Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/18/1905
Place of Birth
Withington, Manchester, England, UK
Also Known As
Friedrich Robert DonatРоберт ДонатFriedrich Robert Donath
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
Captain Boycott
as Charles Stewart Parnell
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
The Magic Box
as William Friese-Greene
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Thomas Culpeper
Perfect Strangers
as Robert Wilson
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantes
The Winslow Boy
as Sir Robert Morton
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
The Adventures of Tartu
as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
The Citadel
as Dr. Andrew Manson
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
That Night in London
as Dick Warren
Lease of Life
as Rev William Thorne
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
The Cure for Love
as Sergeant Jack Hardacre