Donald Calthrop

Donald Calthrop

Actor

London, England, UK
April 11, 1888

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).

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Representative Works

Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
7.1
/ English
Blackmail
Blackmail
6.5
/ English
Murder!
Murder!
5.9
/ English
Uneasy Virtue
Uneasy Virtue
7.0
/ English
The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant
6.0
/ English
Major Barbara
Major Barbara
6.8
/ English
The Bells
The Bells
8.0
/ English
Star Impersonations
Star Impersonations
7.0
/ English
Scrooge
Scrooge
6.1
/ English
Number Seventeen
Number Seventeen
5.5
/ English
Fire Over England
Fire Over England
6.2
/ English
Let George Do It!
Let George Do It!
6.2
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Shooting Stars
1928Nominee

Best Performance

Shooting Stars

Blackmail
1929Nominee

Best Performance

Blackmail

Murder!
1930Nominee

Best Performance

Murder!

Career Highlights

Uneasy Virtue
1931Highlight

Best Performance

Uneasy Virtue

The Clairvoyant
1935Highlight

Best Performance

The Clairvoyant

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