Person
Donald Calthrop
Acting · 1888–1940 · London, England, UK
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).
Known for
Blackmail
Tracy
Shooting Stars
Andy Wilkes
The Bells
Mathias
Uneasy Virtue
Burglar
Sorrell and Son
Dr. Richard Orange
The Clairvoyant
Derelict (uncredited)
Potiphar's Wife
Counsel for Defense
I Was a Spy
Cnockhaert
Fire Over England
Don Escobal
Love from a Stranger
Hobson
Filmography
- 1941Major BarbaraPeter Shirley
- 1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) AuntGuide
- 1940Let George Do It!Frederick Strickland
- 1940Band WaggonHobday
- 1937Thunder in the CityDr. Plumet
- 1937Love from a StrangerHobson
- 1937Fire Over EnglandDon Escobal
- 1937Café ColetteNick
- 1936The Man Who Changed His MindClayton
- 1936The Man Behind the MaskDr. Harold E. Walpole
- 1936Broken BlossomsOld Chinaman
- 1935ScroogeBob Cratchit
- 1935Man of the MomentGodfrey
- 1935The Phantom LightDavid Owen
- 1935Me and MarlboroughDrunken Yokel
- 1935The ClairvoyantDerelict (uncredited)
- 1935The Divine SparkJudge Fumaroli
- 1934Red EnsignMacleod
- 1934Sorrell and SonDr. Richard Orange
- 1934It's a CopCharles Murray
- 1933This Acting BusinessMilton Stafford
- 1933Friday the ThirteenthHugh Nicholls
- 1933I Was a SpyCnockhaert
- 1933Early to BedPotsdam Guide
- 1933F.P.1Sunshine, the Photographer
- 1932Rome ExpressPoole
- 1932Fires of FateSir William Royden
- 1932Number SeventeenNora's Escort Brant
- 1932Money for NothingHotel Manager
- 1931Industrial BritainSelf - Commentator (uncredited)
- 1931Many WatersCompton Hardcastle
- 1931The BellsMathias
- 1931The Ghost TrainSaul Hodgkin
- 1931Potiphar's WifeCounsel for Defense
- 1931Uneasy VirtueBurglar
- 1931Cape ForlornParson
- 1930We Take Off Our Hats'erb
- 1930Star ImpersonationsGeorge Arliss
- 1930Almost a HoneymoonCharles, the butler
- 1930Spanish EyesMascoso
- 1930Murder!Ion Stewart
- 1930Two WorldsMendel
- 1930Loose EndsWinton Penner
- 1930The Night PorterGeorge, the Night Porter
- 1930Song of SohoNobby
- 1930Elstree CallingHimself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
- 1930All Riot on the Western Front
- 1929AtlanticPointer
- 1929BlackmailTracy
- 1929Up the PollThe Candidate
- 1929The Clue of the New PinYeh Ling
- 1928Shooting StarsAndy Wilkes
- 1918NelsonHoratio Nelson
- 1918Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval HeroHoratio Nelson
- 1917Masks and FacesLovell
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