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Donald Calthrop

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedApr 11, 1888 (Died at 52)
Zodiac Sign♈Aries
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Career Span1928 – 1940
Known Credits43 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.9

Donald Calthrop

Also known as:Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop
Total Works

43

43 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.1 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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).

Signature Roles & Milestones

Blackmail
6.5
Blackmail
1929•movie
as Tracy
Scrooge
6.1
Scrooge
1935•movie
as Bob Cratchit
Fire Over England
6.2
Fire Over England
1937•movie
as Don Escobal
The Man Who Changed His Mind
6.1
as Clayton

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 43 titles featuring Donald Calthrop

Blackmail
6.5
Blackmail
1929•movie

as Tracy

Murder!
5.9
Murder!
1930•movie

as Ion Stewart

Number Seventeen
5.5
Number Seventeen
1932•movie

as Nora's Escort Brant

Scrooge
6.1
Scrooge
1935•movie

as Bob Cratchit

Fire Over England
6.2
Fire Over England
1937•movie

as Don Escobal

The Man Who Changed His Mind
6.1

as Clayton

Major Barbara
6.8
Major Barbara
1941•movie

as Peter Shirley

Rome Express
6.1
Rome Express
1932•movie

as Poole

Elstree Calling
5.0
Elstree Calling
1930•movie

as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew

The Clairvoyant
6.0
The Clairvoyant
1935•movie

as Derelict (uncredited)

Shooting Stars
7.1
Shooting Stars
1928•movie

as Andy Wilkes

The Phantom Light
5.6
The Phantom Light
1935•movie

as David Owen

Let George Do It!
6.2
Let George Do It!
1940•movie

as Frederick Strickland

Love from a Stranger
6.3

as Hobson

Atlantic
5.2
Atlantic
1929•movie

as Pointer

F.P.1
6.6
F.P.1
1933•movie

as Sunshine, the Photographer

Friday the Thirteenth
6.4

as Hugh Nicholls

Industrial Britain
5.6
Industrial Britain
1931•movie

as Self - Commentator (uncredited)

Broken Blossoms
6.1
Broken Blossoms
1936•movie

as Old Chinaman

Red Ensign
6.0
Red Ensign
1934•movie

as Macleod

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
5.6

as Guide

Band Waggon
5.7
Band Waggon
1940•movie

as Hobday

The Man Behind the Mask
5.3

as Dr. Harold E. Walpole

Thunder in the City
6.0

as Dr. Plumet

I Was a Spy
6.4
I Was a Spy
1933•movie

as Cnockhaert

Me and Marlborough
5.6
Me and Marlborough
1935•movie

as Drunken Yokel

Nelson
2.7
Nelson
1918•movie

as Horatio Nelson

Cape Forlorn
8.2
Cape Forlorn
1931•movie

as Parson

Man of the Moment
7.5
Man of the Moment
1935•movie

as Godfrey

Café Colette
10.0
Café Colette
1937•movie

as Nick

The Ghost Train
8.0
The Ghost Train
1931•movie

as Saul Hodgkin

Loose Ends
9.0
Loose Ends
1930•movie

as Winton Penner

The Night Porter
7.0
The Night Porter
1930•movie

as George, the Night Porter

Almost a Honeymoon
10.0
Almost a Honeymoon
1930•movie

as Charles, the butler

The Bells
8.0
The Bells
1931•movie

as Mathias

Song of Soho
10.0
Song of Soho
1930•movie

as Nobby

Two Worlds
10.0
Two Worlds
1930•movie

as Mendel

Potiphar's Wife
8.0
Potiphar's Wife
1931•movie

as Counsel for Defense

Many Waters
8.0
Many Waters
1931•movie

as Compton Hardcastle

Uneasy Virtue
7.0
Uneasy Virtue
1931•movie

as Burglar

Money for Nothing
10.0
Money for Nothing
1932•movie

as Hotel Manager

Sorrell and Son
5.0
Sorrell and Son
1934•movie

as Dr. Richard Orange

Star Impersonations
7.0

as George Arliss