Robert Donat

Actor · Born 1905

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.

Filmography

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

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

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939 · as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

The Citadel

1938 · as Dr. Andrew Manson