Photo: Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Donald Crisp is living film history to me, a man whose career stretched from the silent era into the 1960s and somehow never felt outdated. Actor, director, screenwriter, producer, he wore every hat the young industry offered, and his 1942 Academy Award for How Green Was My Valley confirms how powerful his understated work could be. What impresses me most is endurance: surviving the seismic shift from silence to sound, then thriving for decades more. With his Hollywood Walk of Fame star, he stands as a bridge between cinema's infancy and its golden age, and I find that span genuinely awe-inspiring.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Donald Crisp
- Name (Japanese)
- ドナルド・クリスプ
- Reading
- どなるど・くりすぷ
- Born
- July 27, 1882 – May 25, 1974
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Bow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / writer / film actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Eton College
Awards & achievements
- 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Donald Crisp born?
July 27, 1882 – May 25, 1974.
Where is Donald Crisp from?
Donald Crisp is from Bow, United Kingdom.
What does Donald Crisp do?
Donald Crisp works as actor, film director, writer, film actor, screenwriter.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.