Robert Donat

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-03-18 (53 years old)

Deathday

1958-06-09

Place of Birth

Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Robert Donat

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.

Acting

1935

The 39 Steps

as Richard Hannay

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

1933

1958

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

1934

1943

The Adventures of Tartu

as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

1952

The Magic Box

as William Friese-Greene

1938

The Citadel

as Dr. Andrew Manson

1948

The Winslow Boy

as Sir Robert Morton

1937

Knight Without Armour

as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1935

The Ghost Goes West

as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

1945

Perfect Strangers

as Robert Wilson

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1933

Cash

as Paul Martin

1954

Lease of Life

as Rev William Thorne

1947

Captain Boycott

as Charles Stewart Parnell

1973

1943

The New Lot

as Actor

1942

The Young Mr. Pitt

as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

1932

Men of Tomorrow

as Julian Angell

1932

That Night in London

as Dick Warren

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1949

The Cure for Love

as Sergeant Jack Hardacre

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Hitchcock: The Early Years

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1949

1949

1949

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