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
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
How Green Was My Valley
1941
Jezebel
1938
The Man from Laramie
1955
Prince Valiant
1954
The Valley of Decision
1945
Lassie Come Home
1943
The Uninvited
1944
The Sea Hawk
1940
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
Mary of Scotland
1936
National Velvet
1945
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Pollyanna
1960
The Long Gray Line
1955
Knute Rockne All American
1940
Juarez
1939
The Sisters
1914
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
May Blossom
1915
Ramona
1916
The Last Hurrah
1958
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Parnell
1937
Spencer's Mountain
1963
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Battle of Midway
1942
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
The Black Pirate
1926
Saddle the Wind
1958
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
Ramrod
1947
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
The Warning
1914
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Bright Leaf
1950
Red Dust
1932
Forever and a Day
1943
Valley of the Giants
1938
That Certain Woman
1937
City for Conquest
1940
The Mountain Rat
1914
Daughters Courageous
1939
Son of Lassie
1945
The Failure
1911
Stand and Deliver
1928
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
The Old Maid
1939
Brother Orchid
1940
The Gay Sisters
1942
The River Pirate
1928
Whispering Smith
1948
A Dog of Flanders
1959
The White Angel
1936
The Dawn Patrol
1938
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
The Sisters
1938
What Every Woman Knows
1934
The Avenging Conscience
1914
The Commanding Officer
1915
The Great O'Malley
1937
Home, Sweet Home
1914
The Little Minister
1934
Home Town Story
1951
Black and White
1913
Sons of Liberty
1939
Shining Victory
1941
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
Svengali
1931
Over the Ledge
1914
Comet Over Broadway
1938
The Crime Doctor
1934
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929
The Viking
1928
Challenge to Lassie
1949
Drango
1957
Beloved Enemy
1936
A Girl of Yesterday
1915
Sunshine Sue
1910
Trent's Last Case
1929
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
The Pagan
1929
The Key
1934
The Beloved Brat
1938
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
Laddie
1935
The Different Man
1914
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
Fate's Turning
1911
Scotland Yard
1930
A Woman Rebels
1936
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
Hills of Home
1948
The Long Road
1911
The Battle
1911
The Primal Call
1911
Broadway Bad
1933
Confession
1937
The Two Paths
1911
The Miser's Heart
1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
Sergeant Murphy
1938
A Passport to Hell
1932
Near To Earth
1913
Kick In
1931
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921
The Making of a Man
1911
The Adventures of Billy
1911
Olaf—An Atom
1913
Swords and Hearts
1911
The Italian Barber
1911
The Golden Supper
1910
Fire on the Heather
1956
The Blue or the Gray
1913
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
By Man's Law
1913
The Love Route
1915
Pirate Gold
1913
Her Awakening
1911
Their First Acquaintance
1914
A Lesson in Mechanics
1914
The Escape
1914
Through the Breakers
1909
The Newer Woman
1914
Winning Back His Love
1910
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
Another Chance
1914
The Mysterious Shot
1914
On the crew 66
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Navigator
1924
Love Insurance
1919
Ramona
1916
Vanity
1927
The Warning
1914
The Cop
1928
Rimrock Jones
1918
Africa Screams
1949
Dress Parade
1927
His Sweetheart
1917
Stand and Deliver
1928
Man Bait
1927
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Why Smith Left Home
1919
It Pays to Advertise
1919
Believe Me, Xantippe
1918
The House of Silence
1918
The Poor Boob
1919
Jules of the Strong Heart
1918
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
The Cook of Canyon Camp
1917
Tell Your Children
1922
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
Something to Do
1919
A Very Good Young Man
1919
Lost in Transit
1917
The Countess Charming
1917
The Bond Between
1917
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
The Goat
1918
The Fighting Eagle
1927
The Princess of New York
1921
Held by the Enemy
1920
The Runaway Bride
1930
The Firefly of France
1918
Venus in the East
1919
Miss Hobbs
1920
Under the Top
1919
The Availing Prayer
1914
Sunny Side Up
1926
The Little Country Mouse
1914
The Marcellini Millions
1917
Young April
1926
At Dawn
1914
Johnny Get Your Gun
1919
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921
Putting It Over
1919
Less Than Kin
1918
The Way of a Man with a Maid
1918
How Hazel Got Even
1915
Too Much Johnson
1919
The Eyes of the World
1917
Sands of Fate
1914
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
The Six Best Cellars
1920
The Barbarian
1921
Ponjola
1923
Their First Acquaintance
1914
The Newer Woman
1914
Nobody's Widow
1927
The Niggard
1914
The Clever Mrs. Carfax
1917
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
Another Chance
1914
The Mysterious Shot
1914