Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 18, 1905
Died
Jun 09, 1958
Place of Birth
Withington, Manchester, England, UK
Credits
29 titles
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
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
Lease of Life
Rev William Thorne
The Magic Box
William Friese-Greene
The Cure for Love
Sergeant Jack Hardacre
The Winslow Boy
Sir Robert Morton
Captain Boycott
Charles Stewart Parnell
Perfect Strangers
Robert Wilson
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The Adventures of Tartu
Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
The New Lot
Actor
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
The Citadel
Dr. Andrew Manson
Knight Without Armour
Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
The Ghost Goes West
Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
The 39 Steps
Richard Hannay
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes
Cash
Paul Martin
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Thomas Culpeper
Men of Tomorrow
Julian Angell
That Night in London
Dick Warren