Donald Calthrop

Donald Calthrop

1888-04-11 – 1940-07-15 (age 52) London, England, UK
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Biography

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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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Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars

1928

as Andy Wilkes

Sorrell and Son
Sorrell and Son

1934

as Dr. Richard Orange

Blackmail
Blackmail

1929

as Tracy

Star Impersonations
Star Impersonations

1930

as George Arliss

Uneasy Virtue
Uneasy Virtue

1931

as Burglar

Murder!
Murder!

1930

as Ion Stewart

Number Seventeen
Number Seventeen

1932

as Nora's Escort Brant

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
The Bells
The Bells

1931

as Mathias

Potiphar's Wife
Potiphar's Wife

1931

as Counsel for Defense

Fire Over England
Fire Over England

1937

as Don Escobal

The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant

1935

as Derelict (uncredited)

Love from a Stranger
Love from a Stranger

1937

as Hobson

I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy

1933

as Cnockhaert

The Night Porter
The Night Porter

1930

as George, the Night Porter

Scrooge
Scrooge

1935

as Bob Cratchit

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Nelson

1918

as Horatio Nelson

Elstree Calling
Elstree Calling

1930

as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew

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The Clue of the New Pin

1929

as Yeh Ling

Thunder in the City
Thunder in the City

1937

as Dr. Plumet