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Donald Calthrop Born 11 April 1888
Chelsea London, EnglandDied 15 July 1940 (aged 52)
Eton, Berkshire, EnglandOther names Donald Esme C. Calthorp Occupation Actor Years active 1916 – 1940 Donald Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor. He starred as the title character in the hit musical The Boy in 1917. He then appeared in 63 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
He was born in London and died in Eton from a heart attack.
He was the nephew of Dion Boucicault. He was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance when eighteen years old at the Comedy Theatre, London. His first film was The Gay Lord Quex.
Selected filmography
- The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
- Nelson (1918)
- Shooting Stars (1927)
- Atlantic (1929)
- Blackmail (1929)
- The Clue of the New Pin (1929)
- Elstree Calling (1930)
- Juno and the Paycock (1930)
- Murder! (1930)
- Spanish Eyes (1930)
- Uneasy Virtue (1931)
- Many Waters (1931)
- Number Seventeen (1932)
- Rome Express (1932)
- Fires of Fate (1932)
- I Was a Spy (1933)
- Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
- Red Ensign (1934)
- The Divine Spark (1935)
- The Phantom Light (1935)
- Scrooge (1935) (as Bob Cratchit)
- The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
- Cafe Colette (1937)
- Dreaming Lips (1937)
- Fire Over England (1937)
- Thunder in the City (1937)
- Love from a Stranger (1937)
- Band Waggon (1940)
- Let George Do It! (1940)
- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
- Major Barbara (1941)
External links
Categories:- 1888 births
- 1940 deaths
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
- English film actors
- English silent film actors
- People from Chelsea, London
- Actors from London
- English film actor stubs
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