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.

Known For

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Adventures of Tartu
The Adventures of Tartu
The Magic Box
The Magic Box
The Citadel
The Citadel
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy
Knight Without Armour
Knight Without Armour

Filmography

2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
1999 Hitchcock: The Early Years
as Self (archive footage)
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
1954 Lease of Life
as Rev William Thorne
1952 The Magic Box
as William Friese-Greene
1949 The Cure for Love
as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
1948 The Winslow Boy
as Sir Robert Morton
1947 Captain Boycott
as Charles Stewart Parnell
1945 Perfect Strangers
as Robert Wilson
1944 Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943 The Adventures of Tartu
as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
1943 The New Lot
as Actor
1942 The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
1940 A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'