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Donald Calthrop

Known for acting · Born 11 April 1888 · Died 15 July 1940 · aged 52 · London, England, UK

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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).

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Known for

Blackmail

1929

Scrooge

1935

Number Seventeen

1932

Elstree Calling

1930

Shooting Stars

1928

The Phantom Light

1935

Atlantic

1929

The Man Who Changed His Mind

1936

Industrial Britain

1931

Rome Express

1932

Murder!

1930

Nelson

1918

Acting (55)

1941Major BarbaraPeter ShirleyFilm
1940Let George Do It!Frederick StricklandFilm
1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) AuntGuideFilm
1940Band WaggonHobdayFilm
1937Fire Over EnglandDon EscobalFilm
1937Love from a StrangerHobsonFilm
1937Thunder in the CityDr. PlumetFilm
1937Café ColetteNickFilm
1936The Man Who Changed His MindClaytonFilm
1936Broken BlossomsOld ChinamanFilm
1936The Man Behind the MaskDr. Harold E. WalpoleFilm
1935ScroogeBob CratchitFilm
1935The ClairvoyantDerelict (uncredited)Film
1935The Phantom LightDavid OwenFilm
1935Me and MarlboroughDrunken YokelFilm
1935Man of the MomentGodfreyFilm
1935The Divine SparkJudge FumaroliFilm
1934Red EnsignMacleodFilm
1934Sorrell and SonDr. Richard OrangeFilm
1934It's a CopCharles MurrayFilm
1933F.P.1Sunshine, the PhotographerFilm
1933Friday the ThirteenthHugh NichollsFilm
1933I Was a SpyCnockhaertFilm
1933Early to BedPotsdam GuideFilm
1933This Acting BusinessMilton StaffordFilm
1932Number SeventeenNora's Escort BrantFilm
1932Rome ExpressPooleFilm
1932Fires of FateSir William RoydenFilm
1932Money for NothingHotel ManagerFilm
1931Industrial BritainSelf - Commentator (uncredited)Film
1931Cape ForlornParsonFilm
1931The Ghost TrainSaul HodgkinFilm
1931The BellsMathiasFilm
1931Potiphar's WifeCounsel for DefenseFilm
1931Many WatersCompton HardcastleFilm
1931Uneasy VirtueBurglarFilm
1930Murder!Ion StewartFilm
1930Elstree CallingHimself / Petruchio in Taming of the ShrewFilm
1930We Take Off Our Hats'erbFilm
1930Loose EndsWinton PennerFilm
1930The Night PorterGeorge, the Night PorterFilm
1930All Riot on the Western FrontFilm
1930Almost a HoneymoonCharles, the butlerFilm
1930Spanish EyesMascosoFilm
1930Song of SohoNobbyFilm
1930Two WorldsMendelFilm
1930Star ImpersonationsGeorge ArlissFilm
1929BlackmailTracyFilm
1929AtlanticPointerFilm
1929The Clue of the New PinYeh LingFilm
1929Up the PollThe CandidateFilm
1928Shooting StarsAndy WilkesFilm
1918NelsonHoratio NelsonFilm
1918Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval HeroHoratio NelsonFilm
1917Masks and FacesLovellFilm