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Robert Donat

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Robert Donat

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 18, 1905 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

Withington, Manchester, England, UK

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

Acting
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf (archive footage)
2000A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early YearsSelf (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorSelf (archive footage)
1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1958The Inn of the Sixth HappinessThe Mandarin of Yang Cheng
1954Lease of LifeRev William Thorne
1952The Magic BoxWilliam Friese-Greene
1949The Cure for LoveSergeant Jack Hardacre
1948The Winslow BoySir Robert Morton
1947Captain BoycottCharles Stewart Parnell
1945Perfect StrangersRobert Wilson
1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)
1943The Adventures of TartuCaptain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
1943The New LotActor
1942The Young Mr. PittWilliam Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf (archive footage)
1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundSelf
1939Goodbye, Mr. ChipsCharles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
1938The CitadelDr. Andrew Manson
1937Knight Without ArmourAinsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
1935The 39 StepsRichard Hannay
1935The Ghost Goes WestMurdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
1934The Count of Monte CristoEdmond Dantes
1933The Private Life of Henry VIIIThomas Culpeper
1933CashPaul Martin
1932Men of TomorrowJulian Angell
1932That Night in LondonDick Warren
Production
1949The Cure for LoveProducer
Directing
1949The Cure for LoveDirector
Writing
1949The Cure for LoveWriter