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
- Challenge to Lassie as 'Jock' Gray
- Africa Screams ... (Executive Producer)
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
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Sir Charles Emery
- How Green Was My Valley as Gwilym Morgan
- 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
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Francis Bacon
- Juarez as Maréchal Bazaine
- The Oklahoma Kid as Judge Hardwick
- 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
- 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
- That Certain Woman as Jack V. Merrick Sr.
- The Life of Emile Zola as Maitre Labori
- The Great O'Malley as Police Captain Cromwell
- Confession as Presiding Judge
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
- Laddie as Mr. Pryor
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as George
1934
- The Key as Peadar Conlan
- The Little Minister as Docteur McQueen
- What Every Woman Knows as David Wylie
- The Life of Vergie Winters as Mike Davey
- The Crime Doctor as Mr. Anthony, District Attorney
1933
- Broadway Bad as Darrall
- Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V as Marcellus
1932
- Red Dust as Guidon
- A Passport to Hell as Sgt. Snyder
1930
- The Runaway Bride ... (Director)
- Scotland Yard as Charles Fox
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 River Pirate as Caxton
- Stand and Deliver as London Club Member (uncredited)
- The Viking as Leif Ericsson
1927
- Vanity ... (Director)
- Dress Parade ... (Director)
- Man Bait ... (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)
- Venus in the East ... (Director)
- It Pays to Advertise ... (Director)
- The Poor Boob ... (Director)
- Why Smith Left Home ... (Director)
- A Very Good Young Man ... (Director)
- Something to Do ... (Director)
- Putting It Over ... (Director)
- Under the Top ... (Director)
- Too Much Johnson ... (Director)
- Johnny Get Your Gun ... (Director)
1918
- Rimrock Jones ... (Director)
- Jules of the Strong Heart ... (Director)
- Believe Me, Xantippe ... (Director)
- The House of Silence ... (Director)
- The Firefly of France ... (Director)
- The Goat ... (Director)
- Less Than Kin ... (Director)
- The Way of a Man with a Maid ... (Director)
1917
- His Sweetheart ... (Director)
- The Cook of Canyon Camp ... (Director)
- The Bond Between ... (Director)
- Lost in Transit ... (Director)
- The Eyes of the World ... (Director)
- The Countess Charming ... (Director)
- The Marcellini Millions ... (Director)
- The Clever Mrs. Carfax ... (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)
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- A Girl of Yesterday as A.H. Monroe
- The Love Route as Harry Marshall
- May Blossom as Steve Harland
- How Hazel Got Even ... (Director)
1914
- The Sisters
- The Warning as Mr. Edwards
- Home, Sweet Home as The Mother's Son
- The Avenging Conscience
- The Mountain Rat as Steve
- The Battle of the Sexes as Frank Andrews
- Sands of Fate ... (Director)
- Her Mother's Necklace as The Burglar
- Her Father's Silent Partner ... (Director)
- The Different Man as The Ranch Foreman
- At Dawn ... (Director)
- Their First Acquaintance
- The Mysterious Shot as Buck
- Another Chance as The Tramp
- Over the Ledge
- The Escape as 'Bull' McGee
- The Tavern of Tragedy as Bob Jameson - the Spy
- Down the Hill to Creditville
- The Availing Prayer ... (Director)
- The Niggard ... (Director)
- The Little Country Mouse ... (Director)
- A Lesson in Mechanics
- The Newer Woman as Cop
1913
- Near To Earth
- Olaf—An Atom as The Beggar
- Pirate Gold
- Black and White
- By Man's Law as Lee Calvert - Brother Owner
- The Blue or the Gray as Southern Rival
1912
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley as Rival Gang Member (uncredited)
1911
- The Failure as Bank Employee
- The Two Paths as Footman
- Swords and Hearts as At Frazier House/Bushwacker (uncredited)
- Fate's Turning as The Valet
- The Italian Barber as At Ball
- The Adventures of Billy as First Tramp
- The Making of a Man as Actor / Backstage
- The Miser's Heart as Policeman
- Her Awakening as Accident Witness
- Heart Beats of Long Ago as Courtier
- What Shall We Do with Our Old? as Night Court Bailiff
- The Long Road as A Servant / The Landlord
- The Primal Call as At Club
- The Battle as A Union soldier (uncredited)
1910
- Sunshine Sue as Head of the Sweatshop
- Winning Back His Love as At Stage Door
- The Golden Supper as Courtier/Monk
1909
- Through the Breakers as At the Club