Donald Crisp

He died from a cerebral haemorrhage in Van Nuys, California. Nevertheless, in his 60s, he continues to be a sought after performer. Donald Crisp has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1620 Vine St. He is generally regarded as a talented actor who has suffered from typecasting due to having had a series of roles as "psycho" characters early in his film career. He was married to the screenwriter Jane Murfin from 1932 until 1944. He is the father of actress Laura Dern and was formerly married to actress Diane Ladd. His more than 150 films include Broken Blossoms (1919), The Black Pirate (1926), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Jezebel (1938), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), Lassie Come Home (1943), The Uninvited (1944), National Velvet (1944)The Valley of Decision (1945) Pollyanna (1960) and Greyfriars Bobby (1961). Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor.

With the advent of talking pictures, Crisp established a career as a versatile character actor, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Welsh father in How Green Was My Valley (1941). Although he directed his last film in 1930, the Directors Guild of America voted him a Life Member Award in 1957. During the silent film era, he also directed comedy films, and dramas such as the 1916 version of Ramona. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation in 1915.

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