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Donald Calthrop

English actor (1888–1940)

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

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

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 more than 60 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

^ "Donald Calthrop". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bruce Eder. "Donald Calthrop - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ "Donald Calthrop - Actor". britishsites.co.uk.