
Donald Crisp
Biography
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.
Acting (119 movies)

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919

The Birth of a Nation
1915

Lassie Come Home
1943

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941

Wuthering Heights
1939

Jezebel
1938

Pollyanna
1960

City for Conquest
1940

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935

Brother Orchid
1940

The Sea Hawk
1940

The Avenging Conscience
1914

Home Town Story
1951

The Escape
1914

How Green Was My Valley
1941

The Life of Emile Zola
1937

Ramrod
1947

Challenge to Lassie
1949

Son of Lassie
1945

Knute Rockne All American
1940

The Valley of Decision
1945

Beloved Enemy
1936

The Little Minister
1934

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936

The Long Gray Line
1955

Red Dust
1932

Spencer's Mountain
1963

The Old Maid
1939

Svengali
1931

The Uninvited
1944

Greyfriars Bobby
1961

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939

Prince Valiant
1954

Stand and Deliver
1928

The Dawn Patrol
1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938

National Velvet
1945

The Crime Doctor
1934

The Oklahoma Kid
1939

The Man from Laramie
1955

The Black Pirate
1926

The Key
1934

Bright Leaf
1950

The Battle of Midway
1942

The Last Hurrah
1958

Confession
1937

Near To Earth
1913

The Gay Sisters
1942

The Great O'Malley
1937

Juarez
1939

Saddle the Wind
1958

That Certain Woman
1937

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940

Her Awakening
1911

Drango
1957

The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944

A Woman Rebels
1936

The Sisters
1938

Don Q Son of Zorro
1925

Hills of Home
1948

A Dog of Flanders
1959

Daughters Courageous
1939

The Miser's Heart
1911

What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911

The Battle
1911

The Viking
1928

Sergeant Murphy
1938

The Pagan
1929

Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935

The Life of Vergie Winters
1934

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Valley of the Giants
1938

Trent's Last Case
1929

The Beloved Brat
1938

Oil for the Lamps of China
1935

What Every Woman Knows
1934

Parnell
1937

Comet Over Broadway
1938

Scotland Yard
1930

Shining Victory
1941

Sons of Liberty
1939

Fate's Turning
1911

Broadway Bad
1933

The Mountain Rat
1914

May Blossom
1915

The Sisters
1914

A Passport to Hell
1932

Laddie
1935

Mary of Scotland
1936

Whispering Smith
1948

The White Angel
1936

The Primal Call
1911

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929

The Italian Barber
1911

Ramona
1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916

Forever and a Day
1943

The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921

Kick In
1931
Directing (55 movies)

The House of Silence
1918

The Countess Charming
1917

Rimrock Jones
1918

Believe Me, Xantippe
1918

The Firefly of France
1918

Less Than Kin
1918
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
The Niggard
1914
Another Chance
1914

At Dawn
1914
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
The Mysterious Shot
1914

The Navigator
1924

Don Q Son of Zorro
1925

Stand and Deliver
1928

The Fighting Eagle
1927

The Cop
1928

The Runaway Bride
1930

The Six Best Cellars
1920

Vanity
1927

Dress Parade
1927
The Bond Between
1917
The Newer Woman
1914
Their First Acquaintance
1914
The Tavern of Tragedy
1914
Her Mother's Necklace
1914
Sands of Fate
1914
The Warning
1914
The Availing Prayer
1914
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1915
How Hazel Got Even
1915

Under the Top
1919
Tell Your Children
1922

Ponjola
1923

Man Bait
1927

The Eyes of the World
1917

The Barbarian
1921

The Bonnie Brier Bush
1921

The Princess of New York
1921

Young April
1926

Johnny Get Your Gun
1919

Venus in the East
1919

The Little Country Mouse
1914

Miss Hobbs
1920

Held by the Enemy
1920

The Marcellini Millions
1917

Ramona
1916

Too Much Johnson
1919

Sunny Side Up
1926

The Clever Mrs. Carfax
1917

The Way of a Man with a Maid
1918
The Poor Boob
1919

Putting It Over
1919

The Goat
1918

Nobody's Widow
1927
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Africa Screams | 1949 | Executive Producer |