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
1988
- Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me as Self (archive footage)
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
- A Dog of Flanders as Jehan Daas
1958
- Saddle the Wind as Dennis Deneen
- The Last Hurrah as The Cardinal
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
- The Valley of Decision as William Scott
- National Velvet as Mr. Herbert Brown
- 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
- City for Conquest as Scotty MacPherson
- Knute Rockne All American as Father John Callahan, C.S.C
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Minister Althoff
- Brother Orchid as Brother Superior
1939
- Wuthering Heights as Dr. Kenneth
- Juarez as Maréchal Bazaine
- The Oklahoma Kid as Judge Hardwick
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Francis Bacon
- The Old Maid as Doctor Lanskell
- Daughters Courageous as Samuel 'Sam' Sloane
- Sons of Liberty as Alexander McDougall
1938
- Jezebel as Dr. Livingstone
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Police Inspector Lewis Lane
- The Sisters as Tim Hazelton
- Valley of the Giants as Andy Stone
- The Dawn Patrol as Phipps
- The Beloved Brat as Mr. Morgan
- Comet Over Broadway as Grant
- Sergeant Murphy as Col. Todd Carruthers
1937
- The Life of Emile Zola as Maitre Labori
- Parnell as Michael Davitt
- The Great O'Malley as Police Captain Cromwell
- Confession as Presiding Judge
- That Certain Woman as Jack V. Merrick Sr.
1936
- Mary of Scotland as Huntly
- The Charge of the Light Brigade as Colonel Campbell
- The White Angel as Dr. Hunt
- A Woman Rebels as Judge Byron Thistlewaite
- Beloved Enemy as Liam Burke
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 Life of Vergie Winters as Mike Davey
- What Every Woman Knows as David Wylie
- The Little Minister as Docteur McQueen
- The Crime Doctor as Mr. Anthony, District Attorney
- The Key as Peadar Conlan
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
- The Runaway Bride ... (Director)
- Scotland Yard as Charles Fox
1929
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Colonel Moran
- Trent's Last Case as Sigsbee Manderson
- The Pagan as Roger Slater
1928
- The Cop ... (Director)
- The Viking as Leif Ericsson
- The River Pirate as Caxton
- Stand and Deliver as London Club Member (uncredited)
1927
- Vanity ... (Director)
- Man Bait ... (Director)
- Dress Parade ... (Director)
- The Fighting Eagle ... (Director)
- Nobody's Widow ... (Director)
1926
- The Black Pirate as MacTavish
- Sunny Side Up ... (Director)
- Young April ... (Director)
1925
- Don Q Son of Zorro as Don Sebastian
1924
- The Navigator ... (Director)
1923
- Ponjola ... (Director)
1922
- Tell Your Children ... (Director)
1921
- The Bonnie Brier Bush as Lachlan Campbell
- The Princess of New York ... (Director)
- The Barbarian ... (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)
- It Pays to Advertise ... (Director)
- A Very Good Young Man ... (Director)
- Venus in the East ... (Director)
- The Poor Boob ... (Director)
- Why Smith Left Home ... (Director)
- Johnny Get Your Gun ... (Director)
- Something to Do ... (Director)
- Too Much Johnson ... (Director)
- Under the Top ... (Director)
- Putting It Over ... (Director)
1918
- Jules of the Strong Heart ... (Director)
- The Firefly of France ... (Director)
- Rimrock Jones ... (Director)
- The House of Silence ... (Director)
- The Way of a Man with a Maid ... (Director)
- Less Than Kin ... (Director)
- Believe Me, Xantippe ... (Director)
- The Goat ... (Director)
1917
- His Sweetheart ... (Director)
- The Cook of Canyon Camp ... (Director)
- The Clever Mrs. Carfax ... (Director)
- The Eyes of the World ... (Director)
- The Bond Between ... (Director)
- Lost in Transit ... (Director)
- The Countess Charming ... (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
- How Hazel Got Even ... (Director)
- A Girl of Yesterday as A.H. Monroe
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- May Blossom as Steve Harland
- The Commanding Officer as Col. Archer (the Commandant)
- The Love Route as Harry Marshall
1914
- The Warning as Mr. Edwards
- The Sisters
- Home, Sweet Home as The Mother's Son
- The Little Country Mouse ... (Director)
- Over the Ledge
- The Battle of the Sexes as Frank Andrews
- Her Mother's Necklace as The Burglar
- A Lesson in Mechanics
- Her Father's Silent Partner ... (Director)
- The Tavern of Tragedy as Bob Jameson - the Spy
- Down the Hill to Creditville
- The Mountain Rat as Steve
- The Avenging Conscience
- The Escape as 'Bull' McGee
- The Different Man as The Ranch Foreman
- Their First Acquaintance
- The Mysterious Shot as Buck
- The Availing Prayer ... (Director)
- The Newer Woman as Cop
- The Niggard ... (Director)
- At Dawn ... (Director)
- Sands of Fate ... (Director)
- Another Chance as The Tramp
1913
- Near To Earth
- The Blue or the Gray as Southern Rival
- Black and White
- By Man's Law as Lee Calvert - Brother Owner
- Olaf—An Atom as The Beggar
- Pirate Gold
1912
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley as Rival Gang Member (uncredited)
1911
- The Failure as Bank Employee
- The Miser's Heart as Policeman
- What Shall We Do with Our Old? as Night Court Bailiff
- The Two Paths as Footman
- The Adventures of Billy as First Tramp
- The Making of a Man as Actor / Backstage
- Heart Beats of Long Ago as Courtier
- Fate's Turning as The Valet
- Swords and Hearts as At Frazier House/Bushwacker (uncredited)
- The Battle as A Union soldier (uncredited)
- The Primal Call as At Club
- The Italian Barber as At Ball
- Her Awakening as Accident Witness
- The Long Road as A Servant / The Landlord
1910
- Winning Back His Love as At Stage Door
- Sunshine Sue as Head of the Sweatshop
- The Golden Supper as Courtier/Monk
1909
- Through the Breakers as At the Club