Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

b. 1882 — d. 1974 (aged 92) Bow, London, England, UK
Actor Director Writer

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.

Known For

The Birth of a Nation
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★ 6.1
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Broken Blossoms
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★ 7.2
Broken Blossoms
1919
Mutiny on the Bounty
🎞️
★ 7.6
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
How Green Was My Valley
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★ 7.7
How Green Was My Valley
1941

Filmography

Spencer's Mountain
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★ 7.0
Spencer's Mountain
1963 Actor
Grandpa Zubulon Spencer
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog
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★ 7.2
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog
1961 Actor
James Brown
Pollyanna
🎞️
★ 7.4
Pollyanna
1960 Actor
Mayor Karl Warren
A Dog of Flanders
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★ 7.2
A Dog of Flanders
1960 Actor
Jehan Daas
The Last Hurrah
🎞️
★ 7.3
The Last Hurrah
1958 Actor
Cardinal Martin Burke
Saddle the Wind
🎞️
★ 6.6
Saddle the Wind
1958 Actor
Dennis Deneen
Drango
🎞️
★ 6.1
Drango
1957 Actor
Judge Allen
🎬
🎞️
Fire on the Heather
1956 Actor
Narration
The Man from Laramie
🎞️
★ 7.3
The Man from Laramie
1955 Actor
Alec Waggoman
The Long Gray Line
🎞️
★ 7.2
The Long Gray Line
1955 Actor
Old Martin
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955 Self
Prince Valiant
🎞️
★ 6.2
Prince Valiant
1954 Actor
King Aguar
Home Town Story
🎞️
★ 4.9
Home Town Story
1951 Actor
John MacFarland
Bright Leaf
🎞️
★ 6.7
Bright Leaf
1950 Actor
Major James Singleton
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.8
Screen Actors
1950 Self
Challenge to Lassie
🎞️
★ 6.2
Challenge to Lassie
1949 Actor
'Jock' Gray
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.9
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership
1949 Self
Whispering Smith
🎞️
★ 6.6
Whispering Smith
1948 Actor
Barney Rebstock
Hills of Home
🎞️
★ 6.6
Hills of Home
1948 Actor
Drumsheugh
Ramrod
🎞️
★ 6.6
Ramrod
1947 Actor
Jim Crew
The Valley of Decision
🎞️
★ 7.3
The Valley of Decision
1945 Actor
William Scott
Son of Lassie
🎞️
★ 6.4
Son of Lassie
1945 Actor
Sam Carraclough
The Uninvited
🎞️
★ 7.2
The Uninvited
1944 Actor
Cmdr. Beech
National Velvet
🎞️
★ 7.3
National Velvet
1944 Actor
Mr. Herbert Brown
The Adventures of Mark Twain
🎞️
★ 7.1
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944 Actor
J.B. Pond
Lassie Come Home
🎞️
★ 7.1
Lassie Come Home
1943 Actor
Sam Carraclough
🎬
🎞️
Screen Snapshots, Series 22, No. 9
1943 Self
The Battle of Midway
🎞️
★ 6.1
The Battle of Midway
1942 Actor
Main Narrator
The Gay Sisters
🎞️
★ 6.6
The Gay Sisters
1942 Actor
Ralph Pedloch
How Green Was My Valley
🎞️
★ 7.7
How Green Was My Valley
1941 Actor
Mr. Gwilym Morgan
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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★ 6.8
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 Actor
Sir Charles Emery
Shining Victory
🎞️
★ 6.5
Shining Victory
1941 Actor
Dr. Drewett
The Sea Hawk
🎞️
★ 7.6
The Sea Hawk
1940 Actor
Sir John Burleson
Brother Orchid
🎞️
★ 7.0
Brother Orchid
1940 Actor
Brother Superior
City for Conquest
🎞️
★ 7.2
City for Conquest
1940 Actor
Scotty MacPherson
Knute Rockne All American
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★ 6.7
Knute Rockne All American
1940 Actor
Father John Callahan C.S.C.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
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★ 7.4
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 Actor
Minister Althoff
Wuthering Heights
🎞️
★ 7.5
Wuthering Heights
1939 Actor
Dr. Kenneth
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939 Actor
Francis Bacon
The Old Maid
🎞️
★ 7.4
The Old Maid
1939 Actor
Dr. Lanskell
The Oklahoma Kid
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Oklahoma Kid
1939 Actor
Judge Hardwick
Juarez
🎞️
★ 6.8
Juarez
1939 Actor
General Marechal Achille Bazaine
Daughters Courageous
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★ 6.6
Daughters Courageous
1939 Actor
Sam Sloane
Sons of Liberty
🎞️
★ 5.8
Sons of Liberty
1939 Actor
Alexander McDougall
Jezebel
🎞️
★ 7.4
Jezebel
1938 Actor
Dr. Livingstone
The Dawn Patrol
🎞️
★ 7.5
The Dawn Patrol
1938 Actor
Phipps
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 Actor
Inspector Lane
The Sisters
🎞️
★ 6.8
The Sisters
1938 Actor
Tim Hazelton
Comet Over Broadway
🎞️
★ 5.7
Comet Over Broadway
1938 Actor
Joe Grant
Valley of the Giants
🎞️
★ 6.2
Valley of the Giants
1938 Actor
Andy Stone
The Beloved Brat
🎞️
★ 6.1
The Beloved Brat
1938 Actor
John Morgan
Sergeant Murphy
🎞️
★ 5.2
Sergeant Murphy
1938 Actor
Col. Carruthers
🎬
🎞️
★ 8.7
For Auld Lang Syne
1938 Self
The Life of Emile Zola
🎞️
★ 7.1
The Life of Emile Zola
1937 Actor
Maitre Labori
That Certain Woman
🎞️
★ 6.4
That Certain Woman
1937 Actor
Merrick, Sr.
Confession
🎞️
★ 7.4
Confession
1937 Actor
Presiding Judge
The Great O'Malley
🎞️
★ 6.8
The Great O'Malley
1937 Actor
Captain Cromwell
Parnell
🎞️
★ 5.3
Parnell
1937 Actor
Davitt
The Charge of the Light Brigade
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936 Actor
Colonel Campbell
A Woman Rebels
🎞️
★ 6.5
A Woman Rebels
1936 Actor
Judge Byron Thistlewaite
The White Angel
🎞️
★ 6.6
The White Angel
1936 Actor
Dr. Hunt
Beloved Enemy
🎞️
★ 6.4
Beloved Enemy
1936 Actor
Burke
Mutiny on the Bounty
🎞️
★ 7.6
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 Actor
Burkitt
Oil for the Lamps of China
🎞️
★ 6.4
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935 Actor
Mr. McCarger
Vanessa, Her Love Story
🎞️
★ 6.0
Vanessa, Her Love Story
1935 Actor
George - the Inn Owner
Laddie
🎞️
★ 6.1
Laddie
1935 Actor
Mr. Pryor
The Little Minister
🎞️
★ 6.2
The Little Minister
1934 Actor
Doctor McQueen
The Key
🎞️
★ 6.0
The Key
1934 Actor
Peadar Conlan
What Every Woman Knows
🎞️
★ 6.6
What Every Woman Knows
1934 Actor
Mr. David Wylie
The Life of Vergie Winters
🎞️
★ 6.6
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 Actor
Mike Davey
The Crime Doctor
🎞️
★ 7.1
The Crime Doctor
1934 Actor
District Attorney
Broadway Bad
🎞️
★ 6.0
Broadway Bad
1933 Actor
Darrall
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
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★ 8.8
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933 Actor
Marcellus
Red Dust
🎞️
★ 7.2
Red Dust
1932 Actor
Guidon
A Passport to Hell
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★ 6.4
A Passport to Hell
1932 Actor
Sgt. Snyder
Svengali
🎞️
★ 6.8
Svengali
1931 Actor
The Laird
Kick In
🎞️
★ 7.3
Kick In
1931 Actor
Police Commisioner Harvey
The Runaway Bride
🎞️
★ 4.9
The Runaway Bride
1930 Director
Scotland Yard
🎞️
★ 5.4
Scotland Yard
1930 Actor
Charles Fox
The Pagan
🎞️
★ 6.8
The Pagan
1929 Actor
Mr. Roger Slater
Trent's Last Case
🎞️
★ 6.5
Trent's Last Case
1929 Actor
Sigsbee Manderson
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
🎞️
★ 5.1
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929 Actor
Colonel Moran
The Viking
🎞️
★ 6.6
The Viking
1928 Actor
Leif Ericsson
The Cop
🎞️
★ 5.8
The Cop
1928 Director
Stand and Deliver
🎞️
★ 6.4
Stand and Deliver
1928 Director
The River Pirate
🎞️
★ 6.0
The River Pirate
1928 Actor
Caxton
Dress Parade
🎞️
★ 7.5
Dress Parade
1927 Director
The Fighting Eagle
🎞️
★ 6.2
The Fighting Eagle
1927 Director
Vanity
🎞️
★ 7.0
Vanity
1927 Director
Nobody's Widow
🎞️
Nobody's Widow
1927 Director
The Black Pirate
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Black Pirate
1926 Actor
MacTavish
Young April
🎞️
★ 7.1
Young April
1926 Director
Sunny Side Up
🎞️
★ 5.8
Sunny Side Up
1926 Director
Man Bait
🎞️
Man Bait
1926 Director
Don Q Son of Zorro
🎞️
★ 6.8
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925 Actor Director
Don Sebastian
The Navigator
🎞️
★ 7.5
The Navigator
1924 Director
Ponjola
🎞️
★ 5.4
Ponjola
1923 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.1
Tell Your Children
1922 Director
Appearances
🎞️
★ 7.0
Appearances
1921 Director
The Bonnie Brier Bush
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921 Actor Director
Lachlan Campbell
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