2.1Acting

Donald Crisp

Jul 26, 1882 - Bow, London, England, UK

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.

Known For Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	1919	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl	Battling Burrows
Movie	1915	The Birth of a Nation	Gen. U.S. Grant
Movie	1943	Lassie Come Home	Sam Carraclough
Movie	1941	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Sir Charles Emery
Movie	1939	Wuthering Heights	Dr. Kenneth
Movie	1938	Jezebel	Dr. Livingstone
Movie	1960	Pollyanna	Mayor Karl Warren
Movie	1940	City for Conquest	Scotty MacPherson
Movie	1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	Thomas Burkitt
Movie	1940	Brother Orchid	Brother Superior
Movie	1940	The Sea Hawk	Admiral Sir John Burleson
Movie	1914	The Avenging Conscience
Movie	1951	Home Town Story	John MacFarland
Movie	1914	The Escape	'Bull' McGee
Movie	1941	How Green Was My Valley	Gwilym Morgan
Movie	1937	The Life of Emile Zola	Maitre Labori
Movie	1947	Ramrod	Jim Crew
Movie	1949	Challenge to Lassie	'Jock' Gray
Movie	1945	Son of Lassie	Sam Carraclough
Movie	1940	Knute Rockne All American	Father John Callahan, C.S.C
Movie	1945	The Valley of Decision	William Scott
Movie	1936	Beloved Enemy	Liam Burke
Movie	1934	The Little Minister	Docteur McQueen
Movie	1936	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Colonel Campbell
Movie	1955	The Long Gray Line	Old Martin
Movie	1932	Red Dust	Guidon
Movie	1963	Spencer's Mountain	Grandpa Spencer
Movie	1939	The Old Maid	Doctor Lanskell
Movie	1931	Svengali	The Laird
Movie	1944	The Uninvited	Commander Beech
Movie	1961	Greyfriars Bobby	James Brown
Movie	1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Francis Bacon
Movie	1954	Prince Valiant	King Aguar
Movie	1928	Stand and Deliver	London Club Member (uncredited)
Movie	1938	The Dawn Patrol	Phipps
Movie	1938	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	Police Inspector Lewis Lane
Movie	1945	National Velvet	Mr. Herbert Brown
Movie	1934	The Crime Doctor	Mr. Anthony, District Attorney
Movie	1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Judge Hardwick
Movie	1955	The Man from Laramie	Alec Waggoman
Movie	1926	The Black Pirate	MacTavish
Movie	1934	The Key	Peadar Conlan
Movie	1950	Bright Leaf	Major Singleton
Movie	1942	The Battle of Midway	Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie	1958	The Last Hurrah	The Cardinal
Movie	1937	Confession	Presiding Judge
Movie	1913	Pirate Gold
Movie	1913	Near To Earth
Movie	1942	The Gay Sisters	Ralph Pedloch
Movie	1937	The Great O'Malley	Police Captain Cromwell
Movie	1939	Juarez	Maréchal Bazaine
Movie	1958	Saddle the Wind	Dennis Deneen
Movie	1937	That Certain Woman	Jack V. Merrick Sr.
Movie	1940	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Minister Althoff
Movie	1914	Down the Hill to Creditville
Movie	1911	Her Awakening	Accident Witness
Movie	1914	Another Chance	The Tramp
Movie	1914	Over the Ledge
Movie	1957	Drango	Judge Allen
Movie	1944	The Adventures of Mark Twain	J.B. Pond
Movie	1936	A Woman Rebels	Judge Byron Thistlewaite
Movie	1938	The Sisters	Tim Hazelton
Movie	1914	The Mysterious Shot	Buck
Movie	1925	Don Q Son of Zorro	Don Sebastian
Movie	1948	Hills of Home	Drumsheugh
Movie	1959	A Dog of Flanders	Jehan Daas
Movie	1939	Daughters Courageous	Samuel 'Sam' Sloane
Movie	1911	The Miser's Heart	Policeman
Movie	1911	What Shall We Do with Our Old?	Night Court Bailiff
Movie	1911	The Battle	A Union soldier (uncredited)
Movie	1928	The Viking	Leif Ericsson
Movie	1938	Sergeant Murphy	Col. Todd Carruthers
Movie	1929	The Pagan	Roger Slater
Movie	1935	Vanessa: Her Love Story	George
Movie	1934	The Life of Vergie Winters	Mike Davey
Movie	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie	1938	Valley of the Giants	Andy Stone
Movie	1929	Trent's Last Case	Sigsbee Manderson
Movie	1938	The Beloved Brat	Mr. Morgan
Movie	1935	Oil for the Lamps of China	Mr. McCarger
Movie	1934	What Every Woman Knows	David Wylie
Movie	1937	Parnell	Michael Davitt
Movie	1938	Comet Over Broadway	Grant
Movie	1930	Scotland Yard	Charles Fox
Movie	1941	Shining Victory	Dr. Drewett
Movie	1911	Fate's Turning	The Valet
Movie	1939	Sons of Liberty	Alexander McDougall
Movie	1933	Broadway Bad	Darrall
Movie	1913	By Man's Law	Lee Calvert - Brother Owner
Movie	1914	The Different Man	The Ranch Foreman
Movie	1914	The Mountain Rat	Steve
Movie	1914	The Newer Woman	Cop
Movie	1914	Their First Acquaintance
Movie	1914	The Tavern of Tragedy	Bob Jameson - the Spy
Movie	1914	Her Mother's Necklace	The Burglar
Movie	1915	May Blossom	Steve Harland
Movie	1914	A Lesson in Mechanics
Movie	1914	The Warning	Mr. Edwards
Movie	1914	The Sisters
Movie	1915	An Old-Fashioned Girl
Movie	1932	A Passport to Hell	Sgt. Snyder
Movie	1935	Laddie	Mr. Pryor
Movie	1936	Mary of Scotland	Huntly
Movie	1948	Whispering Smith	Barney Rebstock
Movie	1936	The White Angel	Dr. Hunt
Movie	1911	The Primal Call	At Club
Movie	1913	Black and White
Movie	1912	The Musketeers of Pig Alley	Rival Gang Member (uncredited)
Movie	1929	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	Colonel Moran
Movie	1911	The Italian Barber	At Ball
Movie	1916	Ramona	Jim Farrar
Movie	1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages	Extra (uncredited)
Movie	1943	Forever and a Day	Captain Martin
Movie	1921	The Bonnie Brier Bush	Lachlan Campbell
Movie	1931	Kick In	Garvey
Movie	1914	Home, Sweet Home	The Mother's Son
Movie	1911	The Making of a Man	Actor / Backstage
Movie	1915	A Girl of Yesterday	A.H. Monroe
Movie	1911	The Adventures of Billy	First Tramp
Movie	1911	The Long Road	A Servant / The Landlord
Movie	1910	Sunshine Sue	Head of the Sweatshop
Movie	1954	A Star Is Born World Premiere	Self
Movie	1914	The Battle of the Sexes	Frank Andrews
Movie	1911	The Failure	Bank Employee
Movie	1913	Olaf—An Atom	The Beggar
Movie	1933	Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V	Marcellus
Movie	1955	The Red, White and Blue Line	Self
Movie	1928	The River Pirate	Caxton
Movie	1913	The Blue or the Gray	Southern Rival
Movie	1909	Through the Breakers	At the Club
Movie	1910	Winning Back His Love	At Stage Door
Movie	1910	The Golden Supper	Courtier/Monk
Movie	1911	Heart Beats of Long Ago	Courtier
Movie	1956	Fire on the Heather
Movie	1915	The Love Route	Harry Marshall
Movie	1915	The Commanding Officer	Col. Archer (the Commandant)
TV Show	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	1
TV Show	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	2

Crew

Media
Movie	1918	The House of Silence	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Countess Charming	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	Rimrock Jones	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	Believe Me, Xantippe	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	The Firefly of France	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	Less Than Kin	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Down the Hill to Creditville	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Niggard	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Another Chance	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	At Dawn	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Her Father's Silent Partner	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Mysterious Shot	Director	Directing
Movie	1924	The Navigator	Director	Directing
Movie	1925	Don Q Son of Zorro	Director	Directing
Movie	1928	Stand and Deliver	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	The Fighting Eagle	Director	Directing
Movie	1928	The Cop	Director	Directing
Movie	1930	The Runaway Bride	Director	Directing
Movie	1920	The Six Best Cellars	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	Vanity	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	Dress Parade	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Bond Between	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Newer Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Tavern of Tragedy	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Her Mother's Necklace	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Their First Acquaintance	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Sands of Fate	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Warning	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Availing Prayer	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	How Hazel Got Even	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	An Old-Fashioned Girl	Director	Directing
Movie	1919	Under the Top	Director	Directing
Movie	1922	Tell Your Children	Director	Directing
Movie	1923	Ponjola	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	Man Bait	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Eyes of the World	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	Africa Screams	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1921	The Barbarian	Director	Directing
Movie	1921	The Bonnie Brier Bush	Director	Directing
Movie	1921	The Princess of New York	Director	Directing
Movie	1926	Young April	Director	Directing
Movie	1919	Johnny Get Your Gun	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	The Birth of a Nation	Assistant Director	Directing
Movie	1919	Venus in the East	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Little Country Mouse	Director	Directing
Movie	1920	Miss Hobbs	Director	Directing
Movie	1920	Held by the Enemy	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Marcellini Millions	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Ramona	Director	Directing
Movie	1919	Too Much Johnson	Director	Directing
Movie	1926	Sunny Side Up	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Clever Mrs. Carfax	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	The Way of a Man with a Maid	Director	Directing
Movie	1919	The Poor Boob	Director	Directing
Movie	1919	Putting It Over	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	The Goat	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	Nobody's Widow	Director	Directing