Robert Donat
- Born
- March 18, 1905
- Died
- June 9, 1958 (53 years old)
- Place of birth
- 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
Filmography
- 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2000A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early YearsFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageFilm · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm · (archive footage) (uncredited)★ 7.0
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactoryFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1958The Inn of the Sixth HappinessFilm · The Mandarin of Yang Cheng★ 6.8
- 1954Lease of LifeFilm · Rev William Thorne
- 1952The Magic BoxFilm · William Friese-Greene★ 6.5
- 1949The Cure for LoveFilm · Sergeant Jack Hardacre
- 1948The Winslow BoyFilm · Sir Robert Morton★ 7.0
- 1947Captain BoycottFilm · Charles Stewart Parnell
- 1945Perfect StrangersFilm · Robert Wilson★ 6.6
- 1944Twenty Years AfterFilm · (archive footage)
- 1943The Adventures of TartuFilm · Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
- 1943The New LotFilm · Actor
- 1942The Young Mr. PittFilm · William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
- 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundFilm · Self
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1939Goodbye, Mr. ChipsFilm · Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'★ 7.4
- 1938The CitadelFilm · Dr. Andrew Manson★ 6.4
- 1937Knight Without ArmourFilm · Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
- 1935The Ghost Goes WestFilm · Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie★ 6.7
- 1935The 39 StepsFilm · Richard Hannay★ 7.3
- 1934The Count of Monte CristoFilm · Edmond Dantes★ 6.8
- 1933CashFilm · Paul Martin
- 1933The Private Life of Henry VIIIFilm · Thomas Culpeper★ 6.4
- 1932Men of TomorrowFilm · Julian Angell
- 1932That Night in LondonFilm · Dick Warren
