Donald Crisp

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q367073: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: The Navigator (1924). Count them as actor (2 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Cabin Boy (1994): 1 line

  1. unmapped (same setup) · through The Navigator (1924), which they directed: The Navigator ⇒ Cabin Boy (the host's read). A fancy lad must prove he is a tough man at sea, a setup that Cabin Boy repeats while looking like a Harryhausen movie.
    “Chris Elliott and Adam Resnick's cabin boy is such a Buster Keaton setup.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:51:04 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Acting (2) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

people (3)

  1. people (co-director): The Navigator → Donald Crisp. Keaton hired Crisp as a dramatic co-director, then shunted him aside when Crisp wanted gags.
    “One thing about this movie that's interesting is it's codirected by Donald Crisp.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:56:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (acting credit): Donald Crisp → The Birth of a Nation. Crisp played Ulysses Grant in The Birth of a Nation.
    “a dramatic actor and director who plays Ulysses Grant in the birth of the nation.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:56:34 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (acting credit): Donald Crisp → Roddy McDowall. Crisp played Roddy McDowall's dad in a John Ford film and won an Academy Award.
    “And he plays Roddy McDowell's dad in the great John Ford movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:56:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.