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