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