- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins total
Known for
Credits
Actor
Director
- 1930
- 1928
- 1928
- 1927
- 1927
- 1927
- Nobody's Widow
- Director
- 1927
- 1926
- 1926
- 1926
- 1925
- 1924
- 1923
- 1922
- 1921
Writer
- The Cook of Canyon Camp
- screenplay
- story
- 1917
Personal details
- Alternative names
- Mr. Donald Crisp
- Height
- 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Born
- Died
- May 25, 1974
- Van Nuys, California, USA(complications from multiple strokes)
- SpousesJane MurfinAugust 15, 1932 - 1944 (divorced)
- ParentsJames Crisp
- Other works(7/23/49) Radio: Appeared in an NBC University Theater broadcast of "How Green Was My Valley".
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaBy 1910, he had become interested in pursuing a career in theater and began working as a stage manager for the renowned entertainer, composer, playwright and director George M. Cohan. During this period, he met and became friends with a stage actor named D.W. Griffith. His first films were made with Griffith by Biograph Company in New Jersey. When Griffith went to seek his fortune in Hollywood in 1912, Crisp accompanied him.
- TrademarksHis barrel-chested frame and large workingman's hands, which got him cast as tough characters in silent films.
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