Donald Crisp: movies and TV shows
Donald Crisp has 208 credits in the archive: 205 films and 3 TV series, from 1909 to 1983. Highest rated: A Star Is Born World Premiere (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1909 – 1983 · busiest year: 1914 (31 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 100 |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Grandpa Spencer | Film | 6.8 | 80 |
| 1961 | Greyfriars Bobby | James Brown | Film | 6.9 | 78 |
| 1960 | Pollyanna | Mayor Karl Warren | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1959 | A Dog of Flanders | Jehan Daas | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | The Cardinal | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind | Dennis Deneen | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 1957 | Drango | Judge Allen | Film | 5.6 | 74 |
| 1956 | Fire on the Heather | Film | — | 73 | |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 1955 | The Man from Laramie | Alec Waggoman | Film | 7.2 | 72 |
| 1955 | The Long Gray Line | Old Martin | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1955 | The Red, White and Blue Line | Self | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1954 | Prince Valiant | King Aguar | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1951 | Home Town Story | John MacFarland | Film | 4.9 | 68 |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Major Singleton | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 1949 | Africa Screams | Film | 5.8 | 66 | |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie | 'Jock' Gray | Film | 5.3 | 66 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Barney Rebstock | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1948 | Hills of Home | Drumsheugh | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1947 | Ramrod | Jim Crew | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | William Scott | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1945 | National Velvet | Mr. Herbert Brown | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1945 | Son of Lassie | Sam Carraclough | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1944 | The Uninvited | Commander Beech | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | J.B. Pond | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Sam Carraclough | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Captain Martin | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1942 | The Battle of Midway | Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters | Ralph Pedloch | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | Gwilym Morgan | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Sir Charles Emery | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1941 | Shining Victory | Dr. Drewett | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Father John Callahan, C.S.C | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Admiral Sir John Burleson | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Scotty MacPherson | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid | Brother Superior | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Minister Althoff | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1939 | Wuthering Heights | Dr. Kenneth | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1939 | Juarez | Maréchal Bazaine | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Francis Bacon | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Judge Hardwick | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1939 | The Old Maid | Doctor Lanskell | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1939 | Sons of Liberty | Alexander McDougall | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous | Samuel 'Sam' Sloane | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Police Inspector Lewis Lane | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1938 | Jezebel | Dr. Livingstone | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Andy Stone | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol | Phipps | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Grant | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1938 | The Sisters | Tim Hazelton | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1938 | The Beloved Brat | Mr. Morgan | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1938 | Sergeant Murphy | Col. Todd Carruthers | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | Maitre Labori | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1937 | Parnell | Michael Davitt | Film | 4.6 | 54 |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Jack V. Merrick Sr. | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Police Captain Cromwell | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1937 | Confession | Presiding Judge | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Huntly | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Colonel Campbell | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1936 | The White Angel | Dr. Hunt | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1936 | A Woman Rebels | Judge Byron Thistlewaite | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | Liam Burke | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Thomas Burkitt | Film | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1935 | Oil for the Lamps of China | J.T. McCarger | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1935 | Vanessa: Her Love Story | George | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1935 | Laddie | Mr. Pryor | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Mr. Anthony, District Attorney | Film | 3.8 | 51 |
| 1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters | Mike Davey | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1934 | The Little Minister | Docteur McQueen | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1934 | What Every Woman Knows | David Wylie | Film | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1934 | The Key | Peadar Conlan | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 1933 | Broadway Bad | Darrall | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1933 | Hamlet, Act I: Scenes IV and V | Marcellus | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1932 | Red Dust | Guidon | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1932 | A Passport to Hell | Sgt. Snyder | Film | 5.0 | 49 |
| 1931 | Svengali | The Laird | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1931 | Kick In | Garvey | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1930 | Scotland Yard | Charles Fox | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1930 | The Runaway Bride | Film | 6.2 | 47 | |
| 1929 | The Pagan | Roger Slater | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1929 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Colonel Moran | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1929 | Trent's Last Case | Sigsbee Manderson | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1928 | The Cop | Film | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1928 | The River Pirate | Caxton | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver | London Club Member (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1928 | The Viking | Leif Ericsson | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1927 | Vanity | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1927 | Dress Parade | Film | 7.2 | 44 | |
| 1927 | Man Bait | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1927 | The Fighting Eagle | Film | 5.3 | 44 | |
| 1927 | Nobody's Widow | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1926 | The Black Pirate | MacTavish | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1926 | Young April | Film | 7.7 | 43 | |
| 1926 | Sunny Side Up | Film | 10.0 | 43 | |
| 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro | Don Sebastian | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1925 | Don Q Son of Zorro | Film | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1924 | The Navigator | Film | 7.1 | 41 | |
| 1923 | Ponjola | Film | 7.5 | 40 | |
| 1922 | Tell Your Children | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1921 | The Princess of New York | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1921 | The Bonnie Brier Bush | Lachlan Campbell | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1921 | The Bonnie Brier Bush | Film | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1921 | The Barbarian | Film | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1920 | The Six Best Cellars | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1920 | Held by the Enemy | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1920 | Miss Hobbs | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1919 | Love Insurance | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | Battling Burrows | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1919 | It Pays to Advertise | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Why Smith Left Home | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | The Poor Boob | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Something to Do | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | A Very Good Young Man | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Venus in the East | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Under the Top | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Too Much Johnson | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Putting It Over | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1919 | Johnny Get Your Gun | Film | 6.5 | 36 | |
| 1918 | Rimrock Jones | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1918 | Believe Me, Xantippe | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1918 | The House of Silence | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1918 | Jules of the Strong Heart | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1918 | The Firefly of France | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1918 | The Goat | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1918 | The Way of a Man with a Maid | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1918 | Less Than Kin | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1917 | His Sweetheart | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1917 | The Cook of Canyon Camp | Film | 8.0 | 34 | |
| 1917 | The Cook of Canyon Camp | Film | 8.0 | 34 | |
| 1917 | The Countess Charming | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1917 | Lost in Transit | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1917 | The Bond Between | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1917 | The Eyes of the World | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1917 | The Marcellini Millions | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1917 | The Clever Mrs. Carfax | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1916 | Ramona | Jim Farrar | Film | — | 33 |
| 1916 | Ramona | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Gen. U.S. Grant | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1915 | May Blossom | Steve Harland | Film | — | 32 |
| 1915 | A Girl of Yesterday | A.H. Monroe | Film | — | 32 |
| 1915 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1915 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1915 | The Commanding Officer | Col. Archer (the Commandant) | Film | — | 32 |
| 1915 | The Love Route | Harry Marshall | Film | — | 32 |
| 1915 | How Hazel Got Even | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1914 | Her Father's Silent Partner | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Sisters | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | The Mother's Son | Film | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1914 | The Warning | Mr. Edwards | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | The Warning | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Avenging Conscience | Film | 5.9 | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Mountain Rat | Steve | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | Over the Ledge | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Little Country Mouse | Film | 5.0 | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Battle of the Sexes | Frank Andrews | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | The Different Man | The Ranch Foreman | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1914 | The Availing Prayer | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Niggard | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Their First Acquaintance | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Their First Acquaintance | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Her Mother's Necklace | The Burglar | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | Her Mother's Necklace | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Tavern of Tragedy | Bob Jameson - the Spy | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | The Tavern of Tragedy | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Down the Hill to Creditville | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Down the Hill to Creditville | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Sands of Fate | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Escape | 'Bull' McGee | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | The Newer Woman | Cop | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | The Newer Woman | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | The Mysterious Shot | Buck | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | The Mysterious Shot | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | A Lesson in Mechanics | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | At Dawn | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1914 | Another Chance | The Tramp | Film | — | 31 |
| 1914 | Another Chance | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1913 | Near To Earth | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1913 | Black and White | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1913 | Olaf—An Atom | The Beggar | Film | — | 30 |
| 1913 | The Blue or the Gray | Southern Rival | Film | — | 30 |
| 1913 | Pirate Gold | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1913 | By Man's Law | Lee Calvert - Brother Owner | Film | — | 30 |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | Rival Gang Member (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1911 | The Failure | Bank Employee | Film | 4.0 | 28 |
| 1911 | The Two Paths | Footman | Film | — | 28 |
| 1911 | The Battle | A Union soldier (uncredited) | Film | 4.6 | 28 |
| 1911 | Fate's Turning | The Valet | Film | 5.0 | 28 |
| 1911 | What Shall We Do with Our Old? | Night Court Bailiff | Film | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1911 | Swords and Hearts | At Frazier House/Bushwacker (uncredited) | Film | 4.6 | 28 |
| 1911 | The Long Road | A Servant / The Landlord | Film | — | 28 |
| 1911 | The Adventures of Billy | First Tramp | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1911 | Heart Beats of Long Ago | Courtier | Film | 5.0 | 28 |
| 1911 | The Making of a Man | Actor / Backstage | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1911 | The Miser's Heart | Policeman | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1911 | The Primal Call | At Club | Film | 4.0 | 28 |
| 1911 | Her Awakening | Accident Witness | Film | — | 28 |
| 1911 | The Italian Barber | At Ball | Film | 4.0 | 28 |
| 1910 | Sunshine Sue | Head of the Sweatshop | Film | — | 27 |
| 1910 | The Golden Supper | Courtier/Monk | Film | 4.5 | 27 |
| 1910 | Winning Back His Love | At Stage Door | Film | 4.0 | 27 |
| 1909 | Through the Breakers | At the Club | Film | 4.2 | 26 |