1882-07-26 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.
 |
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
 |
Spencer's Mountain | Grandpa Spencer | 1963-05-16 |
 |
Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown | 1961-07-17 |
 |
Pollyanna | Mayor Karl Warren | 1960-05-19 |
 |
A Dog of Flanders | Jehan Daas | 1959-03-17 |
 |
Saddle the Wind | Dennis Deneen | 1958-03-20 |
 |
The Last Hurrah | The Cardinal | 1958-12-31 |
 |
Drango | Judge Allen | 1957-01-01 |
 |
Fire on the Heather | 1956-12-31 | |
 |
The Man from Laramie | Alec Waggoman | 1955-08-19 |
 |
The Red, White and Blue Line | Self | 1955-06-01 |
 |
The Long Gray Line | Old Martin | 1955-01-04 |
 |
Prince Valiant | King Aguar | 1954-04-05 |
 |
A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
 |
Home Town Story | John MacFarland | 1951-05-18 |
 |
Bright Leaf | Major Singleton | 1950-06-16 |
 |
Challenge to Lassie | 'Jock' Gray | 1949-10-31 |
 |
Whispering Smith | Barney Rebstock | 1948-12-09 |
 |
Hills of Home | Drumsheugh | 1948-11-25 |
 |
Ramrod | Jim Crew | 1947-05-02 |
 |
National Velvet | Mr. Herbert Brown | 1945-01-26 |
 |
The Valley of Decision | William Scott | 1945-05-03 |
 |
Son of Lassie | Sam Carraclough | 1945-04-20 |
 |
The Adventures of Mark Twain | J.B. Pond | 1944-07-20 |
 |
The Uninvited | Commander Beech | 1944-02-24 |
 |
Lassie Come Home | Sam Carraclough | 1943-12-01 |
 |
Forever and a Day | Captain Martin | 1943-01-21 |
 |
The Battle of Midway | Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1942-09-14 |
 |
The Gay Sisters | Ralph Pedloch | 1942-08-01 |
 |
Shining Victory | Dr. Drewett | 1941-05-30 |
 |
How Green Was My Valley | Gwilym Morgan | 1941-10-28 |
 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Sir Charles Emery | 1941-08-12 |
 |
City for Conquest | Scotty MacPherson | 1940-09-21 |
 |
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Minister Althoff | 1940-02-23 |
 |
Brother Orchid | Brother Superior | 1940-06-07 |
 |
The Sea Hawk | Admiral Sir John Burleson | 1940-08-10 |
 |
Knute Rockne All American | Father John Callahan, C.S.C | 1940-10-05 |
 |
Juarez | Maréchal Bazaine | 1939-06-10 |
 |
Daughters Courageous | Samuel 'Sam' Sloane | 1939-06-23 |
 |
Wuthering Heights | Dr. Kenneth | 1939-04-07 |
 |
Sons of Liberty | Alexander McDougall | 1939-05-20 |
 |
The Old Maid | Doctor Lanskell | 1939-08-16 |
 |
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Francis Bacon | 1939-11-11 |
 |
The Oklahoma Kid | Judge Hardwick | 1939-03-11 |
 |
Comet Over Broadway | Grant | 1938-12-03 |
 |
The Sisters | Tim Hazelton | 1938-10-14 |
 |
The Beloved Brat | Mr. Morgan | 1938-04-30 |
 |
Jezebel | Dr. Livingstone | 1938-03-26 |
 |
Valley of the Giants | Andy Stone | 1938-09-17 |
 |
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Police Inspector Lewis Lane | 1938-07-20 |
 |
The Dawn Patrol | Phipps | 1938-12-24 |
 |
Sergeant Murphy | Col. Todd Carruthers | 1938-01-01 |
 |
The Life of Emile Zola | Maitre Labori | 1937-09-09 |
 |
That Certain Woman | Jack V. Merrick Sr. | 1937-08-30 |
 |
Parnell | Michael Davitt | 1937-06-04 |
 |
Confession | Presiding Judge | 1937-08-19 |
 |
The Great O'Malley | Police Captain Cromwell | 1937-02-13 |
 |
Mary of Scotland | Huntly | 1936-07-28 |
 |
The White Angel | Dr. Hunt | 1936-06-25 |
 |
A Woman Rebels | Judge Byron Thistlewaite | 1936-11-06 |
 |
The Charge of the Light Brigade | Colonel Campbell | 1936-10-20 |
 |
Beloved Enemy | Liam Burke | 1936-12-25 |
 |
Vanessa: Her Love Story | George | 1935-03-01 |
 |
Laddie | Mr. Pryor | 1935-03-18 |
 |
Mutiny on the Bounty | Thomas Burkitt | 1935-11-22 |
 |
Oil for the Lamps of China | Mr. McCarger | 1935-06-08 |
 |
The Key | Peadar Conlan | 1934-06-09 |
 |
The Crime Doctor | Mr. Anthony, District Attorney | 1934-03-14 |
 |
The Little Minister | Docteur McQueen | 1934-12-28 |
 |
The Life of Vergie Winters | Mike Davey | 1934-06-14 |
 |
What Every Woman Knows | David Wylie | 1934-10-18 |
 |
Broadway Bad | Darrall | 1933-02-24 |
 |
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V | Marcellus | 1933-04-04 |
 |
A Passport to Hell | Sgt. Snyder | 1932-08-25 |
 |
Red Dust | Guidon | 1932-10-22 |
 |
Svengali | The Laird | 1931-05-20 |
 |
Kick In | Garvey | 1931-05-22 |
 |
Scotland Yard | Charles Fox | 1930-10-19 |
 |
The Pagan | Roger Slater | 1929-04-26 |
 |
The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Colonel Moran | 1929-10-26 |
 |
Trent's Last Case | Sigsbee Manderson | 1929-03-31 |
 |
The River Pirate | Caxton | 1928-08-26 |
 |
The Viking | Leif Ericsson | 1928-11-02 |
 |
Stand and Deliver | London Club Member (uncredited) | 1928-02-18 |
 |
The Black Pirate | MacTavish | 1926-03-08 |
 |
Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Sebastian | 1925-06-15 |
 |
The Bonnie Brier Bush | Lachlan Campbell | 1921-11-27 |
 |
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | Battling Burrows | 1919-05-13 |
 |
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) | 1916-09-04 |
 |
Ramona | Jim Farrar | 1916-04-05 |
 |
The Commanding Officer | Col. Archer (the Commandant) | 1915-03-25 |
 |
May Blossom | Steve Harland | 1915-04-15 |
 |
The Birth of a Nation | Gen. U.S. Grant | 1915-03-08 |
 |
A Girl of Yesterday | A.H. Monroe | 1915-10-07 |
|
An Old-Fashioned Girl | 1915-02-02 | |
 |
The Love Route | Harry Marshall | 1915-02-25 |
 |
The Avenging Conscience | 1914-08-02 | |
 |
Home, Sweet Home | The Mother's Son | 1914-05-16 |
 |
The Escape | 'Bull' McGee | 1914-06-01 |
 |
The Mountain Rat | Steve | 1914-05-01 |
|
The Different Man | The Ranch Foreman | 1914-05-05 |
 |
The Sisters | 1914-11-29 | |
|
The Newer Woman | Cop | 1914-06-02 |
|
Down the Hill to Creditville | 1914-09-18 | |
|
Another Chance | The Tramp | 1914-11-24 |
|
Over the Ledge | 1914-12-12 | |
|
The Mysterious Shot | Buck | 1914-04-04 |
|
Their First Acquaintance | 1914-06-16 | |
 |
The Battle of the Sexes | Frank Andrews | 1914-04-12 |
|
A Lesson in Mechanics | 1914-08-21 | |
|
The Tavern of Tragedy | Bob Jameson - the Spy | 1914-08-09 |
|
The Warning | Mr. Edwards | 1914-10-13 |
|
Her Mother's Necklace | The Burglar | 1914-08-16 |
 |
Olaf—An Atom | The Beggar | 1913-05-19 |
 |
Near To Earth | 1913-03-20 | |
|
Black and White | 1913-08-27 | |
|
The Blue or the Gray | Southern Rival | 1913-11-29 |
|
By Man's Law | Lee Calvert - Brother Owner | 1913-11-22 |
|
Pirate Gold | 1913-01-13 | |
 |
The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Rival Gang Member (uncredited) | 1912-10-31 |
 |
Heart Beats of Long Ago | Courtier | 1911-02-06 |
 |
The Failure | Bank Employee | 1911-12-07 |
 |
The Miser's Heart | Policeman | 1911-11-20 |
 |
Fate's Turning | The Valet | 1911-01-22 |
 |
The Battle | A Union soldier (uncredited) | 1911-11-06 |
 |
What Shall We Do with Our Old? | Night Court Bailiff | 1911-02-13 |
 |
Her Awakening | Accident Witness | 1911-09-28 |
 |
The Primal Call | At Club | 1911-06-21 |
 |
The Italian Barber | At Ball | 1911-01-09 |
 |
The Adventures of Billy | First Tramp | 1911-10-18 |
 |
The Long Road | A Servant / The Landlord | 1911-10-26 |
 |
The Making of a Man | Actor / Backstage | 1911-10-04 |
 |
The Golden Supper | Courtier/Monk | 1910-12-12 |
 |
Sunshine Sue | Head of the Sweatshop | 1910-11-14 |
 |
Winning Back His Love | At Stage Door | 1910-12-25 |
 |
Through the Breakers | At the Club | 1909-12-06 |
