Donald Calthrop
Known For
Acting
Born
1888-04-11 in London, England, UK
Died
1940-07-15
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).
Most Known For
The Bells
as Mathias
The Clairvoyant
as Derelict (uncredited)
Shooting Stars
as Andy Wilkes
Blackmail
as Tracy
Murder!
as Ion Stewart
Uneasy Virtue
as Burglar
Nelson
as Horatio Nelson
Number Seventeen
as Nora's Escort Brant
Scrooge
as Bob Cratchit
I Was a Spy
as Cnockhaert
Let George Do It!
as Frederick Strickland
Star Impersonations
as George Arliss
Rome Express
as Poole
Elstree Calling
as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
Fire Over England
as Don Escobal
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Clayton
Man of the Moment
as Godfrey
Major Barbara
as Peter Shirley
Love from a Stranger
as Hobson
Broken Blossoms
as Old Chinaman