Donald Crisp
Acting

Donald Crisp

Born 26 July 1882 · Bow, London, England, UK · Died 25 May 1974

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.

Known for

The Birth of a Nation
How Green Was My Valley
Mutiny on the Bounty
Wuthering Heights
The Navigator
The Man from Laramie
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
The Uninvited
Jezebel
Pollyanna
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Sea Hawk
Spencer's Mountain
Greyfriars Bobby
Pollyanna
A Dog of Flanders
The Last Hurrah
Saddle the Wind
Drango
The Long Gray Line
The Man from Laramie
Prince Valiant
Home Town Story
Bright Leaf
Challenge to Lassie
Hills of Home
Whispering Smith
Ramrod
Son of Lassie
The Valley of Decision
National Velvet
The Uninvited
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Lassie Come Home
Forever and a Day
The Gay Sisters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
How Green Was My Valley
Shining Victory
City for Conquest
Brother Orchid
The Sea Hawk
Knute Rockne All American
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Wuthering Heights
The Old Maid
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Oklahoma Kid
Juarez
Daughters Courageous
Sons of Liberty
Jezebel
The Dawn Patrol
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Sisters
Sergeant Murphy
Valley of the Giants
The Beloved Brat
Comet Over Broadway
The Life of Emile Zola
Confession
The Great O'Malley
That Certain Woman
Parnell
Beloved Enemy
The Charge of the Light Brigade
A Woman Rebels
Mary of Scotland
The White Angel
Mutiny on the Bounty
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Oil for the Lamps of China
Laddie
The Little Minister
The Crime Doctor
The Key
The Life of Vergie Winters
What Every Woman Knows
Broadway Bad
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
Red Dust
A Passport to Hell
Svengali
Kick In
Scotland Yard
The Runaway Bride
The Pagan
Trent's Last Case
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Viking
The River Pirate
Stand and Deliver
The Cop
The Fighting Eagle
Vanity
Dress Parade
Man Bait
Nobody's Widow
The Black Pirate
Young April
Sunny Side Up
Don Q Son of Zorro
The Navigator
Ponjola
The Bonnie Brier Bush
The Barbarian
The Princess of New York
The Six Best Cellars
Miss Hobbs
Held by the Enemy
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Under the Top
Johnny Get Your Gun
Venus in the East
Too Much Johnson
The Poor Boob
Putting It Over
It Pays to Advertise
Something to Do
A Very Good Young Man
Love Insurance
Why Smith Left Home
The House of Silence
Rimrock Jones
Believe Me, Xantippe
The Firefly of France
Less Than Kin
The Way of a Man with a Maid
The Goat
Jules of the Strong Heart
The Countess Charming
The Eyes of the World
The Marcellini Millions
The Clever Mrs. Carfax
His Sweetheart
Lost in Transit
Ramona
The Birth of a Nation
May Blossom
A Girl of Yesterday
The Love Route
The Commanding Officer
The Avenging Conscience
The Escape
The Mountain Rat
The Sisters
Home, Sweet Home
The Battle of the Sexes
At Dawn
Her Father's Silent Partner
The Little Country Mouse
Near To Earth
Olaf—An Atom
Her Awakening
The Miser's Heart
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Fate's Turning
The Primal Call
The Italian Barber
The Making of a Man
The Long Road
The Adventures of Billy
The Failure
The Two Paths
Sunshine Sue
Winning Back His Love
The Golden Supper
Through the Breakers
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