Robert Donat

from Withington, Manchester, England, UK

Artwork for The Inn of the Sixth HappinessImage of 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.

Timeline

2009Aged 104

  • Poster for 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 95

  • Poster for A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Self (archive footage)

1983Aged 78

  • Poster for Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976Aged 71

  • Poster for That's Entertainment, Part II

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973Aged 68

  • Poster for The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    Self (archive footage)

1972Aged 67

  • Poster for Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

1958Aged 53

  • Poster for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

    The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

1954Aged 49

  • Poster for Lease of Life

    Rev William Thorne

1952Aged 47

  • Poster for The Magic Box

    William Friese-Greene

1949Aged 44

  • Poster for The Cure for Love

    Sergeant Jack Hardacre

1948Aged 43

  • Poster for The Winslow Boy

    Sir Robert Morton

1947Aged 42

  • Poster for Captain Boycott

    Charles Stewart Parnell

1945Aged 40

  • Poster for Perfect Strangers

    Robert Wilson

1944Aged 39

  • Poster for Twenty Years After

    (archive footage)

1943Aged 38

  • Poster for The New Lot

    Actor

  • Poster for The Adventures of Tartu

    Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

1942Aged 37

  • Poster for The Young Mr. Pitt

    William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

1940Aged 35

  • Poster for Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    Self

1939Aged 34

  • Poster for Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

1938Aged 33

  • Poster for The Citadel

    Dr. Andrew Manson

1937Aged 32

  • Poster for Knight Without Armour

    Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

1935Aged 30

  • Poster for The 39 Steps

    Richard Hannay

  • Poster for The Ghost Goes West

    Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

1934Aged 29

  • Poster for The Count of Monte Cristo

    Edmond Dantes

1933Aged 28

  • Poster for The Private Life of Henry VIII

    Thomas Culpeper

  • Poster for Cash

    Paul Martin

1932Aged 27

  • Poster for That Night in London

    Dick Warren

  • Poster for Men of Tomorrow

    Julian Angell

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