Robert Donat
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-03-18
Day of Death
1958-06-09 (53 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Hitchcock: The Early Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1958)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
(1954)
Lease of Life
as Rev William Thorne
(1952)
The Magic Box
as William Friese-Greene
(1949)
The Cure for Love
as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
(1948)
The Winslow Boy
as Sir Robert Morton
(1947)
Captain Boycott
as Charles Stewart Parnell
(1945)
Perfect Strangers
as Robert Wilson
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1943)
The Adventures of Tartu
as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
(1943)
The New Lot
as Actor
(1942)
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1940)
(1939)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
(1938)
The Citadel
as Dr. Andrew Manson
(1937)
Knight Without Armour
as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
(1935)
The 39 Steps
as Richard Hannay
(1935)
The Ghost Goes West
as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
(1934)
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantes
(1933)
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Thomas Culpeper
(1933)
Cash
as Paul Martin
(1932)
Men of Tomorrow
as Julian Angell
(1932)
That Night in London
as Dick Warren
Crew
(1949)
The Cure for Love
Director, Writer, Producer