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Donald Calthrop
Actor

Donald Calthrop

11 Apr 1888Born
15 Jul 1940Died
52Age at death
53Credits

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

  1. 1941Major BarbaraFilm: Peter Shirley
  2. 1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) AuntFilm: Guide
  3. 1940Let George Do It!Film: Frederick Strickland
  4. 1940Band WaggonFilm: Hobday
  5. 1937Thunder in the CityFilm: Dr. Plumet
  6. 1937Love from a StrangerFilm: Hobson
  7. 1937Fire Over EnglandFilm: Don Escobal
  8. 1937Café ColetteFilm: Nick
  9. 1936The Man Who Changed His MindFilm: Clayton
  10. 1936The Man Behind the MaskFilm: Dr. Harold E. Walpole
  11. 1936Broken BlossomsFilm: Old Chinaman
  12. 1935ScroogeFilm: Bob Cratchit
  13. 1935Man of the MomentFilm: Godfrey
  14. 1935The Phantom LightFilm: David Owen
  15. 1935Me and MarlboroughFilm: Drunken Yokel
  16. 1935The ClairvoyantFilm: Derelict (uncredited)
  17. 1935The Divine SparkFilm: Judge Fumaroli
  18. 1934Red EnsignFilm: Macleod
  19. 1934Sorrell and SonFilm: Dr. Richard Orange
  20. 1934It's a CopFilm: Charles Murray
  21. 1933This Acting BusinessFilm: Milton Stafford
  22. 1933Friday the ThirteenthFilm: Hugh Nicholls
  23. 1933I Was a SpyFilm: Cnockhaert
  24. 1933Early to BedFilm: Potsdam Guide
  25. 1933F.P.1Film: Sunshine, the Photographer
  26. 1932Rome ExpressFilm: Poole
  27. 1932Fires of FateFilm: Sir William Royden
  28. 1932Number SeventeenFilm: Nora's Escort Brant
  29. 1932Money for NothingFilm: Hotel Manager
  30. 1931Many WatersFilm: Compton Hardcastle
  31. 1931The BellsFilm: Mathias
  32. 1931The Ghost TrainFilm: Saul Hodgkin
  33. 1931Potiphar's WifeFilm: Counsel for Defense
  34. 1931Uneasy VirtueFilm: Burglar
  35. 1931Cape ForlornFilm: Parson
  36. 1930We Take Off Our HatsFilm: 'erb
  37. 1930Star ImpersonationsFilm: George Arliss
  38. 1930Almost a HoneymoonFilm: Charles, the butler
  39. 1930Spanish EyesFilm: Mascoso
  40. 1930Murder!Film: Ion Stewart
  41. 1930Two WorldsFilm: Mendel
  42. 1930Loose EndsFilm: Winton Penner
  43. 1930The Night PorterFilm: George, the Night Porter
  44. 1930Song of SohoFilm: Nobby
  45. 1930All Riot on the Western FrontFilm
  46. 1929AtlanticFilm: Pointer
  47. 1929BlackmailFilm: Tracy
  48. 1929Up the PollFilm: The Candidate
  49. 1929The Clue of the New PinFilm: Yeh Ling
  50. 1928Shooting StarsFilm: Andy Wilkes
  51. 1918NelsonFilm: Horatio Nelson
  52. 1918Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval HeroFilm: Horatio Nelson
  53. 1917Masks and FacesFilm: Lovell

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