Robert Donat
Acting • Born 1905-03-18 – Died 1958-06-09
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 credits
The 39 Steps
Movie • 1935
Richard Hannay
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie • 1939
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Movie • 1933
Thomas Culpeper
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Movie • 1958
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1934
Edmond Dantes
The Adventures of Tartu
Movie • 1943
Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
The Magic Box
Movie • 1952
William Friese-Greene
The Citadel
Movie • 1938
Dr. Andrew Manson
The Winslow Boy
Movie • 1948
Sir Robert Morton
Knight Without Armour
Movie • 1937
Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
The Ghost Goes West
Movie • 1935
Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
Perfect Strangers
Movie • 1945
Robert Wilson
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cash
Movie • 1933
Paul Martin
Lease of Life
Movie • 1954
Rev William Thorne
Captain Boycott
Movie • 1947
Charles Stewart Parnell
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
The New Lot
Movie • 1943
Actor
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie • 1942
William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
Men of Tomorrow
Movie • 1932
Julian Angell
That Night in London
Movie • 1932
Dick Warren
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie • 1940
Self
The Cure for Love
Movie • 1949
Sergeant Jack Hardacre
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)