Robert Donat

Robert Donat

Known for
Acting
Born
March 18, 1905
Died
June 9, 1958 (aged 53)
Birthplace
Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Biography

Robert Donat (born Friedrich Robert Donat) was a star English film and stage actor. He is best remembered for his roles in The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), the latter which earned him a Best Actor Academy Award.

Known For

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Filmography

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years poster

A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1958
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness poster

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Movie · as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

1954
Lease of Life poster

Lease of Life

Movie · as Rev William Thorne

1952
The Magic Box poster

The Magic Box

Movie · as William Friese-Greene

1949
The Cure for Love poster

The Cure for Love

Movie · as Sergeant Jack Hardacre

1948
The Winslow Boy poster

The Winslow Boy

Movie · as Sir Robert Morton

1947
Captain Boycott poster

Captain Boycott

Movie · as Charles Stewart Parnell

1945
Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers

Movie · as Robert Wilson

1944
Twenty Years After poster

Twenty Years After

Movie · as (archive footage)

1943
The Adventures of Tartu poster

The Adventures of Tartu

Movie · as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

1943
The New Lot poster

The New Lot

Movie · as Actor

1942
The Young Mr. Pitt poster

The Young Mr. Pitt

Movie · as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound poster

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Movie · as Self

1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips poster

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Movie · as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

1938
The Citadel poster

The Citadel

Movie · as Dr. Andrew Manson

1937
Knight Without Armour poster

Knight Without Armour

Movie · as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

1935
The 39 Steps poster

The 39 Steps

Movie · as Richard Hannay

1935
The Ghost Goes West poster

The Ghost Goes West

Movie · as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

1934
The Count of Monte Cristo poster

The Count of Monte Cristo

Movie · as Edmond Dantes

1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII poster

The Private Life of Henry VIII

Movie · as Thomas Culpeper

1933
Cash poster

Cash

Movie · as Paul Martin

1932
Men of Tomorrow poster

Men of Tomorrow

Movie · as Julian Angell

1932
That Night in London poster

That Night in London

Movie · as Dick Warren