Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp is known for acting, with films including Wuthering Heights, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Birth of a Nation. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

Donald Crisp was born George William Crisp at the family home in Bow, London. Donald's parents were James Crisp and Elizabeth Crisp, his birth was registered by his mother on 4th September 1882. Donald's sisters were Elizabeth, Ann, Alice (known as Louisa) and Eliza and his brothers were James, John and Mark. Family memories state that Donald's brother-in-law James Needham (Louisa's husband) lent/gave Donald the fare to USA. The family have a photo of Donald which he sent to 'Jimmy' and signed. On 16th February 1937 Donald applied for a US Social Security account number giving his address as N Vista Street Hollywood California, and his employers Warner Brothers Pictures, Burbank California. On his application Donald did not know his mother's maiden name.

Filmography

• Wuthering Heights (1939)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
• The Birth of a Nation (1915)
• Prince Valiant (1954)
• How Green Was My Valley (1941)
• The Navigator (1924)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
• Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
• The Man from Laramie (1955)
• Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
• Lassie Come Home (1943)
• The Sea Hawk (1940)
• Jezebel (1938)
• The Long Gray Line (1955)
• Pollyanna (1960)
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
• The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• National Velvet (1945)
• Ramrod (1947)
• The Uninvited (1944)
• The Black Pirate (1926)
• The Battle of Midway (1942)
• The Last Hurrah (1958)
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
• Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
• The Old Maid (1939)
• Africa Screams (1949)
• Red Dust (1932)
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
• Svengali (1931)