Donald Esme C Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor.
Born in London, Calthrop was educated at St Paul's School and made his first stage appearance at eighteen years of age at the Comedy Theatre, London. 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). According to Ronald Neame in his autobiography, some shots in the final film had a stand-in playing Calthrop's role (from the back) and a piece of dialogue was recorded using an unnamed person who impersonated Calthrop's voice.
He was the nephew of dramatist Dion Boucicault.
Actor
1941
Major Barbara as
Peter Shirley
1940
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt as
Guide (uncredited)
1940
To Hell with Hitler as
Frederick Strickland
1939
Shadow of Death (Short) as
Henry Wilson
1937
Dreaming Lips as
Philosopher
1937
A Night of Terror as
Hobson
1937
Thunder in the City as
Dr. Plumet
1937
Fire Over England as
Don Escobal
1936
The Man Who Lived Again as
Clayton / Lord Haslewood
1936
The Man Behind the Mask as
Dr. Harold E. Walpole
1936
Broken Blossoms as
Old Chinaman
1935
Man of the Moment as
Godfrey
1935
The Phantom Light as
David Owen
1935
Me and Marlborough as
Drunken Yokel
1935
The Clairvoyant as
Derelict (uncredited)
1935
The Divine Spark as
Judge Fumaroli
1934
Nine Forty-Five as
Dr. Venables
1934
It's a Cop as
Charles Murray
1933
Sorrell and Son as
Dr. Richard Orange
1933
The Acting Business as
Milton Stafford
1933
Friday the Thirteenth as
Hugh Nicholls
1933
I Was a Spy as
Cnockhaert
1933
Orders Is Orders as
Pavey
1933
F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer as
Sunshine, the Photographer
1932
Fires of Fate as
Sir William Royden
1932
Number 17 as
Brant - Nora's Escort
1932
Money for Nothing as
Manager
1931
Many Waters as
Compton Hardcastle
1931
The Ghost Train as
Saul Hodgkin
1931
Potiphar's Wife as
Counsel for Defense
1931
The Love Storm as
Parsons
1930
Star Impersonations (Short) as
George Arliss
1930
We Take Off Our Hats (Short) as
Erb
1930
Almost a Honeymoon as
Charles, the butler
1930
Two Worlds as
Mendel (British Version)
1930
Loose Ends as
Winton Penner
1930
The Night Porter as
The Porter
1930
All Riot on the Western Front (Short)
1930
The Cockney Spirit in the War No. 2 (Short)
1930
The Cockney Spirit in the War No. 3 (Short)
1929
Juno and the Paycock as
Needle Nugent (uncredited)
1929
Up the Poll (Short) as
The Candidate
1929
The Clue of the New Pin as
Yeh Ling
1929
The Flying Squad as
Sederman
1928
Shooting Stars as
Andy Wilkes
1918
Goodbye as
Capt. Richard Adair
1917
The Gay Lord Quex as
Valma
1917
Masks and Faces as
Lovell
1916
Wanted: A Widow (Short)
Soundtrack
1929
Blackmail ("The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927), uncredited)
Self
1931
Industrial Britain (Documentary short) as
Self - Commentator (uncredited)
1930
Elstree Calling as
Self / Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew
