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Robert Donat

Robert Donat

Born: 1905-03-18 • Withington, Manchester, England, UK

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.

Filmography
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 • Self (archive footage)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years poster
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
2000 • Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II poster
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor poster
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 • Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • Self (archive footage)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness poster
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958 • The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
Lease of Life poster
Lease of Life
1954 • Rev William Thorne
The Magic Box poster
The Magic Box
1952 • William Friese-Greene
The Cure for Love poster
The Cure for Love
1949 • Sergeant Jack Hardacre
The Winslow Boy poster
The Winslow Boy
1948 • Sir Robert Morton
Captain Boycott poster
Captain Boycott
1947 • Charles Stewart Parnell
Perfect Strangers poster
Perfect Strangers
1945 • Robert Wilson
Twenty Years After poster
Twenty Years After
1944 • (archive footage)
The Adventures of Tartu poster
The Adventures of Tartu
1943 • Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
The New Lot poster
The New Lot
1943 • Actor
The Young Mr. Pitt poster
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 • William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound poster
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 • Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 • Self (archive footage)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips poster
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 • Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
The Citadel poster
The Citadel
1938 • Dr. Andrew Manson
Knight Without Armour poster
Knight Without Armour
1937 • Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
The Ghost Goes West poster
The Ghost Goes West
1935 • Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
The 39 Steps poster
The 39 Steps
1935 • Richard Hannay
The Count of Monte Cristo poster
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934 • Edmond Dantes
Cash poster
Cash
1933 • Paul Martin
The Private Life of Henry VIII poster
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 • Thomas Culpeper
Men of Tomorrow poster
Men of Tomorrow
1932 • Julian Angell
That Night in London poster
That Night in London
1932 • Dick Warren