7.5
7.5
Young April
1926
Director
Donald Crisp
Also known as: Donald William Crisp
Acting
Born:July 26, 1882
Died:May 25, 1974(aged 91)
Birthplace:Bow, London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Eton College, University of Oxford
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (175 movies)
7.4
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Thomas Burkitt
7.3
7.3
The Valley of Decision
1945
as William Scott
7.3
7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Gwilym Morgan
7.3
7.3
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Mr. McCarger
7.2
7.2
Wuthering Heights
1939
as Dr. Kenneth
7.2
7.2
The White Angel
1936
as Dr. Hunt
7.2
7.2
National Velvet
1945
as Mr. Herbert Brown
7.2
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
as The Cardinal
7.2
7.2
The Man from Laramie
1955
as Alec Waggoman
7.1
7.1
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Police Inspector Lewis Lane
7.1
7.1
The Navigator
1924
Director
7.1
7.1
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Admiral Sir John Burleson
7.0
7.0
Jezebel
1938
as Dr. Livingstone
7.0
7.0
What Every Woman Knows
1934
as David Wylie
7.0
7.0
The Long Gray Line
1955
as Old Martin
7.0
7.0
The Old Maid
1939
as Doctor Lanskell
6.9
6.9
Pollyanna
1960
as Mayor Karl Warren
6.9
6.9
Red Dust
1932
as Guidon
6.9
6.9
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
as James Brown
6.9
6.9
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
as Battling Burrows
6.9
6.9
The Uninvited
1944
as Commander Beech
6.8
6.8
City for Conquest
1940
as Scotty MacPherson
6.8
6.8
The Dawn Patrol
1938
as Phipps
6.7
6.7
The Black Pirate
1926
as MacTavish
6.7
6.7
Hills of Home
1948
as Drumsheugh
6.7
6.7
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Police Captain Cromwell
6.7
6.7
Spencer's Mountain
1963
as Grandpa Spencer
6.7
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
as Sam Carraclough
6.7
6.7
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Maitre Labori
6.6
6.6
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
as J.B. Pond
6.6
6.6
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Director
6.5
6.5
Ramrod
1947
as Jim Crew
6.5
6.5
Juarez
1939
as Maréchal Bazaine
6.5
6.5
Whispering Smith
1948
as Barney Rebstock
6.5
6.5
Saddle the Wind
1958
as Dennis Deneen
6.5
6.5
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Ralph Pedloch
6.5
6.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
as Sir Charles Emery
6.5
6.5
Dress Parade
1927
Director
6.5
6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Colonel Campbell
6.4
6.4
Brother Orchid
1940
as Brother Superior
6.4
6.4
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Minister Althoff
6.4
6.4
The Beloved Brat
1938
as Mr. Morgan
6.4
6.4
The Viking
1928
as Leif Ericsson
6.3
6.3
The Pagan
1929
as Roger Slater
6.3
6.3
The Making of a Man
1911
as Actor / Backstage
6.2
6.2
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
as Francis Bacon
6.2
6.2
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
as Rival Gang Member (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Alexander McDougall
6.2
6.2
Daughters Courageous
1939
as Samuel 'Sam' Sloane
6.2
6.2
A Dog of Flanders
1959
as Jehan Daas
6.2
6.2
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Huntly
6.1
6.1
Confession
1937
as Presiding Judge
6.1
6.1
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Father John Callahan, C.S.C
6.1
6.1
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Liam Burke
6.1
6.1
The Avenging Conscience
1914
6.1
6.1
Svengali
1931
as The Laird
6.0
6.0
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921
Director
6.0
6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
as Self
6.0
6.0
Kick In
1931
as Garvey
6.0
6.0
Valley of the Giants
1938
as Andy Stone
6.0
6.0
Son of Lassie
1945
as Sam Carraclough
6.0
6.0
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as George
6.0
6.0
The Miser's Heart
1911
as Policeman
6.0
6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
as Judge Hardwick
6.0
6.0
The Cop
1928
Director
6.0
6.0
The Princess of New York
1921
Director
6.0
6.0
Tell Your Children
1922
Director
6.0
6.0
Johnny Get Your Gun
1919
Director
6.0
6.0
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Gen. U.S. Grant
6.0
6.0
Prince Valiant
1954
as King Aguar
5.9
5.9
Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Drewett
5.8
5.8
The Battle of Midway
1942
as Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Sisters
1938
as Tim Hazelton
5.8
5.8
Stand and Deliver
1928
Director
5.7
5.7
The Adventures of Billy
1911
as First Tramp
5.7
5.7
Africa Screams
1949
Executive Producer
5.6
5.6
Bright Leaf
1950
as Major Singleton
5.5
5.5
The Little Minister
1934
as Docteur McQueen
5.5
5.5
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
as Night Court Bailiff
5.5
5.5
A Woman Rebels
1936
as Judge Byron Thistlewaite
5.4
5.4
Drango
1957
as Judge Allen
5.4
5.4
That Certain Woman
1937
as Jack V. Merrick Sr.
5.3
5.3
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Mike Davey
5.0
5.0
Scotland Yard
1930
as Charles Fox
5.0
5.0
Home, Sweet Home
1914
as The Mother's Son
5.0
5.0
Fate's Turning
1911
as The Valet
5.0
5.0
Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Grant
5.0
5.0
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
as Courtier
5.0
5.0
Sergeant Murphy
1938
as Col. Todd Carruthers
5.0
5.0
The Runaway Bride
1930
Director
5.0
5.0
The Fighting Eagle
1927
Director
5.0
5.0
The Little Country Mouse
1914
Director
5.0
5.0
Ponjola
1923
Director
4.8
4.8
The Battle
1911
as A Union soldier (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Challenge to Lassie
1949
as 'Jock' Gray
4.7
4.7
A Passport to Hell
1932
as Sgt. Snyder
4.6
4.6
Broadway Bad
1933
as Darrall
4.6
4.6
The Key
1934
as Peadar Conlan
4.6
4.6
Home Town Story
1951
as John MacFarland
4.5
4.5
The Golden Supper
1910
as Courtier/Monk
4.2
4.2
Through the Breakers
1909
as At the Club
4.1
4.1
Parnell
1937
as Michael Davitt
4.0
4.0
The Failure
1911
as Bank Employee
4.0
4.0
The Italian Barber
1911
as At Ball
4.0
4.0
The Primal Call
1911
as At Club
4.0
4.0
Winning Back His Love
1910
as At Stage Door
2.7
2.7
The Crime Doctor
1934
as Mr. Anthony, District Attorney
The Long Road
1911
as A Servant / The Landlord
Sunshine Sue
1910
as Head of the Sweatshop
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
as Frank Andrews
Olaf—An Atom
1913
as The Beggar
The Sisters
1914
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
as Marcellus
Her Awakening
1911
as Accident Witness
Ramona
1916
Director
The River Pirate
1928
as Caxton
The Blue or the Gray
1913
as Southern Rival
Pirate Gold
1913
Near To Earth
1913
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
Director
Another Chance
1914
Director
Over the Ledge
1914
The Mysterious Shot
1914
Director
May Blossom
1915
as Steve Harland
By Man's Law
1913
as Lee Calvert - Brother Owner
The Different Man
1914
as The Ranch Foreman
The Mountain Rat
1914
as Steve
The Newer Woman
1914
Director
Their First Acquaintance
1914
Director
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
Director
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
Director
A Lesson in Mechanics
1914
The Warning
1914
Director
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
Director
The Love Route
1915
as Harry Marshall
The Commanding Officer
1915
as Col. Archer (the Commandant)
Fire on the Heather
1956
Trent's Last Case
1929
as Sigsbee Manderson
Laddie
1935
as Mr. Pryor
Black and White
1913
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929
as Colonel Moran
A Girl of Yesterday
1915
as A.H. Monroe
The Escape
1914
as 'Bull' McGee
The House of Silence
1918
Director
The Countess Charming
1917
Director
The Niggard
1914
Director
At Dawn
1914
Director
Rimrock Jones
1918
Director
Believe Me, Xantippe
1918
Director
The Firefly of France
1918
Director
Less Than Kin
1918
Director
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Director
The Bond Between
1917
Director
Sands of Fate
1914
Director
The Availing Prayer
1914
Director
How Hazel Got Even
1915
Director
Nobody's Widow
1927
Director
The Way of a Man with a Maid
1918
Director
The Poor Boob
1919
Director
Putting It Over
1919
Director
The Goat
1918
Director
Vanity
1927
Director
Under the Top
1919
Director
Man Bait
1927
Director
The Barbarian
1921
Director
Venus in the East
1919
Director
Miss Hobbs
1920
Director
Held by the Enemy
1920
Director
The Marcellini Millions
1917
Director
Too Much Johnson
1919
Director
Sunny Side Up
1926
Director
The Clever Mrs. Carfax
1917
Director
The Six Best Cellars
1920
Director
The Eyes of the World
1917
Director
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