Donald Calthrop
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).
Blackmail
as TracyLondon, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in...
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Scrooge
as Bob CratchitEbenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his...
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Number Seventeen
as Nora's Escort BrantA gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.
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Murder!
as Ion StewartWhen a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial...
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The Clairvoyant
as Derelict (uncredited)A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
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Rome Express
as PooleThe theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from...
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Fire Over England
as Don EscobalThe film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on...
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Elstree Calling
as Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the ShrewA series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live...
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Red Ensign
as MacleodDavid Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is...
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Major Barbara
as Peter ShirleyIdealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She...
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The Man Who Changed His Mind
as ClaytonDr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the...
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Atlantic
as PointerA heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.
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Band Waggon
as HobdayA gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless...
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F.P.1
as Sunshine, the PhotographerUrged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by...
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Café Colette
as NickA diplomat falls in love with an exiled Russian princess.
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Broken Blossoms
as Old ChinamanA Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake...
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Cape Forlorn
as ParsonWilliam Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse on a lonely stretch of coastline, marries cabaret...
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Friday the Thirteenth
as Hugh NichollsIt is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a...
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The Phantom Light
as David OwenCriminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract...
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Me and Marlborough
as Drunken YokelA woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
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Thunder in the City
as Dr. PlumetA visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have...
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Let George Do It!
as Frederick StricklandShortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and...
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Loose Ends
as Winton Penner'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.'...
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Love from a Stranger
as HobsonAnn Harding plays a lovely but somewhat naive young woman who goes on a European vacation after...
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I Was A Spy
as CnockhaertDuring World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding...
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Industrial Britain
as Self - Commentator (uncredited)Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great...
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The Ghost Train
as Saul HodgkinThe story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded...
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Shooting Stars
as Andy WilkesThe husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he...
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Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
as GuideCharley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring...
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The Man Behind the Mask
as Dr. Harold E. WalpoleA young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly...
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Early to Bed
as Potsdam Guide'Manicurist Grete and nightclub waiter Carl share a bed, but not at the same time. They hate...
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Man of the Moment
as GodfreyLove blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.
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Many Waters
as Compton HardcastleAn elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
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The Bells
as MathiasMathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn. However, Mathias'...
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Potiphar's Wife
as Counsel for Defense'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct....
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Two Worlds
as MendelAn old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his...
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Money for Nothing
as Hotel ManagerAs he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay...
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Almost a Honeymoon
as Charles, the butlerAn ambitious young man secures a job in the colonial service, the only stipulation being that he...
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Song of Soho
as NobbyAn ex-French Foreign Legion soldier comes to Soho and ends up as a singer in a cafe.
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Sorrell and Son
as Dr. Richard OrangeStephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts...
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Star Impersonations
as George Arliss'Advertisement for Film Weekly, in which British actors impersonate Hollywood stars in scenes...
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The Night Porter
as George, the Night PorterGeorge, the inebriate night porter at the Hotel Splendide, develops a series of increasingly...
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