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Donald Calthrop

Donald Calthrop

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).

Known for

Major Barbara
Major Barbara
1941 • Peter Shirley
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940 • Guide
Let George Do It!
Let George Do It!
1940 • Frederick Strickland
Band Waggon
Band Waggon
1940 • Hobday
Thunder in the City
Thunder in the City
1937 • Dr. Plumet
Love from a Stranger
Love from a Stranger
1937 • Hobson
Fire Over England
Fire Over England
1937 • Don Escobal
Café Colette
Café Colette
1937 • Nick

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Major Barbara
Major Barbara
1941 • Peter Shirley
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Let George Do It!
Let George Do It!
1940 • Frederick Strickland
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Band Waggon
Band Waggon
1940 • Hobday
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Fire Over England
Fire Over England
1937 • Don Escobal
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The Man Behind the Mask
The Man Behind the Mask
1936 • Dr. Harold E. Walpole
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Broken Blossoms
Broken Blossoms
1936 • Old Chinaman
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Scrooge
Scrooge
1935 • Bob Cratchit
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The Phantom Light
The Phantom Light
1935 • David Owen
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Me and Marlborough
Me and Marlborough
1935 • Drunken Yokel
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The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant
1935 • Derelict (uncredited)
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The Divine Spark
1935 • Judge Fumaroli
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Red Ensign
Red Ensign
1934 • Macleod
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Sorrell and Son
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
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Friday the Thirteenth
Friday the Thirteenth
1933 • Hugh Nicholls
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I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy
1933 • Cnockhaert
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Early to Bed
1933 • Potsdam Guide
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F.P.1
F.P.1
1933 • Sunshine, the Photographer
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Fires of Fate
1932 • Sir William Royden
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Number Seventeen
Number Seventeen
1932 • Nora's Escort Brant
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Money for Nothing
Money for Nothing
1932 • Hotel Manager
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Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain
1931 • Self - Commentator (uncredited)
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Many Waters
Many Waters
1931 • Compton Hardcastle
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The Bells
The Bells
1931 • Mathias
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The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train
1931 • Saul Hodgkin
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Potiphar's Wife
Potiphar's Wife
1931 • Counsel for Defense
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Uneasy Virtue
Uneasy Virtue
1931 • Burglar
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Cape Forlorn
Cape Forlorn
1931 • Parson
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Star Impersonations
Star Impersonations
1930 • George Arliss
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Almost a Honeymoon
Almost a Honeymoon
1930 • Charles, the butler
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Spanish Eyes
1930 • Mascoso
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Murder!
Murder!
1930 • Ion Stewart
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Two Worlds
Two Worlds
1930 • Mendel
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Loose Ends
Loose Ends
1930 • Winton Penner
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The Night Porter
The Night Porter
1930 • George, the Night Porter
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Elstree Calling
Elstree Calling
1930 • Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
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Atlantic
Atlantic
1929 • Pointer
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Blackmail
Blackmail
1929 • Tracy
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Up the Poll
1929 • The Candidate
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Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
1928 • Andy Wilkes
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Nelson
1918 • Horatio Nelson
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