films (which later became George Clark Productions, based at Beaconsfield), in conjunction with cameraman George Clark. He directed many of his own films from 1920, also occasionally sidelining as scenario writer. He often co-starred his later wife, the actress Ivy Duke.