Robert Donat
Born
March 18, 1905
Died
June 9, 1958 (53 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (archive footage)
1999
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
1958
Lease of Life
Rev William Thorne
1954
The Magic Box
William Friese-Greene
1952
The Cure for Love
Sergeant Jack Hardacre
1949
The Winslow Boy
Sir Robert Morton
1948
Captain Boycott
Charles Stewart Parnell
1947
Perfect Strangers
Robert Wilson
1945
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
The Adventures of Tartu
Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
1943
The New Lot
Actor
1943
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
1942
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
1939
The Citadel
Dr. Andrew Manson
1938
Knight Without Armour
Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
1937
The Ghost Goes West
Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
1935
The 39 Steps
Richard Hannay
1935
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes
1934
Cash
Paul Martin
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Thomas Culpeper
1933
Men of Tomorrow
Julian Angell
1932
That Night in London
Dick Warren
1932