Donald Crisp
Born: 1882-07-26 in Bow, London, England, UK
Died: 1974-05-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
Donald Crisp was born George William Crisp at the family home in Bow, London. Donald's parents were James Crisp and Elizabeth Crisp, his birth was registered by his mother on 4th September 1882. Donald's sisters were Elizabeth, Ann, Alice (known as Louisa) and Eliza and his brothers were James, John and Mark. Family memories state that Donald's brother-in-law James Needham (Louisa's husband) lent/gave Donald the fare to USA. The family have a photo of Donald which he sent to 'Jimmy' and signed. On 16th February 1937 Donald applied for a US Social Security account number giving his address as N Vista Street Hollywood California, and his employers Warner Brothers Pictures, Burbank California. On his application Donald did not know his mother's maiden name.
Filmography
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
- Spencer's Mountain as Grandpa Spencer
1961
- Greyfriars Bobby as James Brown
1960
- Pollyanna as Mayor Karl Warren
1959
- A Dog of Flanders as Jehan Daas
1958
- The Last Hurrah as The Cardinal
- Saddle the Wind as Dennis Deneen
1957
- Drango as Judge Allen
1956
1955
- MGM Parade as Self
- The Man from Laramie as Alec Waggoman
- The Long Gray Line as Old Martin
- The Red, White and Blue Line as Self
1954
- Prince Valiant as King Aguar
- A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
1951
- Home Town Story as John MacFarland
1950
- Bright Leaf as Major Singleton
1949
- Africa Screams ... (Executive Producer)
- Challenge to Lassie as 'Jock' Gray
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Whispering Smith as Barney Rebstock
- Hills of Home as Drumsheugh
1947
- Ramrod as Jim Crew
1945
- National Velvet as Mr. Herbert Brown
- The Valley of Decision as William Scott
- Son of Lassie as Sam Carraclough
1944
- The Uninvited as Commander Beech
- The Adventures of Mark Twain as J.B. Pond
1943
- Lassie Come Home as Sam Carraclough
- Forever and a Day as Captain Martin
1942
- The Battle of Midway as Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Gay Sisters as Ralph Pedloch
1941
- How Green Was My Valley as Gwilym Morgan
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Sir Charles Emery
- Shining Victory as Dr. Drewett
1940
- The Sea Hawk as Admiral Sir John Burleson
- Knute Rockne All American as Father John Callahan, C.S.C
- City for Conquest as Scotty MacPherson
- Brother Orchid as Brother Superior
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Minister Althoff
1939
- Wuthering Heights as Dr. Kenneth
- Juarez as Maréchal Bazaine
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Francis Bacon
- The Old Maid as Doctor Lanskell
- The Oklahoma Kid as Judge Hardwick
- Sons of Liberty as Alexander McDougall
- Daughters Courageous as Samuel 'Sam' Sloane
1938
- Jezebel as Dr. Livingstone
- The Sisters as Tim Hazelton
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Police Inspector Lewis Lane
- The Dawn Patrol as Phipps
- Valley of the Giants as Andy Stone
- Comet Over Broadway as Grant
- The Beloved Brat as Mr. Morgan
- Sergeant Murphy as Col. Todd Carruthers
1937
- Parnell as Michael Davitt
- The Life of Emile Zola as Maitre Labori
- The Great O'Malley as Police Captain Cromwell
- That Certain Woman as Jack V. Merrick Sr.
- Confession as Presiding Judge
1936
- Mary of Scotland as Huntly
- The Charge of the Light Brigade as Colonel Campbell
- A Woman Rebels as Judge Byron Thistlewaite
- Beloved Enemy as Liam Burke
- The White Angel as Dr. Hunt
1935
- Mutiny on the Bounty as Thomas Burkitt
- Oil for the Lamps of China as J.T. McCarger
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as George
- Laddie as Mr. Pryor
1934
- The Crime Doctor as Mr. Anthony, District Attorney
- The Key as Peadar Conlan
- The Little Minister as Docteur McQueen
- The Life of Vergie Winters as Mike Davey
- What Every Woman Knows as David Wylie
1933
- Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V as Marcellus
- Broadway Bad as Darrall
1932
- Red Dust as Guidon
- A Passport to Hell as Sgt. Snyder
1930
- Scotland Yard as Charles Fox
- The Runaway Bride ... (Director)
1929
- The Pagan as Roger Slater
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Colonel Moran
- Trent's Last Case as Sigsbee Manderson
1928
- The Cop ... (Director)
- The Viking as Leif Ericsson
- The River Pirate as Caxton
- Stand and Deliver as London Club Member (uncredited)
1927
- Man Bait ... (Director)
- Vanity ... (Director)
- Dress Parade ... (Director)
- The Fighting Eagle ... (Director)
- Nobody's Widow ... (Director)
1926
- The Black Pirate as MacTavish
- Young April ... (Director)
- Sunny Side Up ... (Director)
1925
- Don Q Son of Zorro as Don Sebastian
1924
- The Navigator ... (Director)
1923
- Ponjola ... (Director)
1922
- Tell Your Children ... (Director)
1921
- The Barbarian ... (Director)
- The Bonnie Brier Bush as Lachlan Campbell
- The Princess of New York ... (Director)
1920
- The Six Best Cellars ... (Director)
- Held by the Enemy ... (Director)
- Miss Hobbs ... (Director)
1919
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl as Battling Burrows
- Love Insurance ... (Director)
- A Very Good Young Man ... (Director)
- Why Smith Left Home ... (Director)
- Under the Top ... (Director)
- Venus in the East ... (Director)
- It Pays to Advertise ... (Director)
- The Poor Boob ... (Director)
- Something to Do ... (Director)
- Too Much Johnson ... (Director)
- Johnny Get Your Gun ... (Director)
- Putting It Over ... (Director)
1918
- Rimrock Jones ... (Director)
- Believe Me, Xantippe ... (Director)
- Jules of the Strong Heart ... (Director)
- Less Than Kin ... (Director)
- The House of Silence ... (Director)
- The Way of a Man with a Maid ... (Director)
- The Goat ... (Director)
- The Firefly of France ... (Director)
1917
- His Sweetheart ... (Director)
- The Countess Charming ... (Director)
- The Bond Between ... (Director)
- Lost in Transit ... (Director)
- The Cook of Canyon Camp ... (Director)
- The Eyes of the World ... (Director)
- The Clever Mrs. Carfax ... (Director)
- The Marcellini Millions ... (Director)
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Extra (uncredited)
- Ramona as Jim Farrar
1915
- The Birth of a Nation as Gen. U.S. Grant
- The Commanding Officer as Col. Archer (the Commandant)
- May Blossom as Steve Harland
- A Girl of Yesterday as A.H. Monroe
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- The Love Route as Harry Marshall
- How Hazel Got Even ... (Director)
1914
- The Sisters
- The Avenging Conscience
- Home, Sweet Home as The Mother's Son
- Her Father's Silent Partner ... (Director)
- The Escape as 'Bull' McGee
- The Warning as Mr. Edwards
- Over the Ledge
- The Mountain Rat as Steve
- The Battle of the Sexes as Frank Andrews
- A Lesson in Mechanics
- The Availing Prayer ... (Director)
- The Little Country Mouse ... (Director)
- Their First Acquaintance
- The Niggard ... (Director)
- The Mysterious Shot as Buck
- The Different Man as The Ranch Foreman
- The Newer Woman as Cop
- Her Mother's Necklace as The Burglar
- Down the Hill to Creditville
- At Dawn ... (Director)
- Sands of Fate ... (Director)
- The Tavern of Tragedy as Bob Jameson - the Spy
- Another Chance as The Tramp
1913
- By Man's Law as Lee Calvert - Brother Owner
- Black and White
- Pirate Gold
- Near To Earth
- The Blue or the Gray as Southern Rival
- Olaf—An Atom as The Beggar
1912
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley as Rival Gang Member (uncredited)
1911
- The Two Paths as Footman
- The Failure as Bank Employee
- Fate's Turning as The Valet
- The Primal Call as At Club
- The Making of a Man as Actor / Backstage
- The Battle as A Union soldier (uncredited)
- Swords and Hearts as At Frazier House/Bushwacker (uncredited)
- The Long Road as A Servant / The Landlord
- The Miser's Heart as Policeman
- Heart Beats of Long Ago as Courtier
- The Adventures of Billy as First Tramp
- What Shall We Do with Our Old? as Night Court Bailiff
- The Italian Barber as At Ball
- Her Awakening as Accident Witness
1910
- Winning Back His Love as At Stage Door
- The Golden Supper as Courtier/Monk
- Sunshine Sue as Head of the Sweatshop
1909
- Through the Breakers as At the Club