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Donald Calthrop

Apr 11, 1888 - Jul 15, 1940 (52 years old) in London, England, UK

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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

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Elstree Calling
Himself / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
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Masks and Faces
Lovell
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Blackmail
Tracy
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Broken Blossoms
Old Chinaman
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Red Ensign
Macleod
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Fire Over England
Don Escobal
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Money for Nothing
Hotel Manager
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Friday the Thirteenth
Hugh Nicholls
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Rome Express
Poole
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Two Worlds
Mendel

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