Donald Crisp
English film actor and film director (1882-1974) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Donald William Crisp was an English film character actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1942 for his performance in How Green Was My Valley.
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1974Died25 May 19741963
Spencer's MountainFilm, Grandpa Spencer1960
PollyannaFilm, Mayor Karl Warren1955
MGM ParadeSeries
The Long Gray LineFilm, 1955Old Martin1952
This Is Your LifeSeries1949
Africa ScreamsFilm, Producer1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1945
National VelvetFilm, Mr. Herbert Brown1943
Lassie Come HomeFilm, Sam Carraclough1942Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilm, Sir Charles Emery1939
The Oklahoma KidFilm, Judge Hardwick1937
The Life of Emile ZolaFilm, Maitre Labori1935
Mutiny on the BountyFilm, Thomas Burkitt1931
SvengaliFilm, The Laird1924
The NavigatorFilm, Director1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesFilm, Extra (uncredited)1912
The Musketeers of Pig AlleyFilm, Rival Gang Member (uncredited)1882Born27 July 1882
Spencer's MountainFilm, Grandpa Spencer1960PollyannaFilm, Mayor Karl Warren1955MGM ParadeSeriesThe Long Gray LineFilm, 1955Old Martin1952This Is Your LifeSeries1949Africa ScreamsFilm, Producer1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1945National VelvetFilm, Mr. Herbert Brown1943Lassie Come HomeFilm, Sam Carraclough1942Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilm, Sir Charles Emery1939The Oklahoma KidFilm, Judge Hardwick1937The Life of Emile ZolaFilm, Maitre Labori1935Mutiny on the BountyFilm, Thomas Burkitt1931SvengaliFilm, The Laird1924The NavigatorFilm, Director1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesFilm, Extra (uncredited)1912The Musketeers of Pig AlleyFilm, Rival Gang Member (uncredited)1882Born27 July 1882Known for
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
How Green Was My Valley 1941
The Last Hurrah 1958
National Velvet 1945
The Sea Hawk 1940
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John Ford Directed How Green Was My Valley (1942)
D. W. Griffith Directed Intolerance and Broken Blossoms
Michael Curtiz Directed The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Hal B. Wallis Produced Jezebel (1938)
William Dieterle Directed The Life of Emile Zola and Juarez
Jack L. Warner Produced The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Wallace Reid Donald directed Believe Me, Xantippe (1918)
Allan Dwan Directed A Girl of Yesterday and The Love Route
Edmund Goulding Directed The Dawn Patrol and The Old Maid
Raymond Hatton Donald directed Less Than Kin and The Poor Boob
Ann Little Donald directed Believe Me, Xantippe (1918)
Charles Stanton Ogle Donald directed The Goat and Less Than Kin
Julia Faye Donald directed The Six Best Cellars (1920)
Wanda Hawley Donald directed The Six Best Cellars (1920)
Irving Rapper Directed The Sisters and The Gay Sisters
Bryant Washburn Donald directed The Six Best Cellars (1920)
Sylvia Ashton Donald directed The Goat (1918)
Guy Oliver Donald directed Less Than Kin (1918)
Pandro S. Berman Produced National Velvet and Mary of Scotland- Henry Blanke Produced The Life of Emile Zola and The Sea Hawk
Christy Cabanne Directed The Sisters and In the Elemental World
Lloyd Bacon Directed Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
Anna Q. Nilsson Donald directed A Very Good Young Man (1919)
Ernest Joy Donald directed The Goat and Johnny Get Your Gun
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United Kingdom
Category
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Type
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Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1974 · aged 91
