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Donald Calthrop is a Actor British born on 11 april 1888 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)

Donald Calthrop

Donald Calthrop
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Birth name Donald Esme C Calthrop
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 april 1888 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)
Death 15 july 1940 (at 52 years) at Eton, Berkshire (United-kingdom)

Donald Esme C Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor. He starred as the title character in the hit musical The Boy in 1917. He then appeared in 63 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

He was born in London and died in Eton, Berkshire from a heart attack while he was filming Major Barbara. According to Ronald Neame in his autobiography, some shots in the final film had a stand-in playing Calthrop (from the back) and a bit of dialog was recorded using an unnamed person who impersonated Calthrop's voice.

He was the nephew of Dion Boucicault. He was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance when eighteen years old at the Comedy Theatre, London. His first film was The Gay Lord Quex.

Biography

Il commence sa carrière dès 1906 et joue au cinéma à partir de 1916. Il se spécialise rapidement dans les rôles de méchants, où il se taille un franc succès. Alfred Hitchcock l'utilisera à quatre reprises, comme en 1929 dans le film Blackmail.
Il apparait dans le film à sketches Elstree Calling (1930), resté inédit en France.

Donald Calthrop a aussi tourné dans loose Ends (1930), Rome Express (1932), I Was a Spy (1933), Scrooge (1935), Dreaming Lips (1937) et La Commandante Barbara (1941), son dernier film.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Donald Calthrop (51 films)

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Actor

Major Barbara, 2h11
Directed by David Lean, Harold French, Gabriel Pascal
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton, Sybil Thorndike, Emlyn Williams
Roles Peter Shirley
Rating67% 3.395843.395843.395843.395843.39584
In this social satire, Barbara Undershaft (Hiller), an idealistic major in the Salvation Army, is deeply troubled by the fact that her father, Andrew Undershaft (Robert Morley), is a wealthy weapons manufacturer. Meanwhile, Andrew is looking for an heir for his industrial empire, in particular a foundling like himself.
Band Waggon, 1h25
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Pat Kirkwood, Moore Marriott, Peter Gawthorne, Donald Calthrop
Roles Hobday
Rating54% 2.717732.717732.717732.717732.71773
Arthur Askey and Stinker Murdoch, two out-of-work performers, are living on the roof of the Broadcasting House in Central London. After being called in for an audition with the BBC three months before, they were forgotten about and settled down to live there waiting for their big chance. One day an item from their clothes line falls and hits Claude Pilkington, a senior figure at the BBC, who has them evicted. They are forced to pack up all their belongings and leave.
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt, 1h15
Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Graham Moffatt, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Felix Aylmer
Roles Guide
Rating58% 2.905092.905092.905092.905092.90509
Oxford students Arthur (Arthur Askey), Stinker (Richard Murdoch), and Albert (Graham Moffatt) are in danger of being "sent down" (expelled) for bad behaviour. Learning the Dean of Bowgate College is an amateur Egyptologist, Arthur—who had just played the lead in a stage version of "Charley's Aunt"—poses as Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy, who might finance an archeological expedition if the Dean is lenient on her nephew and his friends. Unfortunately, the real Aunt Lucy picks this day to pay a visit to Oxford herself, with calamitous results.
Let George Do It!, 1h22
Directed by Marcel Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Spy, Musical
Themes Spy films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Bernard Lee, Garry Marsh, Coral Browne, Romney Brent
Roles Frederick Strickland
Rating63% 3.188683.188683.188683.188683.18868
At the start of the Second World War, musician George Hepplewhite (George Formby) gets on a boat thinking he is on his way to Blackpool, but arrives in Bergen, Norway instead, where he is mistaken for another ukulele player. He then meets the desk girl at the hotel, Mary Wilson (Phyllis Calvert), who is a British undercover agent and thinks he is one too. The duo manage to find and break a code that the Nazis are using to sink Allied shipping. A noted sequence was a dream where George had been given a truth drug by the Nazi conductor Mendez, in which he gives Hitler a right hook.
Café Colette, 1h11
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Paul Cavanagh, Greta Nissen, Sally Gray, Bruce Seton, Paul Blake, Donald Calthrop
Roles Nick

A diplomat falls in love with an exiled Russian princess.
Fire Over England, 1h32
Directed by William K. Howard, René Clair
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Flora Robson, Leslie Banks, Raymond Massey, Robert Newton
Roles Don Escobal
Rating64% 3.24513.24513.24513.24513.2451
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England is concerned by the impending arrival of the Spanish Armada. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), English privateers such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
Love from a Stranger, 1h26
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ann Harding, Basil Rathbone, Binnie Hale, Bruce Seton, Jean Cadell, Joan Hickson
Roles Hobson
Rating64% 3.2421553.2421553.2421553.2421553.242155
Distribution United Artists Corporation (1937) (UK) (theatrical)
Thunder in the City, 1h27
Directed by Marion Gering
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier, Ralph Richardson, Arthur Wontner
Roles Dr. Plumet
Rating60% 3.048313.048313.048313.048313.04831
An American salesman with radically successful methods visits England ostensibly to learn a more dignified manner of salesmanship. He is mistaken for a millionaire by a cash-poor family of noble ancestry with a stately home to sell which he can't afford to buy. But by working with them instead he finds romance and equal success in business with his old marketing techniques.
Dreaming Lips, 1h34
Directed by Lee Garmes, Paul Czinner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Elisabeth Bergner, Raymond Massey, Romney Brent, Joyce Bland, Felix Aylmer, J. Fisher White
Roles Philosopher
Rating57% 2.8982552.8982552.8982552.8982552.898255
The wife (Bergner) of a violin player (Brent) in a famous orchestra, falls in love with her husband's friend and, tragically, drowns herself.
Broken Blossoms, 1h18
Directed by John Brahm
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Arthur Margetson, Emlyn Williams, Basil Radford, C.V. France, Gibb McLaughlin, Dolly Haas
Roles Old Chinaman
Rating53% 2.691552.691552.691552.691552.69155
A Chinese missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father.
The Man Who Changed His Mind, 1h6
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder, Frank Cellier, Donald Calthrop, Cecil Parker
Roles Clayton
Rating65% 3.291763.291763.291763.291763.29176
Dr. Laurience (Karloff), a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origins of the mind and soul in an isolated manor house, aided only by the promising surgeon Clare Wyatt (Lee) and a wheelchair-using confederate named Clayton (Donald Calthrop). The scientific community rejects his theories and Laurience risks losing everything for which he has worked so obsessively. To save his research, Laurience (pronounced "Lorenz") begins to use his discoveries in brain transference for his own nefarious purposes, replacing the mind of philanthropist Lord Haslewood (Frank Cellier) with the personality of the crippled, caustic Clayton. With Lord Haslewood's wealth and prestige at his command, Laurience becomes an almost unstoppable mad scientist.
The Man Behind the Mask, 1h19
Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Peter Gawthorne, Maurice Schwartz, Ronald Ward, Donald Calthrop
Roles Dr. Harold E. Walpole
Rating61% 3.0737953.0737953.0737953.0737953.073795
Nick et June prévoyaient de s'enfuir ensemble à l'occasion d'un bal masqué, mais Nick est attaqué par un homme qui lui prend son déguisement et vole le bouclier de Kahm. Nick se retrouve le principal suspect.
The Clairvoyant, 1h21
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Jane Baxter, Mary Clare, Athole Stewart, C. Denier Warren
Roles Derelict (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.293173.293173.293173.293173.29317
Rains plays Maximus ("King of the Mind Readers"), who with the help of his wife, Rene (Fay Wray), and their secret code, performs an English music hall mind-reading act. Then, one night, he notices Christine Shawn (Jane Baxter), a beautiful woman in the audience, and his act begins to turn into reality. He is able to tell a man what is in his letter without any assistance.
Man of the Moment, 1h22
Directed by Monty Banks
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Laura La Plante, Claude Hulbert, Margaret Lockwood, Peter Gawthorne, Donald Calthrop
Roles Godfrey
Rating61% 3.0980453.0980453.0980453.0980453.098045
Office worker Mary Briany (Laura La Plante) finds out she is being demoted by the boss she secretly loves in order to make room for his girlfriend. She tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river. Tony Woodward (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) is driving by and rescues her, much to her annoyance.
Me and Marlborough, 1h24
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Cicely Courtneidge, Tom Walls, Barry MacKay, Alfred Drayton, Gibb McLaughlin, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Drunken Yokel
Rating59% 2.9608952.9608952.9608952.9608952.960895
England, 1710. A woman disguises herself as a man and joins up with the Duke of Marlborough's army in Flanders to find her missing husband.