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Donald Calthrop

Donald Calthrop

Born: 1888-04-11 • London, England, UK

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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).

Filmography
Major Barbara poster
Major Barbara
1941 • Peter Shirley
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt poster
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940 • Guide
Let George Do It! poster
Let George Do It!
1940 • Frederick Strickland
Band Waggon poster
Band Waggon
1940 • Hobday
Thunder in the City poster
Thunder in the City
1937 • Dr. Plumet
Love from a Stranger poster
Love from a Stranger
1937 • Hobson
Fire Over England poster
Fire Over England
1937 • Don Escobal
Café Colette poster
Café Colette
1937 • Nick
The Man Who Changed His Mind poster
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 • Clayton
The Man Behind the Mask poster
The Man Behind the Mask
1936 • Dr. Harold E. Walpole
Broken Blossoms poster
Broken Blossoms
1936 • Old Chinaman
Scrooge poster
Scrooge
1935 • Bob Cratchit
Man of the Moment poster
Man of the Moment
1935 • Godfrey
The Phantom Light poster
The Phantom Light
1935 • David Owen
Me and Marlborough poster
Me and Marlborough
1935 • Drunken Yokel
The Clairvoyant poster
The Clairvoyant
1935 • Derelict (uncredited)
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The Divine Spark
1935 • Judge Fumaroli
Red Ensign poster
Red Ensign
1934 • Macleod
Sorrell and Son poster
Sorrell and Son
1934 • Dr. Richard Orange
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It's a Cop
1934 • Charles Murray
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This Acting Business
1933 • Milton Stafford
Friday the Thirteenth poster
Friday the Thirteenth
1933 • Hugh Nicholls
I Was a Spy poster
I Was a Spy
1933 • Cnockhaert
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Early to Bed
1933 • Potsdam Guide
F.P.1 poster
F.P.1
1933 • Sunshine, the Photographer
Rome Express poster
Rome Express
1932 • Poole
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Fires of Fate
1932 • Sir William Royden
Number Seventeen poster
Number Seventeen
1932 • Nora's Escort Brant
Money for Nothing poster
Money for Nothing
1932 • Hotel Manager
Industrial Britain poster
Industrial Britain
1931 • Self - Commentator (uncredited)
Many Waters poster
Many Waters
1931 • Compton Hardcastle
The Bells poster
The Bells
1931 • Mathias
The Ghost Train poster
The Ghost Train
1931 • Saul Hodgkin
Potiphar's Wife poster
Potiphar's Wife
1931 • Counsel for Defense
Uneasy Virtue poster
Uneasy Virtue
1931 • Burglar
Cape Forlorn poster
Cape Forlorn
1931 • Parson
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We Take Off Our Hats
1930 • 'erb
Star Impersonations poster
Star Impersonations
1930 • George Arliss
Almost a Honeymoon poster
Almost a Honeymoon
1930 • Charles, the butler
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Spanish Eyes
1930 • Mascoso
Murder! poster
Murder!
1930 • Ion Stewart
Two Worlds poster
Two Worlds
1930 • Mendel
Loose Ends poster
Loose Ends
1930 • Winton Penner
The Night Porter poster
The Night Porter
1930 • George, the Night Porter
Song of Soho poster
Song of Soho
1930 • Nobby
Elstree Calling poster
Elstree Calling
1930 • Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
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All Riot on the Western Front
1930
Atlantic poster
Atlantic
1929 • Pointer
Blackmail poster
Blackmail
1929 • Tracy
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Up the Poll
1929 • The Candidate
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The Clue of the New Pin
1929 • Yeh Ling
Shooting Stars poster
Shooting Stars
1928 • Andy Wilkes
No Image
Nelson
1918 • Horatio Nelson
No Image
Nelson; The Story of England's Immortal Naval Hero
1918 • Horatio Nelson
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Masks and Faces
1917 • Lovell