Robert Donat
Born in Withington, Manchester, England, UK — Mar 18 1905• Died Jun 09 1958
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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.
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Robert Donat's Credits
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The 39 Steps
Richard Hannay
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The Citadel
Dr. Andrew Manson
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
Perfect Strangers
Robert Wilson
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
The Winslow Boy
Sir Robert Morton
The Adventures of Tartu
Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Captain Boycott
Charles Stewart Parnell
The Magic Box
William Friese-Greene
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes
Knight Without Armour
Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
The Ghost Goes West
Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
Cash
Paul Martin
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Thomas Culpeper
Lease of Life
Rev William Thorne
Men of Tomorrow
Julian Angell
The New Lot
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That Night in London
Dick Warren
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (archive footage)
The Cure for Love
Sergeant Jack Hardacre