Robert Donat
March 18, 1905 (119 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 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
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hannay (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Richard Hannay (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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'
- 1938 · The Citadel as Dr. Andrew Manson
- 1937 · Knight Without Armour as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
- 1935 · The Ghost Goes West as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
- 1935 · The 39 Steps as Richard Hannay
- 1934 · The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantes
- 1933 · Cash as Paul Martin
- 1933 · The Private Life of Henry VIII as Thomas Culpeper
- 1932 · Men of Tomorrow as Julian Angell
- 1932 · That Night in London as Dick Warren