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Robert Donat

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1905-03-18

Day of Death

1958-06-09

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.

Filmography (29)

⭐ 7.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009
⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

2000
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983
⭐ 7.0 Role: (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

1973
⭐ 7.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972
⭐ 6.8 Role: The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958
⭐ 7.4 Role: Rev William Thorne

Lease of Life

1954
⭐ 6.5 Role: William Friese-Greene

The Magic Box

1952
⭐ 7.0 Role: Sergeant Jack Hardacre

The Cure for Love

1949
⭐ 7.0 Role: Sir Robert Morton

The Winslow Boy

1948
⭐ 7.2 Role: Charles Stewart Parnell

Captain Boycott

1947
⭐ 6.7 Role: Robert Wilson

Perfect Strangers

1945
⭐ 8.0 Role: (archive footage)

Twenty Years After

1944
⭐ 6.2 Role: Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

The Adventures of Tartu

1943