Donald Calthrop

Donald Calthrop

🎂 11th April 1888 (137 yrs) 📍 London, England, UK

Known For

Blackmail

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).

Donald Calthrop

Movies Featuring Donald Calthrop

Major Barbara

Major Barbara (1941)

as Peter Shirley
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)

as Guide
Let George Do It!

Let George Do It! (1940)

as Frederick Strickland
Band Waggon

Band Waggon (1940)

as Hobday
Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City (1937)

as Dr. Plumet
Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger (1937)

as Hobson
Fire Over England

Fire Over England (1937)

as Don Escobal
Café Colette

Café Colette (1937)

as Nick
The Man Who Changed His Mind

The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)

as Clayton
The Man Behind the Mask

The Man Behind the Mask (1936)

as Dr. Harold E. Walpole
Broken Blossoms

Broken Blossoms (1936)

as Old Chinaman
Scrooge

Scrooge (1935)

as Bob Cratchit
Man of the Moment

Man of the Moment (1935)

as Godfrey
The Phantom Light

The Phantom Light (1935)

as David Owen
Me and Marlborough

Me and Marlborough (1935)

as Drunken Yokel
The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant (1935)

as Derelict (uncredited)
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The Divine Spark (1935)

as Judge Fumaroli
Red Ensign

Red Ensign (1934)

as Macleod
Sorrell and Son

Sorrell and Son (1934)

as Dr. Richard Orange
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It's a Cop (1934)

as Charles Murray
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This Acting Business (1933)

as Milton Stafford
Friday the Thirteenth

Friday the Thirteenth (1933)

as Hugh Nicholls
I Was a Spy

I Was a Spy (1933)

as Cnockhaert
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Early to Bed (1933)

as Potsdam Guide
F.P.1

F.P.1 (1933)

as Sunshine, the Photographer
Rome Express

Rome Express (1932)

as Poole
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Fires of Fate (1932)

as Sir William Royden
Number Seventeen

Number Seventeen (1932)

as Nora's Escort Brant
Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing (1932)

as Hotel Manager
Industrial Britain

Industrial Britain (1931)

as Self - Commentator (uncredited)
Many Waters

Many Waters (1931)

as Compton Hardcastle
The Bells

The Bells (1931)

as Mathias
The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train (1931)

as Saul Hodgkin
Potiphar's Wife

Potiphar's Wife (1931)

as Counsel for Defense
Uneasy Virtue

Uneasy Virtue (1931)

as Burglar
Cape Forlorn

Cape Forlorn (1931)

as Parson
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We Take Off Our Hats (1930)

as 'erb
Star Impersonations

Star Impersonations (1930)

as George Arliss
Almost a Honeymoon

Almost a Honeymoon (1930)

as Charles, the butler
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Spanish Eyes (1930)

as Mascoso
Murder!

Murder! (1930)

as Ion Stewart
Two Worlds

Two Worlds (1930)

as Mendel
Loose Ends

Loose Ends (1930)

as Winton Penner
The Night Porter

The Night Porter (1930)

as George, the Night Porter
Song of Soho

Song of Soho (1930)

as Nobby
Elstree Calling

Elstree Calling (1930)

as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
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All Riot on the Western Front (1930)

Atlantic

Atlantic (1929)

as Pointer
Blackmail

Blackmail (1929)

as Tracy
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Up the Poll (1929)

as The Candidate
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The Clue of the New Pin (1929)

as Yeh Ling
Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars (1928)

as Andy Wilkes
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Nelson (1918)

as Horatio Nelson
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Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero (1918)

as Horatio Nelson
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Masks and Faces (1917)

as Lovell