
Acting
Donald Calthrop
Also Known As: Donald Esme Clayton Calthrop
Birth Date
April 11, 1888
Death Date
July 15, 1940
(passed away at 52)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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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).
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Elstree Calling
Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
1930

Blackmail
Tracy
1929

Murder!
Ion Stewart
1930

Fire Over England
Don Escobal
1937

Number Seventeen
Nora's Escort Brant
1932

The Man Who Changed His Mind
Clayton
1936

Love from a Stranger
Hobson
1937

Major Barbara
Peter Shirley
1941

Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
1935

The Man Behind the Mask
Dr. Harold E. Walpole
1936

Let George Do It!
Frederick Strickland
1940

The Clairvoyant
Derelict (uncredited)
1935

Shooting Stars
Andy Wilkes
1928

Friday the Thirteenth
Hugh Nicholls
1933

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Guide
1940

Thunder in the City
Dr. Plumet
1937

Uneasy Virtue
Burglar
1931

Rome Express
Poole
1932

I Was a Spy
Cnockhaert
1933
It's a Cop
Charles Murray
1934