Donald Crisp

Director

Birthday July 27, 1882

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE May 25, 1974 (91)

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About

London-born actor, director, and screenwriter who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for How Green Was My Valley.

Before Fame

He fought in the Boer War.

Trivia

His brother-in-law James Needham loaned the young Winston Churchill money to travel to America in 1906.

Family Life

He was married to his first wife Marie Stark until their divorce in 1919 and later married Jane Murfin in August 15, 1932.

Associated With

He played Ulysses S. Grant in the film Birth of a Nation.