Robert Donat

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.

Filmography

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