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Donald Crisp

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Bow, London, England, UK, 1882-07-26

Died: 1974-05-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1909	Through the Breakers	At the Club	42
2	1910	Sunshine Sue	Head of the Sweatshop	0
3	1910	The Golden Supper	Courtier/Monk	45
4	1910	Winning Back His Love	At Stage Door	40
5	1911	The Italian Barber	At Ball	40
6	1911	Fate's Turning	The Valet	50
7	1911	Heart Beats of Long Ago	Courtier	50
8	1911	What Shall We Do with Our Old?	Night Court Bailiff	55
9	1911	The Primal Call	At Club	40
10	1911	Her Awakening	Accident Witness	0
11	1911	The Making of a Man	Actor / Backstage	63
12	1911	The Adventures of Billy	First Tramp	57
13	1911	The Long Road	A Servant / The Landlord	0
14	1911	The Battle	A Union soldier (uncredited)	48
15	1911	The Miser's Heart	Policeman	60
16	1911	The Failure	Bank Employee	40
17	1912	The Musketeers of Pig Alley	Rival Gang Member (uncredited)	62
18	1913	Pirate Gold		0
19	1913	Near To Earth		0
20	1913	Olaf—An Atom	The Beggar	0
21	1913	Black and White		0
22	1913	By Man's Law	Lee Calvert - Brother Owner	0
23	1913	The Blue or the Gray	Southern Rival	0
24	1914	The Mysterious Shot	Buck	0
25	1914	The Battle of the Sexes	Frank Andrews	0
26	1914	The Mountain Rat	Steve	0
27	1914	The Different Man	The Ranch Foreman	0
28	1914	Home, Sweet Home	The Mother's Son	53
29	1914	The Escape	'Bull' McGee	0
30	1914	The Newer Woman	Cop	0
31	1914	Their First Acquaintance		0
32	1914	The Avenging Conscience		61
33	1914	The Tavern of Tragedy	Bob Jameson - the Spy	0
34	1914	Her Mother's Necklace	The Burglar	0
35	1914	A Lesson in Mechanics		0
36	1914	Down the Hill to Creditville		0
37	1914	The Warning	Mr. Edwards	0
38	1914	Another Chance	The Tramp	0
39	1914	The Sisters		0
40	1914	Over the Ledge		0
41	1915	An Old-Fashioned Girl		0
42	1915	The Birth of a Nation	Gen. U.S. Grant	60
43	1915	May Blossom	Steve Harland	0
44	1915	A Girl of Yesterday	A.H. Monroe	0
45	1916	Ramona	Jim Farrar	0
46	1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages	Extra (uncredited)	71
47	1919	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl	Battling Burrows	69
48	1921	The Bonnie Brier Bush	Lachlan Campbell	60
49	1925	Don Q Son of Zorro	Don Sebastian	66
50	1926	The Black Pirate	MacTavish	67
51	1928	Stand and Deliver	London Club Member (uncredited)	58
52	1928	The River Pirate	Caxton	0
53	1928	The Viking	Leif Ericsson	64
54	1929	Trent's Last Case	Sigsbee Manderson	0
55	1929	The Pagan	Roger Slater	63
56	1929	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	Colonel Moran	0
57	1930	Scotland Yard	Charles Fox	0
58	1931	Svengali	The Laird	61
59	1931	Kick In	Garvey	60
60	1932	A Passport to Hell	Sgt. Snyder	53
61	1932	Red Dust	Guidon	70
62	1933	Broadway Bad	Darrall	50
63	1933	Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V	Marcellus	0
64	1934	The Crime Doctor	Mr. Anthony, District Attorney	35
65	1934	The Key	Peadar Conlan	50
66	1934	The Life of Vergie Winters	Mike Davey	59
67	1934	What Every Woman Knows	David Wylie	70
68	1934	The Little Minister	Docteur McQueen	59
69	1935	Vanessa: Her Love Story	George	60
70	1935	Laddie	Mr. Pryor	0
71	1935	Oil for the Lamps of China	Mr. McCarger	73
72	1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	Thomas Burkitt	74
73	1936	The White Angel	Dr. Hunt	72
74	1936	Mary of Scotland	Huntly	63
75	1936	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Colonel Campbell	65
76	1936	A Woman Rebels	Judge Byron Thistlewaite	58
77	1936	Beloved Enemy	Liam Burke	61
78	1937	The Great O'Malley	Police Captain Cromwell	67
79	1937	Parnell	Michael Davitt	46
80	1937	Confession	Presiding Judge	61
81	1937	That Certain Woman	Jack V. Merrick Sr.	57
82	1937	The Life of Emile Zola	Maitre Labori	66
83	1938	Sergeant Murphy	Col. Todd Carruthers	50
84	1938	Jezebel	Dr. Livingstone	70
85	1938	The Beloved Brat	Mr. Morgan	64
86	1938	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	Police Inspector Lewis Lane	72
87	1938	Valley of the Giants	Andy Stone	60
88	1938	The Sisters	Tim Hazelton	61
89	1938	Comet Over Broadway	Grant	50
90	1938	The Dawn Patrol	Phipps	68
91	1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Judge Hardwick	60
92	1939	Wuthering Heights	Dr. Kenneth	72
93	1939	Sons of Liberty	Alexander McDougall	62
94	1939	Juarez	Maréchal Bazaine	65
95	1939	Daughters Courageous	Samuel 'Sam' Sloane	62
96	1939	The Old Maid	Doctor Lanskell	71
97	1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Francis Bacon	63
98	1940	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Minister Althoff	64
99	1940	Brother Orchid	Brother Superior	65
100	1940	The Sea Hawk	Admiral Sir John Burleson	71
101	1940	City for Conquest	Scotty MacPherson	68
102	1940	Knute Rockne All American	Father John Callahan, C.S.C	61
103	1941	Shining Victory	Dr. Drewett	59
104	1941	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Sir Charles Emery	64
105	1941	How Green Was My Valley	Gwilym Morgan	73
106	1942	The Gay Sisters	Ralph Pedloch	65
107	1942	The Battle of Midway	Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	58
108	1943	Forever and a Day	Captain Martin	74
109	1943	Lassie Come Home	Sam Carraclough	67
110	1944	The Uninvited	Commander Beech	69
111	1944	The Adventures of Mark Twain	J.B. Pond	66
112	1945	National Velvet	Mr. Herbert Brown	72
113	1945	Son of Lassie	Sam Carraclough	60
114	1945	The Valley of Decision	William Scott	73
115	1947	Ramrod	Jim Crew	65
116	1948	Hills of Home	Drumsheugh	67
117	1948	Whispering Smith	Barney Rebstock	65
118	1949	Challenge to Lassie	'Jock' Gray	48
119	1950	Bright Leaf	Major Singleton	59
120	1951	Home Town Story	John MacFarland	46
121	1954	Prince Valiant	King Aguar	59
122	1954	A Star Is Born World Premiere	Self	80
123	1955	The Long Gray Line	Old Martin	70
124	1955	The Red, White and Blue Line	Self	60
125	1955	The Man from Laramie	Alec Waggoman	72
126	1956	Fire on the Heather		0
127	1957	Drango	Judge Allen	54
128	1958	Saddle the Wind	Dennis Deneen	65
129	1958	The Last Hurrah	The Cardinal	71
130	1959	A Dog of Flanders	Jehan Daas	62
131	1960	Pollyanna	Mayor Karl Warren	70
132	1961	Greyfriars Bobby	James Brown	69
133	1963	Spencer's Mountain	Grandpa Spencer	67
134	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	64