Robert Donat

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

31

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-03-18

Deathday

1958-06-09 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Friedrich Robert Donat
  • Роберт Донат
  • Friedrich Robert Donath

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.

Known For

The 39 Steps
7.3%

The 39 Steps

Jun 6, 1935

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.4%

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Jul 28, 1939

The Ghost Goes West
6.5%

The Ghost Goes West

Dec 17, 1935

The Citadel
6.3%

The Citadel

Oct 29, 1938

The Winslow Boy
7.0%

The Winslow Boy

Sep 24, 1948

Perfect Strangers
6.6%

Perfect Strangers

Oct 15, 1945

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Acting

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
1999
Hitchcock: The Early Years as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1958
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hannay (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Richard Hannay (archive footage) (uncredited)
1954
Lease of Life as Rev William Thorne
1952
The Magic Box as William Friese-Greene
1949
The Cure for Love as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
1948
The Winslow Boy as Sir Robert Morton
1947
Captain Boycott as Charles Stewart Parnell
1945
Perfect Strangers as Robert Wilson
1944
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943
The Adventures of Tartu as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
1943
The New Lot as Actor
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
1938
The Citadel as Dr. Andrew Manson
1937
Knight Without Armour as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
1935
The Ghost Goes West as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
1935
The 39 Steps as Richard Hannay
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantes
1933
Cash as Paul Martin
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII as Thomas Culpeper
1932
Men of Tomorrow as Julian Angell
1932
That Night in London as Dick Warren

Directing

1949
The Cure for Love as Director

Production

1949
The Cure for Love as Producer

Writing

1949
The Cure for Love as Writer
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