Donald Crisp
Known for: Acting
Born: July 26, 1882
Died: May 25, 1974
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
190 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.8
Spencer's Mountain
1963
6.9
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
7.0
Pollyanna
1960
6.5
A Dog of Flanders
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
6.7
Saddle the Wind
1958
5.6
Drango
1957NR
Fire on the Heather
1956
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
7.2
The Man from Laramie
1955
6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
7.0
The Long Gray Line
1955
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
6.1
Prince Valiant
1954
6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
4.9
Home Town Story
1951
6.0
Bright Leaf
1950
5.5
Challenge to Lassie
1949
5.8
Africa Screams
1949
6.7
Whispering Smith
1948
6.9
Hills of Home
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.5
Ramrod
1947
7.2
The Valley of Decision
1945
6.2
Son of Lassie
1945
7.2
National Velvet
1945
7.0
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
6.9
The Uninvited
1944
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
7.5
Forever and a Day
1943
5.9
The Battle of Midway
1942
6.6
The Gay Sisters
1942
7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
6.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
6.1
Shining Victory
1941
6.2
Knute Rockne All American
1940
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940
6.6
Brother Orchid
1940
6.5
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
6.3
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
7.0
The Old Maid
1939
6.3
Daughters Courageous
1939
6.5
Juarez
1939
6.3
Sons of Liberty
1939
7.2
Wuthering Heights
1939
6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
6.8
The Dawn Patrol
1938
5.7
Comet Over Broadway
1938
6.1
The Sisters
1938
6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938
7.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
6.5
The Beloved Brat
1938
7.0
Jezebel
1938
6.0
Sergeant Murphy
1938
6.7
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
5.6
That Certain Woman
1937
6.2
Confession
1937
4.6
Parnell
1937
6.9
The Great O'Malley
1937
6.3
Beloved Enemy
1936
5.8
A Woman Rebels
1936
6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
6.2
Mary of Scotland
1936
7.2
The White Angel
1936
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
7.2
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
10.0
Laddie
1935
6.2
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
5.8
The Little Minister
1934
7.6
What Every Woman Knows
1934
5.7
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
4.9
The Key
1934
3.8
The Crime Doctor
1934
9.0
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
5.3
Broadway Bad
1933
6.9
Red Dust
1932
5.0
A Passport to Hell
1932
7.5
Kick In
1931
6.3
Svengali
1931
7.0
Scotland Yard
1930
6.2
The Runaway Bride
1930
9.0
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929
6.7
The Pagan
1929
8.0
Trent's Last Case
1929
6.8
The Viking
1928
6.7
The Cop
1928
8.0
The River Pirate
1928
6.0
Stand and Deliver
1928
7.2
Dress Parade
1927
5.3
The Fighting Eagle
1927
10.0
Vanity
1927
8.0
Man Bait
1927
10.0
Nobody's Widow
1927
7.7
Young April
1926
10.0
Sunny Side Up
1926
6.7
The Black Pirate
1926
6.7
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
7.1
The Navigator
1924
7.5
Ponjola
19237.0
Tell Your Children
1922
7.5
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921
7.0
The Princess of New York
1921
10.0
The Barbarian
1921
9.0
Held by the Enemy
1920
7.0
Miss Hobbs
1920
9.0
The Six Best Cellars
1920
9.0
Too Much Johnson
1919
8.0
It Pays to Advertise
1919
9.0
Why Smith Left Home
1919
9.0
Love Insurance
1919
10.0
A Very Good Young Man
1919
7.0
Putting It Over
1919
6.9
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
7.0
Something to Do
1919
6.5
Johnny Get Your Gun
1919
8.0
The Poor Boob
1919
8.0
Venus in the East
1919
10.0
Under the Top
1919
7.0
The Way of a Man with a Maid
1918
NR
The Goat
1918
NR
Less Than Kin
1918
NR
The Firefly of France
1918
NR
Believe Me, Xantippe
1918
NR
The House of Silence
1918
NR
Rimrock Jones
1918
NR
Jules of the Strong Heart
1918
NR
The Clever Mrs. Carfax
1917
NR
The Countess Charming
1917
NR
Lost in Transit
19178.0
The Cook of Canyon Camp
1917
NR
The Marcellini Millions
1917NR
The Bond Between
1917
NR
His Sweetheart
1917
NR
The Eyes of the World
1917
7.1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
NR
Ramona
1916
NR
A Girl of Yesterday
1915
NR
May Blossom
1915
NR
The Commanding Officer
1915
5.9
The Birth of a Nation
1915
NR
The Love Route
1915NR
How Hazel Got Even
1915NR
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
NR
At Dawn
1914NR
Over the Ledge
1914
NR
The Sisters
1914NR
Another Chance
1914
5.0
The Little Country Mouse
1914NR
The Niggard
1914NR
The Availing Prayer
1914NR
The Warning
1914NR
Sands of Fate
1914NR
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914NR
A Lesson in Mechanics
1914NR
Her Mother's Necklace
1914NR
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
5.9
The Avenging Conscience
1914NR
Their First Acquaintance
1914NR
The Newer Woman
1914
NR
The Escape
1914
5.0
Home, Sweet Home
19148.0
The Different Man
1914
NR
The Mountain Rat
1914
NR
The Battle of the Sexes
1914NR
The Mysterious Shot
1914
NR
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914NR
The Blue or the Gray
1913NR
By Man's Law
1913NR
Black and White
1913
NR
Olaf—An Atom
1913
NR
Near To Earth
1913NR
Pirate Gold
1913
6.1
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
4.0
The Failure
1911
6.0
The Miser's Heart
1911
4.6
The Battle
1911
NR
The Long Road
1911
5.7
The Adventures of Billy
1911
6.5
The Making of a Man
1911
NR
Her Awakening
1911
4.6
Swords and Hearts
1911
4.0
The Primal Call
1911
5.5
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
19115.0
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
5.0
Fate's Turning
1911
4.0
The Italian Barber
1911
NR
The Two Paths
1911
4.0
Winning Back His Love
1910
4.5
The Golden Supper
1910
NR
Sunshine Sue
1910
4.2
Through the Breakers
1909