Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 11, 1888
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
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Donald Calthrop
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor.
Calthrop made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age. His first film was The Gay Lord Quex released in 1917. He starred as the title character in the successful musical The Boy in the same year. He then appeared in 63 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
He died in Eton, Berkshire from a heart attack while he was filming Major Barbara (1941).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Major Barbara | Peter Shirley |
| 1940 | Let George Do It! | Frederick Strickland |
| 1940 | Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt | Guide |
| 1940 | Band Waggon | Hobday |
| 1937 | Fire Over England | Don Escobal |
| 1937 | Café Colette | Nick |
| 1937 | Love from a Stranger | Hobson |
| 1937 | Thunder in the City | Dr. Plumet |
| 1936 | The Man Who Changed His Mind | Clayton |
| 1936 | The Man Behind the Mask | Dr. Harold E. Walpole |
| 1936 | Broken Blossoms | Old Chinaman |
| 1935 | Scrooge | Bob Cratchit |
| 1935 | The Phantom Light | David Owen |
| 1935 | Me and Marlborough | Drunken Yokel |
| 1935 | The Divine Spark | Judge Fumaroli |
| 1935 | Man of the Moment | Godfrey |
| 1935 | The Clairvoyant | Derelict (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Red Ensign | Macleod |
| 1934 | Sorrell and Son | Dr. Richard Orange |
| 1934 | It's a Cop | Charles Murray |
| 1933 | Early to Bed | Potsdam Guide |
| 1933 | I Was a Spy | Cnockhaert |
| 1933 | F.P.1 | Sunshine, the Photographer |
| 1933 | This Acting Business | Milton Stafford |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth | Hugh Nicholls |
| 1932 | Number Seventeen | Nora's Escort Brant |
| 1932 | Rome Express | Poole |
| 1932 | Fires of Fate | Sir William Royden |
| 1932 | Money for Nothing | Hotel Manager |
| 1931 | Industrial Britain | Self - Commentator (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Cape Forlorn | Parson |
| 1931 | The Ghost Train | Saul Hodgkin |
| 1931 | The Bells | Mathias |
| 1931 | Potiphar's Wife | Counsel for Defense |
| 1931 | Many Waters | Compton Hardcastle |
| 1931 | Uneasy Virtue | Burglar |
| 1930 | We Take Off Our Hats | 'erb |
| 1930 | Murder! | Ion Stewart |
| 1930 | Loose Ends | Winton Penner |
| 1930 | Elstree Calling | Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew |
| 1930 | The Night Porter | George, the Night Porter |
| 1930 | All Riot on the Western Front | |
| 1930 | Almost a Honeymoon | Charles, the butler |
| 1930 | Song of Soho | Nobby |
| 1930 | Spanish Eyes | Mascoso |
| 1930 | Two Worlds | Mendel |
| 1930 | Star Impersonations | George Arliss |
| 1929 | Blackmail | Tracy |
| 1929 | Up the Poll | The Candidate |
| 1929 | Atlantic | Pointer |
| 1929 | The Clue of the New Pin | Yeh Ling |
| 1928 | Shooting Stars | Andy Wilkes |
| 1918 | Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero | Horatio Nelson |
| 1918 | Nelson | Horatio Nelson |
| 1917 | Masks and Faces | Lovell |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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