Donald Calthrop

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).

Known For

Blackmail

as Tracy

Murder!

as Ion Stewart

Number Seventeen

as Nora's Escort Brant

Scrooge

as Bob Cratchit

Fire Over England

as Don Escobal

The Man Who Changed His Mind

as Clayton

Rome Express

as Poole

Major Barbara

as Peter Shirley

Elstree Calling

as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew

Shooting Stars

as Andy Wilkes