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Robert Donat
🎭 Acting

Robert Donat

March 18, 1905 (age 53)
June 9, 1958
Withington, Manchester, England, UK
Male
29

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.

Movies

29 credits
The 39 Steps
★ 7.3
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The 39 Steps
1935 as Richard Hannay
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
★ 6.8
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958 as The Mandarin of Yang…
The Private Life of Henry VIII
★ 6.4
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933 as Thomas Culpeper
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
★ 7.4
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 as Charles Edward Chipping aka…
Perfect Strangers
★ 6.6
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Perfect Strangers
1945 as Robert Wilson
Lease of Life
★ 7.4
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Lease of Life
1954 as Rev William Thorne
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
★ 7.0
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo Movie
★ 6.8
PRO
18+
Sensitive content
Adventure, Drama
1934 Adventure, Drama
The Citadel
★ 6.5
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The Citadel
1938 as Dr. Andrew Manson
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
★ 7.3
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 as Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound Movie
★ 6.9
Documentary
Twenty Years After
★ 8.0
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Twenty Years After
1944 as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
★ 7.5
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 as Self (archive footage)
The Winslow Boy
★ 7.0
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The Winslow Boy
1948 as Sir Robert Morton
The Magic Box
★ 6.5
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The Magic Box
1952 as William Friese-Greene
That's Entertainment, Part II
★ 7.0
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 as (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
★ 6.5
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 as Self (archive footage)
Captain Boycott
★ 7.2
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Captain Boycott
1947 as Charles Stewart Parnell
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
★ 6.5
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 as Self (archive footage)
The Young Mr. Pitt
★ 6.2
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The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 as William Pitt / The…
The Ghost Goes West Movie
★ 6.7
Comedy, Fantasy
1935 Comedy, Fantasy
The Adventures of Tartu
★ 6.2
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The Adventures of Tartu
1943 as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka…
The New Lot
★ 8.0
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The New Lot
1943 as Actor
Knight Without Armour
★ 5.8
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Knight Without Armour
1937 as Ainsley J. Fothergill /…
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
★ 7.2
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A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
2000 as Self (archive footage)
Cash
★ 4.9
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Cash
1933 as Paul Martin
The Cure for Love
★ 7.0
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The Cure for Love
1949 as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
Men of Tomorrow
★ 8.0
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Men of Tomorrow
1932 as Julian Angell
That Night in London
★ 10.0
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That Night in London
1932 as Dick Warren
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