14 Facts About David Scarboro

David Timothy Scarboro was an English actor, best known for portraying Mark Fowler in the British television soap opera EastEnders from the programme's inception until April 1985, and intermittently between December 1985 and December 1987.

David Scarboro was really pleased that the scene was thought to look good and retained in the finished programme.

From its inception in February 1985 until April of that same year, David Scarboro semi-regularly played the part of Mark Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

David Scarboro's character was abruptly written out of the programme; one morning, Mark's family arose to discover he had secretly moved away during the night.

In December 1985, David Scarboro briefly returned to the series in a storyline that saw Mark reunite with his family.

David Scarboro's parents had travelled to visit him in Southend-on-Sea, where he had settled with an older woman who had children from an earlier relationship.

David Scarboro subsequently returned for brief stints in 1986 and 1987, but never returned to the series on a permanent or on-going basis.

Elements of the tabloid press reported that David Scarboro had been fired from the show for turning up late for filming and being uncooperative on set.

Away from the series, David Scarboro initiated libel proceedings after several national papers published inaccurate stories about his private life, but the press continued to pursue him and his family.

The News of the World discovered that David Scarboro was in a psychiatric unit, and published photographs of the place.

David Scarboro subsequently left the unit because he could no longer get adequate treatment, and inaccurate stories about his condition were being published.

David Scarboro was found at the bottom of Beachy Head on 27 April 1988.

David Scarboro was buried at St Mary's Church, Tatsfield, Surrey.

In 1989, David's brother Simon Scarboro presented a documentary about David's life, titled My Brother David.