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Robert Donat

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29

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0.5

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Movies: 29Series: 0Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 3609

IMDb ID: nm0232196

Known for: Acting

Born: March 18, 1905

Died: June 9, 1958

Age: 53

Place of birth: Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1932 - 2009

Years active: 78

Average TMDB rating: 6.77

Wikidata: Q116983

Also known as

Friedrich Robert Donat • Роберт Донат • Friedrich Robert Donath

Other jobs

Writer (1)

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.

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Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with Robert Donat.

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster
7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2009 Movie
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years poster
6.5

A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

as Self (archive footage)

2001 Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983 Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II poster
6.9

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976 Movie
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor poster
6.0

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

as Self (archive footage)

1973 Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster
6.0

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1972 Movie
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness poster
6.8

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

1958 Movie
Lease of Life poster
7.4

Lease of Life

as Rev William Thorne

1954 Movie
The Magic Box poster
6.4

The Magic Box

as William Friese-Greene

1952 Movie
The Cure for Love poster
6.0

The Cure for Love

as Sergeant Jack Hardacre

1949 Movie
The Winslow Boy poster
6.9

The Winslow Boy

as Sir Robert Morton

1948 Movie
Captain Boycott poster
6.8

Captain Boycott

as Charles Stewart Parnell

1947 Movie
Perfect Strangers poster
6.6

Perfect Strangers

as Robert Wilson

1945 Movie
Twenty Years After poster
6.0

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1944 Movie
The Adventures of Tartu poster
6.1

The Adventures of Tartu

as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

1943 Movie
The New Lot poster

The New Lot

as Actor

1943 Movie
The Young Mr. Pitt poster
5.7

The Young Mr. Pitt

as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

1942 Movie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound poster
6.7

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self

1940 Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster
6.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1940 Movie
Goodbye, Mr. Chips poster
7.4

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

1939 Movie
The Citadel poster
6.5

The Citadel

as Dr. Andrew Manson

1938 Movie
Knight Without Armour poster
5.6

Knight Without Armour

as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

1937 Movie
The Ghost Goes West poster
6.6

The Ghost Goes West

as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

1935 Movie
The 39 Steps poster
7.3

The 39 Steps

as Richard Hannay

1935 Movie
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