Donald Crisp1882 - 1974

usually

Actor

Popularity

2.5

Famous

Biography

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.

Credits

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

Comedy • Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
0.6
Spencer's Mountain
Spencer's Mountain

1963

Drama • Family

as Grandpa Spencer

6.7
0.5
Greyfriars Bobby
Greyfriars Bobby

1961

Drama • Family

as James Brown

6.9
0.6
Pollyanna
Pollyanna

1960

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Mayor Karl Warren

7
1.2
A Dog of Flanders
A Dog of Flanders

1959

Drama • Family

as Jehan Daas

6.2
0.8
The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah

1958

Drama

as The Cardinal

7.1
0.9
Saddle the Wind
Saddle the Wind

1958

Western

as Dennis Deneen

6.5
0.5
Drango
Drango

1957

Western

as Judge Allen

5.4
0.4
Fire on the Heather
Fire on the Heather

1956

Documentary

0
0
The Man from Laramie
The Man from Laramie

1955

Drama • Western

as Alec Waggoman

7.2
1.1
The Red, White and Blue Line
The Red, White and Blue Line

1955

Documentary

as Self

6
0.1
The Long Gray Line
The Long Gray Line

1955

Comedy • Drama

as Old Martin

7
0.7
A Star Is Born World Premiere
A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

Documentary

as Self

8
0.3
Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant

1954

Action • Adventure • Romance

as King Aguar

5.9
1.2
Home Town Story
Home Town Story

1951

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as John MacFarland

4.6
1
Bright Leaf
Bright Leaf

1950

Drama • Romance

as Major Singleton

5.9
0.5
Challenge to Lassie
Challenge to Lassie

1949

Action • Adventure • Drama • Family

as 'Jock' Gray

4.8
0.5
Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith

1948

Western

as Barney Rebstock

6.4
0.5
Hills of Home
Hills of Home

1948

Action • Adventure • Drama • Family

as Drumsheugh

6.7
0.3
Ramrod
Ramrod

1947

Western

as Jim Crew

6.5
0.4
The Valley of Decision
The Valley of Decision

1945

Drama • Romance

as William Scott

7.3
0.5
Son of Lassie
Son of Lassie

1945

Action • Adventure • Drama • Family

as Sam Carraclough

6
0.3
National Velvet
National Velvet

1945

Drama • Family

as Mr. Herbert Brown

7.2
0.7
The Adventures of Mark Twain
The Adventures of Mark Twain

1944

Adventure • Drama

as J.B. Pond

6.6
0.3
The Uninvited
The Uninvited

1944

Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Romance

as Commander Beech

6.9
1.1
Lassie Come Home
Lassie Come Home

1943

Adventure • Drama • Family

as Sam Carraclough

6.7
1.1
Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day

1943

Drama • History

as Captain Martin

7.4
0.6
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway

1942

Documentary • War

as Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.9
0.5
The Gay Sisters
The Gay Sisters

1942

Drama • Romance

as Ralph Pedloch

6.5
0.3
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley

1941

Drama

as Gwilym Morgan

7.3
1.1
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941

Drama • Horror • Science Fiction

as Sir Charles Emery

6.4
0.9
Shining Victory
Shining Victory

1941

Drama

as Dr. Drewett

5.9
0.2
Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne All American

1940

Drama

as Father John Callahan, C.S.C

6.1
0.4
City for Conquest
City for Conquest

1940

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Scotty MacPherson

6.8
0.4
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk

1940

Adventure • History • Romance

as Admiral Sir John Burleson

7.1
0.8
Brother Orchid
Brother Orchid

1940

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Romance

as Brother Superior

6.5
0.6
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940

Drama

as Minister Althoff

6.4
0.4
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939

Drama • History • Romance

as Francis Bacon

6.3
0.4
The Old Maid
The Old Maid

1939

Drama

as Doctor Lanskell

7.1
0.5
Daughters Courageous
Daughters Courageous

1939

Drama • Romance

as Samuel 'Sam' Sloane

6.2
0.4
Juarez
Juarez

1939

Drama • History • Romance

as Maréchal Bazaine

6.5
0.5
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty

1939

Drama • History

as Alexander McDougall

6.2
0.2
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

1939

Drama • Romance

as Dr. Kenneth

7.2
1.8
The Oklahoma Kid
The Oklahoma Kid

1939

History • Western

as Judge Hardwick

5.9
0.4
The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol

1938

Action • Drama • War

as Phipps

6.8
0.5
Comet Over Broadway
Comet Over Broadway

1938

Drama • Romance

as Grant

5
0.4
The Sisters
The Sisters

1938

Drama

as Tim Hazelton

6.1
0.6
Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants

1938

Adventure

as Andy Stone

6
0.1
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

Crime • Drama

as Police Inspector Lewis Lane

7.2
0.8
The Beloved Brat
The Beloved Brat

1938

Comedy • Drama

as Mr. Morgan

6.4
0.2
Jezebel
Jezebel

1938

Drama • Romance

as Dr. Livingstone

7
1.1
Sergeant Murphy
Sergeant Murphy

1938

Drama

as Col. Todd Carruthers

5
0.2
The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola

1937

Drama • History

as Maitre Labori

6.7
0.6
That Certain Woman
That Certain Woman

1937

Drama • Romance

as Jack V. Merrick Sr.

5.7
0.3
Confession
Confession

1937

Crime • Drama

as Presiding Judge

6.1
0.4
Parnell
Parnell

1937

Drama • History • Romance

as Michael Davitt

4.6
0.3
The Great O'Malley
The Great O'Malley

1937

Drama

as Police Captain Cromwell

6.7
0.2
Beloved Enemy
Beloved Enemy

1936

Drama • Romance

as Liam Burke

6.1
0.4
A Woman Rebels
A Woman Rebels

1936

Drama • Romance

as Judge Byron Thistlewaite

5.8
0.2
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

Adventure • Drama • War

as Colonel Campbell

6.5
0.3
Mary of Scotland
Mary of Scotland

1936

Drama • History • Romance

as Huntly

6.3
0.6
The White Angel
The White Angel

1936

Drama

as Dr. Hunt

8
0.2
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

Adventure • Drama • History

as Thomas Burkitt

7.3
1.4
Oil for the Lamps of China
Oil for the Lamps of China

1935

Drama

as Mr. McCarger

7.3
0.3
Laddie
Laddie

1935

Drama

as Mr. Pryor

0
0.2
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Vanessa: Her Love Story

1935

Drama

as George

6
0.2
The Little Minister
The Little Minister

1934

Drama • Romance

as Docteur McQueen

5.9
0.2
What Every Woman Knows
What Every Woman Knows

1934

Comedy

as David Wylie

7
0.5
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

Drama

as Mike Davey

5.9
0.2
The Key
The Key

1934

Drama

as Peadar Conlan

4.9
0.4
The Crime Doctor
The Crime Doctor

1934

Crime • Drama

as Mr. Anthony, District Attorney

3.5
0.1
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V

1933

Drama

as Marcellus

0
0.1
Broadway Bad
Broadway Bad

1933

Drama • Music

as Darrall

5
0.1
Red Dust
Red Dust

1932

Drama • Romance

as Guidon

7
0.6
A Passport to Hell
A Passport to Hell

1932

Drama

as Sgt. Snyder

5.3
0.1
Kick In
Kick In

1931

Crime • Drama

as Garvey

6
0.2
Svengali
Svengali

1931

Drama • Horror • Romance

as The Laird

6.1
2.7
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard

1930

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Charles Fox

0
0.1
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1929

Mystery

as Colonel Moran

0
0.1
The Pagan
The Pagan

1929

Drama

as Roger Slater

6.3
0.4
Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case

1929

Crime • Mystery

as Sigsbee Manderson

0
0.2
The Viking
The Viking

1928

Action • Adventure • History

as Leif Ericsson

6.4
0.1
The River Pirate
The River Pirate

1928

Adventure • Crime • Romance

as Caxton

0
0.1
Stand and Deliver
Stand and Deliver

1928

Drama • Romance

as London Club Member (uncredited)

5.8
0.2
The Black Pirate
The Black Pirate

1926

Action • Adventure • Drama

as MacTavish

6.7
1.1
Don Q Son of Zorro
Don Q Son of Zorro

1925

Adventure • Romance • Western

as Don Sebastian

6.6
0.7
The Bonnie Brier Bush
The Bonnie Brier Bush

1921

Drama

as Lachlan Campbell

6
0.2
Broken Blossoms
Broken Blossoms

1919

Drama • Romance

as Battling Burrows

6.9
1.5
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

Drama • History

as Extra (uncredited)

7.1
1.2
Ramona
Ramona

1916

Drama

as Jim Farrar

0
0.2
A Girl of Yesterday
A Girl of Yesterday

1915

Comedy

as A.H. Monroe

0
0.3
May Blossom
May Blossom

1915

Drama

as Steve Harland

0
0.1
The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation

1915

Drama • History • War

as Gen. U.S. Grant

6
3.8
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl

1915

Drama • Romance

0
0.1
Over the Ledge
0
0.1
The Sisters
The Sisters

1914

Drama

0
0.4
Another Chance
Another Chance

1914

Drama

as The Tramp

0
0.1
The Warning
The Warning

1914

Drama

as Mr. Edwards

0
0
A Lesson in Mechanics
A Lesson in Mechanics

1914

Comedy • Romance

0
0.1
Her Mother's Necklace
Her Mother's Necklace

1914

Drama

as The Burglar

0
0.1
The Tavern of Tragedy
The Tavern of Tragedy

1914

Drama • Western

as Bob Jameson - the Spy

0
0.1
The Avenging Conscience
The Avenging Conscience

1914

Drama • Horror

6.1
0.1
Their First Acquaintance
Their First Acquaintance

1914

Drama • Romance

0
0.1
The Newer Woman
The Newer Woman

1914

Drama • Romance

as Cop

0
0.1
The Escape
The Escape

1914

Drama

as 'Bull' McGee

0
0.2
Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home

1914

Drama • Fantasy

as The Mother's Son

5.3
0.2
The Different Man
The Different Man

1914

Western

as The Ranch Foreman

0
0.1
The Mountain Rat
The Mountain Rat

1914

Western

as Steve

0
0.1
The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes

1914

Drama

as Frank Andrews

0
0.1
The Mysterious Shot
The Mysterious Shot

1914

Western

as Buck

0
0.1
The Blue or the Gray
The Blue or the Gray

1913

Drama • War

as Southern Rival

0
0.1
By Man's Law
By Man's Law

1913

Drama

as Lee Calvert - Brother Owner

0
0.1
Black and White
Black and White

1913

Comedy

0
0.1
Olaf—An Atom
Olaf—An Atom

1913

Drama • Fantasy

as The Beggar

0
0
Near To Earth
Near To Earth

1913

Drama • Romance

0
0.1
Pirate Gold
Pirate Gold

1913

Drama

0
0.1
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musketeers of Pig Alley

1912

Crime • Drama

as Rival Gang Member (uncredited)

6.2
0.2
The Failure
The Failure

1911

Drama • Romance

as Bank Employee

4
0.1
The Miser's Heart
The Miser's Heart

1911

Drama

as Policeman

6
0.1
The Battle
The Battle

1911

Drama • History • War

as A Union soldier (uncredited)

4.8
0.3
The Long Road
The Long Road

1911

Drama

as A Servant / The Landlord

0
0.1
The Adventures of Billy
The Adventures of Billy

1911

Crime • Drama

as First Tramp

5.7
0.1
The Making of a Man
The Making of a Man

1911

Drama

as Actor / Backstage

6.3
0.1
Her Awakening
Her Awakening

1911

Drama

as Accident Witness

0
0.2
The Primal Call
The Primal Call

1911

Drama • Romance

as At Club

4
0.1
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
What Shall We Do with Our Old?

1911

Drama

as Night Court Bailiff

5.5
0.1
Heart Beats of Long Ago
5
0.1
Fate's Turning
Fate's Turning

1911

as The Valet

5
0.2
The Italian Barber
The Italian Barber

1911

Comedy

as At Ball

4
0.1
Winning Back His Love
Winning Back His Love

1910

as At Stage Door

4
0.1
The Golden Supper
The Golden Supper

1910

as Courtier/Monk

4.5
0.1
Sunshine Sue
Sunshine Sue

1910

Drama

as Head of the Sweatshop

0
0.2
Through the Breakers
Through the Breakers

1909

Drama

as At the Club

4.2
0.1

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