Donald Calthrop
Known for ActingBorn 1888-04-11 — died 1940-07-15London, England, UK
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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
1929 · as Tracy
The Clairvoyant
1935 · as Derelict (uncredited)
Murder!
1930 · as Ion Stewart
Major Barbara
1941 · as Peter Shirley
Shooting Stars
1928 · as Andy Wilkes
Nelson
1918 · as Horatio Nelson
Number Seventeen
1932 · as Nora's Escort Brant
Broken Blossoms
1936 · as Old Chinaman
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · as Clayton
Potiphar's Wife
1931 · as Counsel for Defense
Scrooge
1935 · as Bob Cratchit
Uneasy Virtue
1931 · as Burglar
Fire Over England
1937 · as Don Escobal
I Was a Spy
1933 · as Cnockhaert
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940 · as Guide
Elstree Calling
1930 · as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
Love from a Stranger
1937 · as Hobson
Let George Do It!
1940 · as Frederick Strickland