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Donald Calthrop
Acting
Born: April 11, 1888
London, England, UK
Biography
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
Blackmail
as Tracy
Murder!
as Ion Stewart
Fire Over England
as Don Escobal
Scrooge
as Bob Cratchit
Elstree Calling
as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
Number Seventeen
as Nora's Escort Brant
Major Barbara
as Peter Shirley
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Clayton
Love from a Stranger
as Hobson
Let George Do It!
as Frederick Strickland
