Donald Calthrop
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
Murder!
1930
as Ion Stewart
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
as Clayton
Love from a Stranger
1937
as Hobson
Blackmail
1929
as Tracy
Scrooge
1935
as Bob Cratchit
The Clairvoyant
1935
as Derelict (uncredited)
I Was a Spy
1933
as Cnockhaert
Number Seventeen
1932
as Nora's Escort Brant
The Bells
1931
as Mathias
Thunder in the City
1937
as Dr. Plumet
Fire Over England
1937
as Don Escobal
Broken Blossoms
1936
as Old Chinaman
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940
as Guide
Fires of Fate
1932
as Sir William Royden
The Clue of the New Pin
1929
as Yeh Ling
Major Barbara
1941
as Peter Shirley
Let George Do It!
1940
as Frederick Strickland
Rome Express
1932
as Poole
Potiphar's Wife
1931
as Counsel for Defense
Band Waggon
1940
as Hobday