Person

Robert Donat

Acting · 1905–1958 · 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.

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  The 39 Steps

  Richard Hannay

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  The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

  Self (archive footage)

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  Twenty Years After

  (archive footage)

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  The Citadel

  Dr. Andrew Manson

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  Goodbye, Mr. Chips

  Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

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  The Count of Monte Cristo

  Edmond Dantes

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  The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

  The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

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  100 Years at the Movies

  Self (archive footage)

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  The Private Life of Henry VIII

  Thomas Culpeper

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  Cash

  Paul Martin

• 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf (archive footage)
• 2000A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early YearsSelf (archive footage)
• 1994100 Years at the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
• 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorSelf (archive footage)
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
• 1958The Inn of the Sixth HappinessThe Mandarin of Yang Cheng
• 1954Lease of LifeRev William Thorne
• 1952The Magic BoxWilliam Friese-Greene
• 1949The Cure for LoveSergeant Jack Hardacre
• 1948The Winslow BoySir Robert Morton
• 1947Captain BoycottCharles Stewart Parnell
• 1945Perfect StrangersRobert Wilson
• 1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)
• 1943The Adventures of TartuCaptain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
• 1943The New LotActor
• 1942The Young Mr. PittWilliam Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
• 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundSelf
• 1940Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf (archive footage)
• 1939Goodbye, Mr. ChipsCharles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
• 1938The CitadelDr. Andrew Manson
• 1937Knight Without ArmourAinsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
• 1935The Ghost Goes WestMurdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
• 1935The 39 StepsRichard Hannay
• 1934The Count of Monte CristoEdmond Dantes
• 1933CashPaul Martin
• 1933The Private Life of Henry VIIIThomas Culpeper
• 1932Men of TomorrowJulian Angell
• 1932That Night in LondonDick Warren