Donald Calthrop
Actor
- Born
- April 11, 1888 · London, England, UK
- Died
- July 15, 1940 (age 52)
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Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor.
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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
Blackmail
July 28, 1929
Murder!
July 31, 1930
Number Seventeen
July 18, 1932
Scrooge
November 26, 1935
Fire Over England
March 5, 1937
The Man Who Changed His Mind
September 11, 1936
Major Barbara
May 14, 1941
Rome Express
October 31, 1932
Elstree Calling
February 6, 1930
The Clairvoyant
June 7, 1935
Shooting Stars
February 6, 1928
The Phantom Light
August 5, 1935
Acting55
- 1941Major Barbara as Peter Shirley
- 1940Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt as Guide
- 1940Let George Do It! as Frederick Strickland
- 1940Band Waggon as Hobday
- 1937Thunder in the City as Dr. Plumet
- 1937Love from a Stranger as Hobson
- 1937Fire Over England as Don Escobal
- 1937Café Colette as Nick
- 1936The Man Who Changed His Mind as Clayton
- 1936The Man Behind the Mask