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