Robert Donat

★ Acting #8,414

1905 - 1958 (age 53) • Acting

Born: 3/18/1905 in Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Died: 6/9/1958 (age 53)

Known for: Acting

Robert Donat

★ Acting #8,414

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

73%

Richard Hannay

1935

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

74%

Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

1939

The Private Life of Henry VIII

64%

Thomas Culpeper

1933

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

68%

The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

1958

The Count of Monte Cristo

68%

Edmond Dantes

1934

The Ghost Goes West

67%

Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

1935

The Citadel

64%

Dr. Andrew Manson

1938

The Winslow Boy

70%

Sir Robert Morton

1948

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

75%

Self (archive footage)

2009

A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

72%

Self (archive footage)

2000

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

70%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

That's Entertainment, Part II

70%

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

65%

Self (archive footage)

1973

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

72%

Self (archive footage)

1972

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

68%

The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

1958

Lease of Life

74%

Rev William Thorne

1954

The Magic Box

65%

William Friese-Greene

1952

The Cure for Love

70%

Sergeant Jack Hardacre

1949

The Cure for Love

70%

Writer

1949

The Cure for Love

70%

Director

1949

The Cure for Love

70%

Producer

1949

The Winslow Boy

70%

Sir Robert Morton

1948

Captain Boycott

72%

Charles Stewart Parnell

1947

Perfect Strangers

66%

Robert Wilson

1945

Twenty Years After

80%

(archive footage)

1944

The Adventures of Tartu

62%

Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

1943

The New Lot

80%

Actor

1943

The Young Mr. Pitt

62%

William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

1942

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

68%

Self

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

63%

Self (archive footage)

1940

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

74%

Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

1939

The Citadel

64%

Dr. Andrew Manson

1938

Knight Without Armour

59%

Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

1937

The Ghost Goes West

67%

Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

1935

The 39 Steps

73%

Richard Hannay

1935

The Count of Monte Cristo

68%

Edmond Dantes

1934