Known for
Acting
Credits
54
Gender
Man
Birthday
11 Apr 1888
Day of death
15 July 1940 (52)
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop
Donald Calthrop
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).
Known for
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Major Barbara | Peter Shirley |
| 1940 | Let George Do It! | Frederick Strickland |
| 1940 | Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt | Guide |
| 1940 | Band Waggon | Hobday |
| 1937 | Fire Over England | Don Escobal |
| 1937 | Love from a Stranger | Hobson |
| 1937 | Thunder in the City | Dr. Plumet |
| 1937 | Café Colette | Nick |
| 1936 | The Man Who Changed His Mind | Clayton |
| 1936 | Broken Blossoms | Old Chinaman |
| 1936 | The Man Behind the Mask | Dr. Harold E. Walpole |
| 1935 | Scrooge | Bob Cratchit |
| 1935 | The Clairvoyant | Derelict (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Phantom Light | David Owen |
| 1935 | Me and Marlborough | Drunken Yokel |
| 1935 | Man of the Moment | Godfrey |
| 1935 | The Divine Spark | Judge Fumaroli |
| 1934 | Red Ensign | Macleod |
| 1934 | Sorrell and Son | Dr. Richard Orange |
| 1933 | F.P.1 | Sunshine, the Photographer |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth | Hugh Nicholls |
| 1933 | I Was A Spy | Cnockhaert |
| 1933 | Early to Bed | Potsdam Guide |
| 1933 | This Acting Business | Milton Stafford |
| 1932 | Number Seventeen | Nora's Escort Brant |
| 1932 | Rome Express | Poole |
| 1932 | Fires of Fate | Sir William Royden |
| 1932 | Money for Nothing | Hotel Manager |
| 1931 | Industrial Britain | Self - Commentator (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Cape Forlorn | Parson |
| 1931 | The Ghost Train | Saul Hodgkin |
| 1931 | The Bells | Mathias |
| 1931 | Potiphar's Wife | Counsel for Defense |
| 1931 | Many Waters | Compton Hardcastle |
| 1931 | Uneasy Virtue | Burglar |
| 1930 | Murder! | Ion Stewart |
| 1930 | Elstree Calling | Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew |
| 1930 | We Take Off Our Hats | 'erb |
| 1930 | Loose Ends | Winton Penner |
| 1930 | The Night Porter | George, the Night Porter |
| 1930 | All Riot on the Western Front | |
| 1930 | Almost a Honeymoon | Charles, the butler |
| 1930 | Song of Soho | Nobby |
| 1930 | Spanish Eyes | Mascoso |
| 1930 | Two Worlds | Mendel |
| 1930 | Star Impersonations | George Arliss |
| 1929 | Blackmail | Tracy |
| 1929 | Atlantic | Pointer |
| 1929 | Up the Poll | The Candidate |
| 1929 | The Clue of the New Pin | Yeh Ling |
| 1928 | Shooting Stars | Andy Wilkes |
| 1918 | Nelson | Horatio Nelson |
| 1918 | Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero | Horatio Nelson |
| 1917 | Masks and Faces | Lovell |