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Donald Crisp

February 15, 2024

Donald William Crisp (27 July 1882 – 25 May 1974) was an English film 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.[1]

Donald Crisp
Donald Crisp in 1937
Born
George William Crisp

(1882-07-27)27 July 1882
Bow, London, England
Died25 May 1974(1974-05-25) (aged 91)
Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active1908–1963
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Helen Pease
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1912; died 1913)​
  • Marie Stark
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1917; div. 1920)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1932; div. 1944)​

Early life edit

Donald Crisp was born George William Crisp in Bow, London, in a family home on 27 July 1882.[2] He was the youngest of ten children (four boys and six girls) born to Elizabeth (née Christy) and James Crisp, a labourer. He was educated locally and in 1901 was living with his parents and working as a driver of a horse-drawn vehicle.[3]

Crisp made a number of claims about his early life that were eventually proven false decades after his death. He claimed that he was born in 1880 in Aberfeldy in Perthshire, Scotland, and even went so far as to maintain a Scottish accent throughout his life in Hollywood.[4] In fact, he had no connections to Scotland, but in 1996, a plaque commemorating him was unveiled by Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan in Crisp's supposed hometown of Aberfeldy.[5] He claimed on alternative occasions that his father was a cattle farmer, a country doctor or a royal physician to King Edward VII. He also claimed that he was educated at Eton and Oxford,[6][7] and that he served as a trooper in the 10th Hussars in the Boer War.[8][3]

Early career edit

 
Still of Crisp in a US Army uniform for his role as General Ulysses S. Grant in D. W. Griffith's silent drama The Birth of a Nation (1915)

While travelling on the SS Carmania to the United States in July 1906, Crisp's singing talents during a ship's concert caught the attention of opera impresario John C. Fisher, who immediately offered him a job with his company. Crisp spent his first year in New York City in the Grand Opera, and the following year as a stage director. It was while touring with the company in the United States and Cuba that Crisp first became interested in the theatre.[9] By 1910, Crisp, now using the name Donald (he retained George as a middle name), was working as a stage manager for the renowned entertainer, composer, playwright and director George M. Cohan. It was during this time he met and befriended film director D.W. Griffith. When Griffith ventured west, to seek his fortune in Hollywood in 1912, Crisp accompanied him.[citation needed]

From 1908 to 1930, Crisp, in addition to directing dozens of films, also appeared in nearly 100 silent films, though many in bit or small parts. One notable exception was his casting by Griffith as General Ulysses S. Grant in Griffith's landmark film The Birth of a Nation in 1915. Another was his role in Griffith's 1919 film Broken Blossoms as "Battling Burrows", the brutal and abusive father of the film's heroine, Lucy Burrows (played by Lillian Gish; the actress was only 11 years his junior).[10]

Director edit

Crisp worked as an assistant to Griffith for several years and learned much during this time from Griffith, an early master of film story telling who was influential in advancing a number of early techniques, such as cross cutting in editing his films. This experience fostered a similar passion in Crisp to become a director in his own right. His first directing credit was Little Country Mouse, made in 1914. Many directors (and actors) would find themselves turning out a dozen or more films in a single year at this time. Over the next fifteen years, Crisp directed some 70 films in all, most notably The Navigator (1924) with Buster Keaton and Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) with Douglas Fairbanks.[11]

When asked later by an interviewer why he eventually gave up directing and returned full-time to acting, Crisp commented that directing had become extremely wearisome because he was so often called upon, if not forced, to do favours for studio chiefs by agreeing to employ their relatives in his films.[12] His final directorial effort was the film The Runaway Bride (1930).[10][better source needed]

Military career edit

Between working for Griffith and other producers, along with his many acting roles, Crisp managed to return to the U.K., serving in British army intelligence during the First World War (1914–1918).[13][7] Crisp became an American citizen in 1930;[14] during the Second World War (1939–1945), he served in the United States Army Reserve, attaining the rank of colonel.

Return to acting edit

 
From trailer for Shining Victory (1941)

With the advent of "talkies", Crisp abandoned directing and devoted himself entirely to acting after 1930. He became a much sought after character actor. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he appeared in a wide range of roles alongside some of the era's biggest stars, including Katharine Hepburn in The Little Minister (1934) and A Woman Rebels (1936), Charles Laughton and Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Bette Davis and Henry Fonda in That Certain Woman (1937) and Jezebel (1938), Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (1939), Errol Flynn in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) and The Sea Hawk (1940) and Gregory Peck in The Valley of Decision (1945).[10]

A versatile supporting actor, Crisp could be equally good in lovable or sinister roles. During the same period he was playing loving father figures or charming old codgers in classic films like National Velvet and Lassie Come Home, he also turned in a well-received performance as Commander Beach, the tormented presumptive grandfather in Lewis Allen's The Uninvited (1944). Undoubtedly, however, Crisp's most memorable role was as the taciturn but loving father in How Green Was My Valley (1941) directed by John Ford. The film received ten Oscar nominations, winning five, including Best Picture, with Crisp winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1942.[10]

Hollywood power broker edit

Crisp was an active and important liaison between the film industry and outside business interests. His extensive experience in business, the military and entertainment, including being a production and studio executive, lent itself well to this task. He became a highly valued adviser whose clear-headed forward thinking proved invaluable to the Bank of America, which was one of the leading sources of working capital for the film industry for many years (an industry whose life blood was loans). Crisp served on the bank's advisory board for several decades, including a stint as its chairman. In this role, he had the ear of its board of directors, and many of the films eventually financed by the bank during the 1930s and 1940s got their most important approval from Crisp.[12]

Later years and legacy edit

Crisp eventually became one of the more wealthy members of the film industry. His "banker's sobriety", extensive contacts and clarity of thought allowed him to make good investments, particularly in the real estate market. He continued to appear in films throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. During more than half a century as an actor, he appeared in as many as 400 two-reel and feature-length productions, perhaps a great deal more. John Carradine, who counted over 500 films to his own credit (the Internet Movie Database records over 300), told his son Keith, who repeated the story during a 2018 Gilbert Gottfried podcast, that only Donald Crisp had appeared in more movies. Crisp's final screen role was as Grandpa Spencer alongside former film co-stars Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara in the 1963 film Spencer's Mountain. This film, adapted from the novel by Earl Hamner, Jr., was the basis for the 1970s television series The Waltons.[10]

Crisp was in his eighties by the time he quit acting entirely, continuing to work long after it was financially necessary simply because he enjoyed it. He was married three times. In 1912, he married actress Helen Pease, and they remained together until her death the following year. In 1917, he married Marie Stark, whom he divorced in 1920; she went on to act in silent films as Marie Crisp. In 1932, he married film screenwriter Jane Murfin, whom he divorced in 1944. He died in 1974, a few months short of his 92nd birthday, due to complications from a series of strokes. In addition to being one of the premier character actors of his era, he left behind an extensive list of contributions to the film industry he worked to promote for more than fifty years. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.[15][16]

He was a staunch Republican who campaigned for Thomas Dewey in 1944.[17]

On February 8, 1960, Crisp received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry at 1628 Vine Street.[18][19]

Partial filmography edit

As actor edit

As a director edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Obituary, Variety, 29 May 1974.
  2. ^ "Master Index of Births registered in England & Wales in July, August, September, 1882". www.freebmd.org (FreeBMD). ONS. Retrieved 19 April 2015. George William Crisp: Poplar [London]. Folio 1 c. Page 594
  3. ^ a b Lisle Foote (19 November 2014). Buster Keaton's Crew: The Team Behind His Silent Films. McFarland. ISBN 9781476618067. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. ^ . Scotland on Sunday. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Home-town honour for film pioneer Crisp". Sunday Herald. 12 August 1996. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Donald Crisp". www.nndb.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Donald Crisp". IMDb. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  8. ^ Jewell, Ruth. "Donald Crisp". IMDb. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. ^ Donald Crisp at the Internet Broadway Database
  10. ^ a b c d e Donald Crisp at IMDb
  11. ^ Employment contract with the Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation 8 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, animationguild.org; accessed 9 July 2014.
  12. ^ a b , The New York Times; accessed 9 July 2014.
  13. ^ . www.soldiersofthequeen.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  14. ^ Foote, Lisle (31 October 2014). Buster Keaton's Crew: The Team Behind His Silent Films. McFarland; 2014. p. 79. ISBN 9780786496839 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Literature on Donald Crisp, virtual-history.com; accessed 9 July 2014.
  16. ^ Foote, Lisle (23 October 2014). Buster Keaton's Crew: The Team Behind His Silent Films. McFarland. ISBN 9780786496839 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Critchlow, Donald T. (21 October 2013). When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107650282 – via Google Books.
  18. ^ "Donald Crisp | Hollywood Walk of Fame". www.walkoffame.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Donald Crisp". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

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donald, crisp, donald, william, crisp, july, 1882, 1974, english, film, actor, well, early, producer, director, screenwriter, career, lasted, from, early, silent, film, into, 1960s, academy, award, best, supporting, actor, 1942, performance, green, valley, 193. Donald William Crisp 27 July 1882 25 May 1974 was an English film 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 1 Donald CrispDonald Crisp in 1937BornGeorge William Crisp 1882 07 27 27 July 1882Bow London EnglandDied25 May 1974 1974 05 25 aged 91 Van Nuys Los Angeles California U S OccupationsActorproducerdirectorscreenwriterYears active1908 1963Political partyRepublicanSpousesHelen Pease m 1912 died 1913 wbr Marie Stark m 1917 div 1920 wbr Jane Murfin m 1932 div 1944 wbr Contents 1 Early life 2 Early career 3 Director 4 Military career 5 Return to acting 6 Hollywood power broker 7 Later years and legacy 8 Partial filmography 8 1 As actor 8 2 As a director 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksEarly life editDonald Crisp was born George William Crisp in Bow London in a family home on 27 July 1882 2 He was the youngest of ten children four boys and six girls born to Elizabeth nee Christy and James Crisp a labourer He was educated locally and in 1901 was living with his parents and working as a driver of a horse drawn vehicle 3 Crisp made a number of claims about his early life that were eventually proven false decades after his death He claimed that he was born in 1880 in Aberfeldy in Perthshire Scotland and even went so far as to maintain a Scottish accent throughout his life in Hollywood 4 In fact he had no connections to Scotland but in 1996 a plaque commemorating him was unveiled by Scottish comedian Jimmy Logan in Crisp s supposed hometown of Aberfeldy 5 He claimed on alternative occasions that his father was a cattle farmer a country doctor or a royal physician to King Edward VII He also claimed that he was educated at Eton and Oxford 6 7 and that he served as a trooper in the 10th Hussars in the Boer War 8 3 Early career edit nbsp Still of Crisp in a US Army uniform for his role as General Ulysses S Grant in D W Griffith s silent drama The Birth of a Nation 1915 While travelling on the SS Carmania to the United States in July 1906 Crisp s singing talents during a ship s concert caught the attention of opera impresario John C Fisher who immediately offered him a job with his company Crisp spent his first year in New York City in the Grand Opera and the following year as a stage director It was while touring with the company in the United States and Cuba that Crisp first became interested in the theatre 9 By 1910 Crisp now using the name Donald he retained George as a middle name was working as a stage manager for the renowned entertainer composer playwright and director George M Cohan It was during this time he met and befriended film director D W Griffith When Griffith ventured west to seek his fortune in Hollywood in 1912 Crisp accompanied him citation needed From 1908 to 1930 Crisp in addition to directing dozens of films also appeared in nearly 100 silent films though many in bit or small parts One notable exception was his casting by Griffith as General Ulysses S Grant in Griffith s landmark film The Birth of a Nation in 1915 Another was his role in Griffith s 1919 film Broken Blossoms as Battling Burrows the brutal and abusive father of the film s heroine Lucy Burrows played by Lillian Gish the actress was only 11 years his junior 10 Director editCrisp worked as an assistant to Griffith for several years and learned much during this time from Griffith an early master of film story telling who was influential in advancing a number of early techniques such as cross cutting in editing his films This experience fostered a similar passion in Crisp to become a director in his own right His first directing credit was Little Country Mouse made in 1914 Many directors and actors would find themselves turning out a dozen or more films in a single year at this time Over the next fifteen years Crisp directed some 70 films in all most notably The Navigator 1924 with Buster Keaton and Don Q Son of Zorro 1925 with Douglas Fairbanks 11 When asked later by an interviewer why he eventually gave up directing and returned full time to acting Crisp commented that directing had become extremely wearisome because he was so often called upon if not forced to do favours for studio chiefs by agreeing to employ their relatives in his films 12 His final directorial effort was the film The Runaway Bride 1930 10 better source needed Military career editBetween working for Griffith and other producers along with his many acting roles Crisp managed to return to the U K serving in British army intelligence during the First World War 1914 1918 13 7 Crisp became an American citizen in 1930 14 during the Second World War 1939 1945 he served in the United States Army Reserve attaining the rank of colonel Return to acting edit nbsp From trailer for Shining Victory 1941 With the advent of talkies Crisp abandoned directing and devoted himself entirely to acting after 1930 He became a much sought after character actor Throughout the 1930s and 1940s he appeared in a wide range of roles alongside some of the era s biggest stars including Katharine Hepburn in The Little Minister 1934 and A Woman Rebels 1936 Charles Laughton and Clark Gable in Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Bette Davis and Henry Fonda in That Certain Woman 1937 and Jezebel 1938 Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights 1939 Errol Flynn in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 and The Sea Hawk 1940 and Gregory Peck in The Valley of Decision 1945 10 A versatile supporting actor Crisp could be equally good in lovable or sinister roles During the same period he was playing loving father figures or charming old codgers in classic films like National Velvet and Lassie Come Home he also turned in a well received performance as Commander Beach the tormented presumptive grandfather in Lewis Allen s The Uninvited 1944 Undoubtedly however Crisp s most memorable role was as the taciturn but loving father in How Green Was My Valley 1941 directed by John Ford The film received ten Oscar nominations winning five including Best Picture with Crisp winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1942 10 Hollywood power broker editCrisp was an active and important liaison between the film industry and outside business interests His extensive experience in business the military and entertainment including being a production and studio executive lent itself well to this task He became a highly valued adviser whose clear headed forward thinking proved invaluable to the Bank of America which was one of the leading sources of working capital for the film industry for many years an industry whose life blood was loans Crisp served on the bank s advisory board for several decades including a stint as its chairman In this role he had the ear of its board of directors and many of the films eventually financed by the bank during the 1930s and 1940s got their most important approval from Crisp 12 Later years and legacy editCrisp eventually became one of the more wealthy members of the film industry His banker s sobriety extensive contacts and clarity of thought allowed him to make good investments particularly in the real estate market He continued to appear in films throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s During more than half a century as an actor he appeared in as many as 400 two reel and feature length productions perhaps a great deal more John Carradine who counted over 500 films to his own credit the Internet Movie Database records over 300 told his son Keith who repeated the story during a 2018 Gilbert Gottfried podcast that only Donald Crisp had appeared in more movies Crisp s final screen role was as Grandpa Spencer alongside former film co stars Henry Fonda and Maureen O Hara in the 1963 film Spencer s Mountain This film adapted from the novel by Earl Hamner Jr was the basis for the 1970s television series The Waltons 10 Crisp was in his eighties by the time he quit acting entirely continuing to work long after it was financially necessary simply because he enjoyed it He was married three times In 1912 he married actress Helen Pease and they remained together until her death the following year In 1917 he married Marie Stark whom he divorced in 1920 she went on to act in silent films as Marie Crisp In 1932 he married film screenwriter Jane Murfin whom he divorced in 1944 He died in 1974 a few months short of his 92nd birthday due to complications from a series of strokes In addition to being one of the premier character actors of his era he left behind an extensive list of contributions to the film industry he worked to promote for more than fifty years He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale California 15 16 He was a staunch Republican who campaigned for Thomas Dewey in 1944 17 On February 8 1960 Crisp received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry at 1628 Vine Street 18 19 Partial filmography editAs actor edit The French Maid 1908 Short Through the Breakers 1909 Short as At the Club Sunshine Sue 1910 Short as Head of Sweatshop A Plain Song 1910 Short as at station A Child s Stratagem 1910 Short as policeman The Golden Supper 1910 Short as courtier uncredited Winning Back His Love 1910 Short as at stage door The Two Paths 1911 Short as footman Heart Beats of Long Ago 1911 Short as courtier What Shall We Do with Our Old 1911 Short as bailiff The Lily of the Tenements 1911 Short A Decree of Destiny 1911 Short as at the club at the wedding The White Rose of the Wilds 1911 Short Her Awakening 1911 Short as accident witness The Primal Call 1911 Short Out from the Shadow 1911 Short at a dance The Making of a Man 1911 Short as actor backstage The Long Road 1911 Short as a servant the landlord The Battle 1911 Short as a Union soldier The Miser s Heart 1911 Short as a policeman The Italian Barber 1911 Short as at ball Help Wanted 1911 Short as in corridor Fate s Turning 1911 Short as a valet The Poor Sick Men 1911 Short as policeman A Wreath of Orange Blossoms 1911 Short as servant Conscience 1911 Short as policeman In the Days of 49 1911 Short The Diving Girl 1911 Short as a bather Swords and Hearts 1911 Short as bushwacker The Squaw s Love 1911 Short as Indian The Adventures of Billy 1911 Short as first tramp The Failure 1911 Short as employer The Eternal Mother 1912 Short as in field The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912 Short as rival gang member The Inner Circle 1912 Short Pirate Gold 1913 Short Near to Earth 1913 Short The Sheriff s Baby 1913 Short Olaf An Atom 1913 Short as the beggar The Mothering Heart 1913 Short unconfirmed Two Men of the Desert 1913 Short Black and White 1913 Short The Battle of the Sexes 1914 as Frank Andrews The Great Leap Until Death Do Us Part 1914 Home Sweet Home 1914 as the mother s son The Escape 1914 as Bull McGee The Folly of Anne 1914 Short The Sisters 1914 Short The Mysterious Shot 1914 Short as Buck The Stiletto 1914 Short as Angelino The Mountain Rat 1914 Short as Steve Ashes of the Past 1914 Short The Different Man 1914 Short as ranch farmer The Miniature Portrait 1914 Short The Soul of Honor 1914 Short The Newer Woman 1914 Short Their First Acquaintance 1914 Short The Birthday Present 1914 Short as the burglar The Weaker Strain 1914 Short The Avenging Conscience 1914 as Minor Role uncredited The Idiot 1914 Short The Tavern of Tragedy 1914 Short as spy Bob Jameson Her Mother s Necklace 1914 Short as the burglar A Lesson in Mechanics 1914 Short Down the Hill to Creditville 1914 Short The Great God Fear 1914 Short as Dick Stull His Mother s Trust 1914 Short as Dr Keene The Warning 1914 Short as Mr Edwards Another Chance 1914 Short as The Tramp A Question of Courage 1914 Short Over the Ledge 1914 Short An Old Fashioned Girl 1915 Short The Birth of a Nation 1915 as Gen U S Grant The Love Route 1915 as Harry Marshall The Commanding Officer 1915 as Col Archer May Blossom 1915 as Steve Harland The Foundling 1915 scenes cut A Girl of Yesterday 1915 as A H Monroe Ramona 1916 as Jim Farrar Intolerance 1916 as Extra uncredited Joan the Woman 1916 Broken Blossoms 1919 as Battling Burrows The Bonnie Brier Bush 1921 also directed as Lachlan Campbell Don Q Son of Zorro 1925 as Don Sebastian The Black Pirate 1926 as MacTavish Stand and Deliver 1928 as London Club Member uncredited The River Pirate 1928 as Caxton The Viking 1928 as Leif Ericsson Trent s Last Case 1929 as Sigsbee Manderson The Pagan 1929 as Mr Roger Slater The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1929 as Colonel Moran Scotland Yard 1930 as Charles Fox Svengali 1931 as The Laird Kick In 1931 as Police Commissioner Harvey A Passport to Hell 1932 as Sgt Snyder Red Dust 1932 as Guidon overseer Broadway Bad 1933 as Darrall The Crime Doctor 1934 as D A Mr Anthony The Key 1934 as Peadar Conlan The Life of Vergie Winters 1934 as Mike Davey British Agent 1934 as Marshall O Reilly scenes cut What Every Woman Knows 1934 as David Wylie The Little Minister 1934 as Doctor McQueen Vanessa Her Love Story 1935 as George the Inn Keeper Laddie 1935 as Mr Pryor Oil for the Lamps of China 1935 as J T McCarter Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 as Burkitt The White Angel 1936 as Doctor Hunt Mary of Scotland 1936 as Huntly The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 as Col Campbell A Woman Rebels 1936 as Judge Byron Thisthlewaite Beloved Enemy 1936 as Liam Burke The Great O Malley 1937 as Captain Cromwell Parnell 1937 as Davitt The Life of Emile Zola 1937 as Maitre Labori Confession 1937 as Presiding Judge That Certain Woman 1937 as Jack Merrick Sr Sergeant Murphy 1938 as Col Todd Carruthers Jezebel 1938 as Dr Livingstone The Beloved Brat 1938 as John Morgan The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse 1938 as Police Inspector Lewis Lane Valley of the Giants 1938 as Andy Stone The Sisters 1938 as Tim Hazelton Comet Over Broadway 1938 as Joe Grant The Dawn Patrol 1938 as Phipps The Oklahoma Kid 1939 as Judge Hardwick Wuthering Heights 1939 as Dr Kenneth Juarez 1939 as General Marechal Achille Bazaine Sons of Liberty 1939 Short as Alexander MacDongall Daughters Courageous 1939 as Samuel Sam Sloane The Old Maid 1939 as Dr Lanshell The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939 as Francis Bacon Dr Ehrlich s Magic Bullet 1940 as Minister Althoff Brother Orchid 1940 as Brother Superior The Sea Hawk 1940 as Sir John Burleson City for Conquest 1940 as Scotty MacPherson Knute Rockne All American 1940 as Father John Callahan Shining Victory 1941 as Dr Drewitt Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1941 as Sir Charles Emery How Green Was My Valley 1941 as Gwilym Morgan The Gay Sisters 1942 as Ralph Pedloch Forever and a Day 1943 as Capt Martin Lassie Come Home 1943 as Sam Carraclouch The Uninvited 1944 as Commander Beech The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944 as J B Pond National Velvet 1944 as Mr Herbert Brown Son of Lassie 1945 as Sam Carraclouch The Valley of Decision 1945 as William Scott Ramrod 1947 as Jim Crew Hills of Home 1948 as Drumsheugh Whispering Smith 1948 as Barney Rebstock Challenge to Lassie 1949 as John Jock Gray Bright Leaf 1950 as Mayor James Singleton Home Town Story 1951 as John MacFarland Prince Valiant 1954 as King Aguar The Long Gray Line 1955 as Old Martin The Man from Laramie 1955 as Alec Waggoman Drango 1957 as Judge Allen Saddle the Wind 1958 as Dennis Deneen The Last Hurrah 1958 as Cardinal Martin Burke A Dog of Flanders 1959 as Jehan Daas Pollyanna 1960 as Mayor Karl Warren Greyfriars Bobby The True Story of a Dog 1961 as James Brown Spencer s Mountain 1963 as Grandpa Zubulon Spencer final film role As a director edit Her Father s Silent Partner 1914 Short Ramona 1916 Rimrock Jones 1918 Believe Me Xantippe 1918 The Goat 1918 Johnny Get Your Gun 1919 Love Insurance 1919 Why Smith Left Home 1919 It Pays to Advertise 1919 Too Much Johnson 1919 The Six Best Cellars 1920 Miss Hobbs 1920 Held by the Enemy 1920 Appearances 1921 The Princess of New York 1921 The Bonnie Brier Bush 1921 also acted Tell Your Children 1922 The Navigator 1924 co directed with Buster Keaton Ponjola 1924 co directed with James Young Don Q Son of Zorro 1925 also acted Young April 1926 Dress Parade 1927 Nobody s Widow 1927 The Cop 1928 The Runaway Bride 1930 See also editList of actors with Academy Award nominationsReferences edit Obituary Variety 29 May 1974 Master Index of Births registered in England amp Wales in July August September 1882 www freebmd org FreeBMD ONS Retrieved 19 April 2015 George William Crisp Poplar London Folio 1 c Page 594 a b Lisle Foote 19 November 2014 Buster Keaton s Crew The Team Behind His Silent Films McFarland ISBN 9781476618067 Retrieved 23 July 2018 Scots actor Justice outed as Londoner Scotland on Sunday Archived from the original on 21 November 2007 Retrieved 23 July 2018 Home town honour for film pioneer Crisp Sunday Herald 12 August 1996 Retrieved 23 July 2018 Donald Crisp www nndb com Retrieved 26 June 2016 a b Donald Crisp IMDb Retrieved 26 June 2016 Jewell Ruth Donald Crisp IMDb Retrieved 19 April 2015 Donald Crisp at the Internet Broadway Database a b c d e Donald Crisp at IMDb Employment contract with the Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation Archived 8 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine animationguild org accessed 9 July 2014 a b Profile of Donald Crisp The New York Times accessed 9 July 2014 Soldiers of the Queen Errol Flynn and Donald Crisp in The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 www soldiersofthequeen com Archived from the original on 31 May 2013 Retrieved 26 June 2016 Foote Lisle 31 October 2014 Buster Keaton s Crew The Team Behind His Silent Films McFarland 2014 p 79 ISBN 9780786496839 via Google Books Literature on Donald Crisp virtual history com accessed 9 July 2014 Foote Lisle 23 October 2014 Buster Keaton s Crew The Team Behind His Silent Films McFarland ISBN 9780786496839 via Google Books Critchlow Donald T 21 October 2013 When Hollywood Was Right How Movie Stars Studio Moguls and Big Business Remade American Politics Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781107650282 via Google Books Donald Crisp Hollywood Walk of Fame www walkoffame com Retrieved 26 June 2016 Donald Crisp Los Angeles Times Retrieved 26 June 2016 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Donald Crisp nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Donald Crisp Donald Crisp at IMDb nbsp Donald Crisp at the Internet Broadway Database nbsp Donald Crisp at Find a Grave nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donald Crisp amp oldid 1207555363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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