Acting

Robert Donat

Born 1905-03-18 · Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Died 1958-06-09

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.

Credits

Newest first

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