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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

55

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-04-11

Day of Death

1940-07-15 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop

Donald Calthrop

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

Acting

Blackmail

1929

Blackmail

as

Tracy

Fire Over England

1937

Fire Over England

as

Don Escobal

Murder!

1930

Murder!

as

Ion Stewart

Scrooge

1935

Scrooge

as

Bob Cratchit

Café Colette

1937

Café Colette

as

Nick

Number Seventeen

1932

Number Seventeen

as

Nora's Escort Brant

Early to Bed

1933

Early to Bed

as

Potsdam Guide

The Phantom Light

1935

The Phantom Light

as

David Owen

Rome Express

1932

Rome Express

as

Poole

Industrial Britain

1931

Industrial Britain

as

Self - Commentator (uncredited)

I Was a Spy

1933

I Was a Spy

as

Cnockhaert

Cape Forlorn

1931

Cape Forlorn

as

Parson

Nelson

1918

Nelson

as

Horatio Nelson

F.P.1

1933

F.P.1

as

Sunshine, the Photographer

Me and Marlborough

1935

Me and Marlborough

as

Drunken Yokel

The Ghost Train

1931

The Ghost Train

as

Saul Hodgkin

Let George Do It!

1940

Let George Do It!

as

Frederick Strickland

Up the Poll

1929

Up the Poll

as

The Candidate

Loose Ends

1930

Loose Ends

as

Winton Penner

Band Waggon

1940

Band Waggon

as

Hobday

The Man Behind the Mask

1936

The Man Behind the Mask

as

Dr. Harold E. Walpole

Elstree Calling

1930

Elstree Calling

as

Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew

Shooting Stars

1928

Shooting Stars

as

Andy Wilkes

The Divine Spark

1935

The Divine Spark

as

Judge Fumaroli

Major Barbara

1941

Major Barbara

as

Peter Shirley

The Night Porter

1930

The Night Porter

as

George, the Night Porter

Almost a Honeymoon

1930

Almost a Honeymoon

as

Charles, the butler

The Bells

1931

The Bells

as

Mathias

Song of Soho

1930

Song of Soho

as

Nobby

Spanish Eyes

1930

Spanish Eyes

as

Mascoso

Two Worlds

1930

Two Worlds

as

Mendel

Potiphar's Wife

1931

Potiphar's Wife

as

Counsel for Defense

Many Waters

1931

Many Waters

as

Compton Hardcastle

Fires of Fate

1932

Fires of Fate

as

Sir William Royden

Uneasy Virtue

1931

Uneasy Virtue

as

Burglar

This Acting Business

1933

This Acting Business

as

Milton Stafford

Money for Nothing

1932

Money for Nothing

as

Hotel Manager

Atlantic

1929

Atlantic

as

Pointer

Broken Blossoms

1936

Broken Blossoms

as

Old Chinaman

Thunder in the City

1937

Thunder in the City

as

Dr. Plumet

Man of the Moment

1935

Man of the Moment

as

Godfrey

Masks and Faces

1917

Masks and Faces

as

Lovell

Red Ensign

1934

Red Ensign

as

Macleod

The Clairvoyant

1935

The Clairvoyant

as

Derelict (uncredited)

Sorrell and Son

1934

Sorrell and Son

as

Dr. Richard Orange

Star Impersonations

1930

Star Impersonations

as

George Arliss

Friday the Thirteenth

1933

Friday the Thirteenth

as

Hugh Nicholls

It's a Cop

1934

It's a Cop

as

Charles Murray

Production

Crew

Directing