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All All. Sign In. George William Crisp. White-haired London-born character actor, a familiar face in Hollywood for more than five decades. He was born George William Crisp, the youngest of ten siblings, to working class parents James Crisp and his wife Elizabeth nee Christy. Despite his humble beginnings, Donald was educated at Oxford University.

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He saw action with the 10th Hussars of the British Army at Kimberley and Ladysmith during the Boer War and subsequently moved to the United States to begin a new life as an actor. By , he had climbed his way up the ladder to become stage manager for George M. He was a member of D. Griffith 's original stock company in the early days of the film industry, beginning with Biograph in New Jersey and featured in The Birth of a Nation as General Ulysses S.

Grant , Intolerance and Broken Blossoms He later joined Famous Players Lasky subsequently Paramount and turned with some success to directing in the s, on occasion also appearing in his films as for example in Don Q Son of Zorro , as Don Sebastian. By the early 30s, Crisp concentrated exclusively on acting and became one of the more prolific Hollywood character players on the scene.

Though he was actually a cockney, he -- for unknown reasons -- invented a Scottish ancestry for himself early on, claiming that he was born in Aberfeldy and affected a Scottish accent throughout his career. Crisp's particular stock-in-trade types were crusty or benevolent patriarchs, stern military officers, doctors and judges. He is perhaps most fondly remembered as the famous canine's original owner in Lassie Come Home , Elizabeth Taylor 's dad Mr.