Robert Donat

Known for: Acting

Born: 1905-03-18 – 1958-06-09 (aged 53)

From: Withington, Manchester, England, UK

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)

MOVIE★ 7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958
as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
MOVIE★ 7.4
Lease of Life
1954
as Rev William Thorne
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Magic Box
1952
as William Friese-Greene
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Cure for Love
1949
as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Sir Robert Morton
MOVIE★ 7.2
Captain Boycott
1947
as Charles Stewart Parnell
MOVIE★ 6.6
Perfect Strangers
1945
as Robert Wilson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Adventures of Tartu
1943
as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
MOVIE★ 8.0
The New Lot
1943
as Actor
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
MOVIE★ 6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Citadel
1938
as Dr. Andrew Manson
MOVIE★ 5.9
Knight Without Armour
1937
as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Ghost Goes West
1935
as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
MOVIE★ 7.3
The 39 Steps
1935
as Richard Hannay
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
as Edmond Dantes
MOVIE★ 4.9
Cash
1933
as Paul Martin
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Thomas Culpeper
MOVIE★ 8.0
Men of Tomorrow
1932
as Julian Angell
MOVIE★ 10.0
That Night in London
1932
as Dick Warren