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Acting

Donald Crisp

Career: Active from 1910 to 1963, busiest in 1914 with 18 main titles.

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Greyfriars Bobby
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Donald Crisp Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.2, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Dark Humor
1.6, average 2.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 12
Historical Setting 10
Social Commentary 8
Character-Driven 7
Tragic Romance 7
Moral Ambiguity 6
Classic Hollywood 6
Class Conflict 5
Nostalgic 5
Early Cinema 5
Silent Film 5
Redemption 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

179

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

4 titles · average score 73

Spencer's Mountain

73

as Grandpa Spencer

Greyfriars Bobby

86

as James Brown

A Dog of Flanders

68

as Jehan Daas

Pollyanna

65

as Mayor Karl Warren

1950s

8 titles · average score 64

The Last Hurrah

79

as The Cardinal

Saddle the Wind

62

as Dennis Deneen

Drango

58

as Judge Allen

The Man from Laramie

83

as Alec Waggoman

The Long Gray Line

80

as Old Martin

Prince Valiant

52

as King Aguar

Home Town Story

40

as John MacFarland

Bright Leaf

61

as Major Singleton

1940s

22 titles · average score 68

Challenge to Lassie

51

as 'Jock' Gray

Hills of Home

65

as Drumsheugh

National Velvet

73

as Mr. Herbert Brown

The Valley of Decision

76

as William Scott

Son of Lassie

63

as Sam Carraclough

The Adventures of Mark Twain

66

as J.B. Pond

Lassie Come Home

78

as Sam Carraclough

The Battle of Midway

62

as Main Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

How Green Was My Valley

83

as Gwilym Morgan

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

61

as Sir Charles Emery

Knute Rockne All American

70

as Father John Callahan, C.S.C

The Sea Hawk

86

as Admiral Sir John Burleson

1930s

42 titles · average score 65

Wuthering Heights

68

as Dr. Kenneth

Juarez

65

as Maréchal Bazaine

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

73

as Francis Bacon

Sons of Liberty

60

as Alexander McDougall

Jezebel

83

as Dr. Livingstone

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

67

as Police Inspector Lewis Lane

The Beloved Brat

47

as Mr. Morgan

The Life of Emile Zola

81

as Maitre Labori

Parnell

48

as Michael Davitt

The Charge of the Light Brigade

65

as Colonel Campbell

Mutiny on the Bounty

83

as Thomas Burkitt

Svengali

75

as The Laird

1920s

25 titles · average score 70

The Pagan

61

as Roger Slater

Trent's Last Case

as Sigsbee Manderson

The Cop

Director

Stand and Deliver

as London Club Member (uncredited)

The Viking

67

as Leif Ericsson

Dress Parade

Director

Vanity

Director

The Fighting Eagle

Director

The Black Pirate

84

as MacTavish

Don Q Son of Zorro

68

as Don Sebastian

The Navigator

73

Director

The Princess of New York

Director

1910s

77 titles · average score 64

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

82

as Battling Burrows

Something to Do

Director

Johnny Get Your Gun

Director

Ramona

as Jim Farrar

The Birth of a Nation

70

as Gen. U.S. Grant

The Battle of the Sexes

as Frank Andrews

The Little Country Mouse

Director

The Escape

as 'Bull' McGee

At Dawn

Director

The Adventures of Billy

as First Tramp

The Failure

as Bank Employee

Fate's Turning

as The Valet

1900s

1 title

Through the Breakers

as At the Club