The youngest of ten children from Bow, London, Donald Crisp started as a carriage driver before his singing on a 1906 ocean crossing secured a job with York’s Grand Opera. He soon moved into stage direction, served as manager for George M. Cohan, and met D. W. Griffith, accompanying him to Hollywood in 1912. After serving in army intelligence during World I, he became an American citizen in 1930 a… Read more
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Known for The Birth of a Nation 1915 How Green Was My Valley 1941 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 ★ 7.3 How Green Was My Valley 1941
Gwilym Morgan ★ 7.2 The Last Hurrah 1958
The Cardinal ★ 7.2 The Valley of Decision 1945
William Scott ★ 7.2 National Velvet 1945
Mr. Herbert Brown ★ 7.2 The Sea Hawk 1940
Admiral Sir John Burleson ★ 7.1 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
Extra (uncredited) ★ 7 The Long Gray Line 1955
Old Martin ★ 7 The Old Maid 1939
Doctor Lanskell ★ 7 Jezebel 1938
Dr. Livingstone ★ 7 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938
Police Inspector Lewis Lane ★ 6.9 Greyfriars Bobby 1961
James Brown ★ 6.9 Pollyanna 1960
Mayor Karl Warren ★ 6.9 The Uninvited 1944
Commander Beech ★ 6.9 City for Conquest 1940
Scotty MacPherson ★ 6.9 Red Dust 1932
Guidon ★ 6.9 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919
Battling Burrows ★ 6.8 Spencer's Mountain 1963
Grandpa Spencer ★ 6.8 The Dawn Patrol 1938
Phipps ★ 6.7 Saddle the Wind 1958
Dennis Deneen ★ 6.7 Whispering Smith 1948
Barney Rebstock ★ 6.7 Lassie Come Home 1943
Sam Carraclough ★ 6.7 The Life of Emile Zola 1937
Maitre Labori ★ 6.7 The Black Pirate 1926
MacTavish ★ 6.7 Don Q Son of Zorro 1925
Don Sebastian ★ 6.6 Brother Orchid 1940
Brother Superior ★ 6.5 Ramrod 1947
Jim Crew ★ 6.5 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941
Sir Charles Emery ★ 6.5 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940
Minister Althoff ★ 6.5 Juarez 1939
Maréchal Bazaine ★ 6.5 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936
Colonel Campbell ★ 6.3 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939
Francis Bacon ★ 6.3 Svengali 1931
The Laird ★ 6.2 Son of Lassie 1945
Sam Carraclough ★ 6.2 Mary of Scotland 1936
Huntly ★ 6.1 Prince Valiant 1954
King Aguar ★ 6.1 Knute Rockne All American 1940
Father John Callahan, C.S.C ★ 6.1 The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912
Rival Gang Member (uncredited) ★ 6 Bright Leaf 1950
Major Singleton ★ 6 Challenge to Lassie 1949
'Jock' Gray ★ 6 The Oklahoma Kid 1939
Judge Hardwick ★ 5.9 The Battle of Midway 1942
Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Birth of a Nation 1915
Gen. U.S. Grant ★ 5.9 The Avenging Conscience 1914
★ 5.6 That Certain Woman 1937
Jack V. Merrick Sr. Also behind the camera The films and series they directed.
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