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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

32

Birth Date

1905-03-18 00:00:00

Birth Place

Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Known For

• 

  The 39 Steps
• 

  Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• 

  The Citadel
• 

  The Count of Monte Cristo
• 

  Lease of Life
• 

  The Magic Box

Credits

• actors (29 credits)

  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

    The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Lease of Life

    Rev William Thorne

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Magic Box

    William Friese-Greene

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Cure for Love

    Sergeant Jack Hardacre

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Winslow Boy

    Sir Robert Morton

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Captain Boycott

    Charles Stewart Parnell

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Perfect Strangers

    Robert Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Twenty Years After

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Adventures of Tartu

    Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The New Lot

    Actor

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Young Mr. Pitt

    William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Citadel

    Dr. Andrew Manson

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Knight Without Armour

    Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Ghost Goes West

    Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The 39 Steps

    Richard Hannay

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Count of Monte Cristo

    Edmond Dantes

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Cash

    Paul Martin

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII

    Thomas Culpeper

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Men of Tomorrow

    Julian Angell

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • That Night in London

    Dick Warren

    actor

    actors
    1932

• production (1 credits)

  • The Cure for Love

    producer

    production
    1949

• directing (1 credits)

  • The Cure for Love

    director

    directing
    1949

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Cure for Love

    writer

    writing
    1949