Donald Calthrop

Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor.[1]

Donald Calthrop
Autographed still, 1933
Born	Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop (1888-04-11)11 April 1888 Chelsea London, England
Died	15 July 1940(1940-07-15) (aged 52) Eton, Berkshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916-1940

Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatre, London.[2] 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.[3] 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).[2] According to Ronald Neame in his autobiography, some shots in the final film had a stand-in playing Calthrop's role (from the back) and a piece of dialogue was recorded using an unnamed person who impersonated Calthrop's voice.

He was the nephew of dramatist Dion Boucicault.[2]

Selected filmography

• Altar Chains (1916)
• Masks and Faces (1917) - Lovell
• The Gay Lord Quex (1917) - Valma
• Goodbye (1918) - Capt. Richard Adair
• Nelson (1918) - Horatio Nelson
• Shooting Stars (1928) - Andy Wilkes
• The Flying Squad (1929) - Sederman
• The Clue of the New Pin (1929) - Yeh Ling
• Blackmail (1929) - Tracy
• Atlantic (1929) - Pointer
• Spanish Eyes (1930) - Mascoso
• The Night Porter (1930) - The Porter
• Song of Soho (1930) - Nobby
• Loose Ends (1930) - Winton Penner
• Juno and the Paycock (1930) - Needle Nugent (uncredited)
• Two Worlds (1930) - Mendel (British Version)
• Murder! (1930) - Ion Stewart
• Almost a Honeymoon (1930) - Charles, the butler
• Elstree Calling (1930) - Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
• Cape Forlorn (1931) - Parsons
• Uneasy Virtue (1931) - Burglar
• The Ghost Train (1931) - Saul Hodgkin
• Many Waters (1931) - Compton Hardcastle
• The Bells (1931) - Mathias
• Potiphar's Wife (1931) - Counsel for Defense
• Money for Nothing (1932) - Manager
• Number Seventeen (1932) - Brant - Nora's Escort
• Fires of Fate (1932) - Sir William Royden
• Rome Express (1932) - Mr. Poole
• F.P.1 (1933) - Sunshine, the Photographer
• I Was a Spy (1933) - Cnockhaert
• Early to Bed (1933) - Peschke
• Friday the Thirteenth (1933) - Hugh Nicholls
• This Acting Business (1933) - Milton Stafford
• Sorrell and Son (1933) - Dr. Richard Orange
• It's a Cop (1934) - Charles Murray
• Nine Forty-Five (1934) - Dr. Venables
• Orders Is Orders (1934) - Pavey
• Red Ensign (1934) - Macleod
• The Clairvoyant (1935) - Derelict (uncredited)
• The Divine Spark (1935) - Judge Fumaroli
• Me and Marlborough (1935) - Drunken Yokel
• The Phantom Light (1935) - David Owen
• Man of the Moment (1935) - Godfrey
• Scrooge (1935) - Bob Cratchit
• Broken Blossoms (1936) - Old Chinaman
• The Man Behind the Mask (1936) - Dr. Harold E. Walpole
• The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) - Clayton / Lord Haslewood
• Fire Over England (1937) - Don Escobal
• Thunder in the City (1937) - Dr. Plumet
• Cafe Colette (1937) - Nick
• Love from a Stranger (1937) - Hobson
• Dreaming Lips (1937) - Philosopher
• Band Waggon (1940) - Hobday
• Let George Do It! (1940) - Frederick Strickland
• Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) - Guide (uncredited)
• Major Barbara (1941) - Peter Shirley

References

1. "Donald Calthrop". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
2. Bruce Eder. "Donald Calthrop - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
3. "Donald Calthrop - Actor". britishsites.co.uk.

External links

• Donald Calthrop on IMDb
• Donald Calthrop at the BFI's Screenonline
• Donald Calthrop at the Internet Broadway Database