Robert Donat

Robert Donat

🎂 18th March 1905 (121 yrs) 📍 Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Known For

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.

Robert Donat

Movies Featuring Robert Donat

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

as Self (archive footage)

A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000)

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

as (archive footage)

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973)

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

as Self (archive footage)

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

Lease of Life

Lease of Life (1954)

as Rev William Thorne

The Magic Box

The Magic Box (1952)

as William Friese-Greene

The Cure for Love

The Cure for Love (1949)

as Sergeant Jack Hardacre

The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy (1948)

as Sir Robert Morton

Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott (1947)

as Charles Stewart Parnell

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers (1945)

as Robert Wilson

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After (1944)

as (archive footage)

The Adventures of Tartu

The Adventures of Tartu (1943)

as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

The New Lot

The New Lot (1943)

as Actor

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)

as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)

as Self

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

as Self (archive footage)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

The Citadel

The Citadel (1938)

as Dr. Andrew Manson

Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour (1937)

as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

The Ghost Goes West

The Ghost Goes West (1935)

as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps (1935)

as Richard Hannay

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

as Edmond Dantes

Cash

Cash (1933)

as Paul Martin

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

as Thomas Culpeper

Men of Tomorrow

Men of Tomorrow (1932)

as Julian Angell

That Night in London

That Night in London (1932)

as Dick Warren