Acting
Donald Calthrop
EN cinema · 55 credits
Born
11 April 1888
Died
15 July 1940 (aged 52)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop
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
Filmography
Major Barbara
as Peter Shirley
Let George Do It!
as Frederick Strickland
Band Waggon
as Hobday
Fire Over England
as Don Escobal
Café Colette
as Nick
Love from a Stranger
as Hobson
Thunder in the City
as Dr. Plumet
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Clayton
The Man Behind the Mask
as Dr. Harold E. Walpole
Broken Blossoms
as Old Chinaman
Scrooge
as Bob Cratchit
The Phantom Light
as David Owen
Me and Marlborough
as Drunken Yokel
The Divine Spark
1935
The Divine Spark
as Judge Fumaroli
Man of the Moment
as Godfrey
The Clairvoyant
as Derelict (uncredited)
Red Ensign
as Macleod
Sorrell and Son
as Dr. Richard Orange
It's a Cop
1934
It's a Cop
as Charles Murray
Early to Bed
1933
Early to Bed
as Potsdam Guide
I Was a Spy
as Cnockhaert
F.P.1
as Sunshine, the Photographer
This Acting Business
1933
This Acting Business
as Milton Stafford
Friday the Thirteenth
as Hugh Nicholls
Number Seventeen
as Nora's Escort Brant
Rome Express
as Poole
Fires of Fate
1932
Fires of Fate
as Sir William Royden
Money for Nothing
as Hotel Manager
Industrial Britain
as Self - Commentator (uncredited)
Cape Forlorn
as Parson
The Ghost Train
as Saul Hodgkin
The Bells
as Mathias
Potiphar's Wife
as Counsel for Defense
Many Waters
as Compton Hardcastle
Uneasy Virtue
as Burglar
Murder!
as Ion Stewart
Loose Ends
as Winton Penner
Elstree Calling
as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
The Night Porter
as George, the Night Porter
Almost a Honeymoon
as Charles, the butler
Song of Soho
as Nobby
Two Worlds
as Mendel
Star Impersonations
as George Arliss
Blackmail
as Tracy
Up the Poll
1929
Up the Poll
as The Candidate
Atlantic
as Pointer
Shooting Stars
as Andy Wilkes
Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero
1918
Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero
as Horatio Nelson
Nelson
as Horatio Nelson