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
- City for Conquest as Scotty MacPherson
- Brother Orchid as Brother Superior
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Minister Althoff
- Knute Rockne All American as Father John Callahan, C.S.C
1939
- Wuthering Heights as Dr. Kenneth
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Francis Bacon
- Juarez as Maréchal Bazaine
- The Old Maid as Doctor Lanskell
- The Oklahoma Kid as Judge Hardwick
- Daughters Courageous as Samuel 'Sam' Sloane
- Sons of Liberty as Alexander McDougall
1938
- Jezebel as Dr. Livingstone
- The Sisters as Tim Hazelton
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Police Inspector Lewis Lane
- 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
- Confession as Presiding Judge
- The Great O'Malley as Police Captain Cromwell
- Parnell as Michael Davitt
- That Certain Woman as Jack V. Merrick Sr.
1936
- The Charge of the Light Brigade as Colonel Campbell
- Beloved Enemy as Liam Burke
- Mary of Scotland as Huntly
- A Woman Rebels as Judge Byron Thistlewaite
- The White Angel as Dr. Hunt
1935
- Mutiny on the Bounty as Thomas Burkitt
- Laddie as Mr. Pryor
- Oil for the Lamps of China as J.T. McCarger
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as George
1934
- The Little Minister as Docteur McQueen
- What Every Woman Knows as David Wylie
- The Life of Vergie Winters as Mike Davey
- The Key as Peadar Conlan
- The Crime Doctor as Mr. Anthony, District Attorney
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 Pagan as Roger Slater
- Trent's Last Case as Sigsbee Manderson
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Colonel Moran
1928
- The Viking as Leif Ericsson
- The Cop ... (Director)
- Stand and Deliver as London Club Member (uncredited)
- The River Pirate as Caxton
1927
- Dress Parade ... (Director)
- Vanity ... (Director)
- The Fighting Eagle ... (Director)
- Man Bait ... (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 Bonnie Brier Bush as Lachlan Campbell
- The Princess of New York ... (Director)
- The Barbarian ... (Director)
1920
- Miss Hobbs ... (Director)
- Held by the Enemy ... (Director)
- The Six Best Cellars ... (Director)
1919
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl as Battling Burrows
- Under the Top ... (Director)
- Too Much Johnson ... (Director)
- Putting It Over ... (Director)
- Johnny Get Your Gun ... (Director)
- The Poor Boob ... (Director)
- A Very Good Young Man ... (Director)
- Something to Do ... (Director)
- Venus in the East ... (Director)
- Love Insurance ... (Director)
- It Pays to Advertise ... (Director)
- Why Smith Left Home ... (Director)
1918
- Less Than Kin ... (Director)
- The Goat ... (Director)
- Rimrock Jones ... (Director)
- The Firefly of France ... (Director)
- The House of Silence ... (Director)
- Believe Me, Xantippe ... (Director)
- The Way of a Man with a Maid ... (Director)
- Jules of the Strong Heart ... (Director)
1917
- The Clever Mrs. Carfax ... (Director)
- The Countess Charming ... (Director)
- The Bond Between ... (Director)
- The Marcellini Millions ... (Director)
- The Eyes of the World ... (Director)
- The Cook of Canyon Camp ... (Director)
- Lost in Transit ... (Director)
- His Sweetheart ... (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 Love Route as Harry Marshall
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- A Girl of Yesterday as A.H. Monroe
- The Commanding Officer as Col. Archer (the Commandant)
- May Blossom as Steve Harland
- How Hazel Got Even ... (Director)
1914
- The Avenging Conscience
- Home, Sweet Home as The Mother's Son
- The Escape as 'Bull' McGee
- Their First Acquaintance
- The Availing Prayer ... (Director)
- The Little Country Mouse ... (Director)
- Another Chance as The Tramp
- The Battle of the Sexes as Frank Andrews
- The Sisters
- The Newer Woman as Cop
- The Different Man as The Ranch Foreman
- Over the Ledge
- Down the Hill to Creditville
- The Mysterious Shot as Buck
- Her Mother's Necklace as The Burglar
- Sands of Fate ... (Director)
- A Lesson in Mechanics
- The Warning as Mr. Edwards
- The Mountain Rat as Steve
- Her Father's Silent Partner ... (Director)
- The Tavern of Tragedy as Bob Jameson - the Spy
- At Dawn ... (Director)
- The Niggard ... (Director)
1913
- Near To Earth
- Pirate Gold
- Black and White
- The Blue or the Gray as Southern Rival
- Olaf—An Atom as The Beggar
- By Man's Law as Lee Calvert - Brother Owner
1912
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley as Rival Gang Member (uncredited)
1911
- The Making of a Man as Actor / Backstage
- The Long Road as A Servant / The Landlord
- The Miser's Heart as Policeman
- The Primal Call as At Club
- The Battle as A Union soldier (uncredited)
- Heart Beats of Long Ago as Courtier
- Swords and Hearts as At Frazier House/Bushwacker (uncredited)
- What Shall We Do with Our Old? as Night Court Bailiff
- The Adventures of Billy as First Tramp
- Her Awakening as Accident Witness
- Fate's Turning as The Valet
- The Italian Barber as At Ball
- The Two Paths as Footman
- The Failure as Bank Employee
1910
- Sunshine Sue as Head of the Sweatshop
- The Golden Supper as Courtier/Monk
- Winning Back His Love as At Stage Door
1909
- Through the Breakers as At the Club