Donald Crisp
Department: 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.
Known For
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Lassie Come Home
1943
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
Wuthering Heights
1939
Jezebel
1938
Pollyanna
1960
City for Conquest
1940
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Brother Orchid
1940
The Sea Hawk
1940
The Avenging Conscience
1914
Home Town Story
1951
The Escape
1914
How Green Was My Valley
1941
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Ramrod
1947
Challenge to Lassie
1949
Son of Lassie
1945
Knute Rockne All American
1940
The Valley of Decision
1945
Beloved Enemy
1936
The Little Minister
1934
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
The Long Gray Line
1955
Red Dust
1932
Spencer's Mountain
1963
The Old Maid
1939
Svengali
1931
The Uninvited
1944
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
Prince Valiant
1954
Stand and Deliver
1928
The Dawn Patrol
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
National Velvet
1945
The Crime Doctor
1934
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
The Man from Laramie
1955
The Black Pirate
1926
The Key
1934
Bright Leaf
1950
The Battle of Midway
1942
The Last Hurrah
1958
Confession
1937
Pirate Gold
1913
Near To Earth
1913
The Gay Sisters
1942
The Great O'Malley
1937
Juarez
1939
Saddle the Wind
1958
That Certain Woman
1937
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
Her Awakening
1911
Another Chance
1914
Over the Ledge
1914
Drango
1957
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
A Woman Rebels
1936
The Sisters
1938
The Mysterious Shot
1914
Don Q Son of Zorro
1925
Hills of Home
1948
A Dog of Flanders
1959
Daughters Courageous
1939
The Miser's Heart
1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
The Battle
1911
The Viking
1928
Sergeant Murphy
1938
The Pagan
1929
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Valley of the Giants
1938
Trent's Last Case
1929
The Beloved Brat
1938
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
What Every Woman Knows
1934
Parnell
1937
Comet Over Broadway
1938
Scotland Yard
1930
Shining Victory
1941
Fate's Turning
1911
Sons of Liberty
1939
Broadway Bad
1933
By Man's Law
1913
The Different Man
1914
The Mountain Rat
1914
The Newer Woman
1914
Their First Acquaintance
1914
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
May Blossom
1915
A Lesson in Mechanics
1914
The Warning
1914
The Sisters
1914
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
A Passport to Hell
1932
Laddie
1935
Mary of Scotland
1936
Whispering Smith
1948
The White Angel
1936
The Primal Call
1911
Black and White
1913
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929
The Italian Barber
1911
Ramona
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Forever and a Day
1943
The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921
Kick In
1931
Home, Sweet Home
1914
The Making of a Man
1911
A Girl of Yesterday
1915
The Adventures of Billy
1911
The Long Road
1911
Sunshine Sue
1910
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
The Failure
1911
Olaf—An Atom
1913
Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V
1933
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
The River Pirate
1928
The Blue or the Gray
1913
Through the Breakers
1909
Winning Back His Love
1910
The Golden Supper
1910
Heart Beats of Long Ago
1911
Fire on the Heather
1956
The Love Route
1915
The Commanding Officer
1915
The Two Paths
1911
Swords and Hearts
1911
This Is Your Life
1952
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
MGM Parade
1955