Donald Crisp
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 141
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
This Is Your Life
1952
MGM Parade
1955
Wuthering Heights
1939
How Green Was My Valley
1941
The Sea Hawk
1940
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Jezebel
1938
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Saddle the Wind
1958
National Velvet
1945
Pollyanna
1960
The Man from Laramie
1955
Lassie Come Home
1943
The Black Pirate
1926
Mary of Scotland
1936
Juarez
1939
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
Spencer's Mountain
1963
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Prince Valiant
1954
The Long Gray Line
1955
Bright Leaf
1950
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
Ramrod
1947
The Valley of Decision
1945
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Old Maid
1939
Red Dust
1932
The Uninvited
1944
The Last Hurrah
1958
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
Forever and a Day
1943
Ramona
1916
Whispering Smith
1948
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Knute Rockne All American
1940
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
May Blossom
1915
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
The Little Minister
1934
Son of Lassie
1945
The Warning
1914
City for Conquest
1940
The Battle of Midway
1942
The Failure
1911
The Sisters
1914
A Dog of Flanders
1960
Home Town Story
1951
Parnell
1937
Home, Sweet Home
1914
The White Angel
1936
That Certain Woman
1937
The Beloved Brat
1938
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
The Sisters
1938
A Woman Rebels
1936
The Pagan
1929
Hills of Home
1948
The Dawn Patrol
1938
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
Valley of the Giants
1938
The Two Paths
1911
Daughters Courageous
1939
Fate's Turning
1911
Beloved Enemy
1936
What Every Woman Knows
1934
Brother Orchid
1940
Swords and Hearts
1911
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
Svengali
1931
The Different Man
1914
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Gay Sisters
1942
The Crime Doctor
1934
The Avenging Conscience
1914
Over the Ledge
1914
Near To Earth
1913
Scotland Yard
1930
Confession
1937
Drango
1957
The Viking
1928
Shining Victory
1941
A Girl of Yesterday
1915
The Great O'Malley
1937
The Commanding Officer
1915
Sons of Liberty
1939
Black and White
1913
Challenge to Lassie
1949
Laddie
1935
The Key
1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
Stand and Deliver
1928
The Battle
1911
Their First Acquaintance
1914
The Golden Supper
1910
Through the Breakers
1909
The River Pirate
1928
Sergeant Murphy
1938
Comet Over Broadway
1938
The Mountain Rat
1914
The Adventures of Billy
1911
The Primal Call
1911
A Lesson in Mechanics
1914
The Escape
1914
Sunshine Sue
1910
A Passport to Hell
1932
Olaf—An Atom
1913
Kick In
1931
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
Her Awakening
1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
Broadway Bad
1933
Pirate Gold
1913
Trent's Last Case
1929
The Love Route
1915
The Miser's Heart
1911
The Long Road
1911
The Italian Barber
1911
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921
Another Chance
1914
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
Winning Back His Love
1910
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
Fire on the Heather
1956
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
The Making of a Man
1911
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929
The Mysterious Shot
1914
The Blue or the Gray
1913
By Man's Law
1913
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
The Newer Woman
1914
On the crew 66
The Navigator
1924
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Africa Screams
1949
Dress Parade
1927
Rimrock Jones
1918
Ramona
1916
Love Insurance
1919
Less Than Kin
1918
The Cop
1928
The Warning
1914
Man Bait
1927
The Goat
1918
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
Vanity
1927
Jules of the Strong Heart
1918
His Sweetheart
1917
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Held by the Enemy
1920
The House of Silence
1918
The Fighting Eagle
1927
Putting It Over
1919
Lost in Transit
1917
The Poor Boob
1919
The Six Best Cellars
1920
The Clever Mrs. Carfax
1917
The Countess Charming
1917
Sunny Side Up
1926
Stand and Deliver
1928
The Firefly of France
1918
Why Smith Left Home
1919
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
It Pays to Advertise
1919
Tell Your Children
1922
Something to Do
1919
Their First Acquaintance
1914
The Little Country Mouse
1914
Believe Me, Xantippe
1918
Too Much Johnson
1919
Venus in the East
1919
Young April
1926
The Way of a Man with a Maid
1918
The Runaway Bride
1930
A Very Good Young Man
1919
How Hazel Got Even
1915
The Barbarian
1921
The Cook of Canyon Camp
1917
Nobody's Widow
1927
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921
Under the Top
1919
The Bond Between
1917
The Niggard
1914
The Princess of New York
1921
Another Chance
1914
At Dawn
1914
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
The Availing Prayer
1914
Sands of Fate
1914
Miss Hobbs
1920
Johnny Get Your Gun
1919
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
The Eyes of the World
1917
Ponjola
1923
The Mysterious Shot
1914
The Newer Woman
1914
The Marcellini Millions
1917