Robert Donat
Acting
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
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2000A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
Self (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1958The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
1954Lease of Life
Rev William Thorne
1952The Magic Box
William Friese-Greene
1949The Cure for Love
Sergeant Jack Hardacre
1948The Winslow Boy
Sir Robert Morton
1947Captain Boycott
Charles Stewart Parnell
1945Perfect Strangers
Robert Wilson
1944Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1943The Adventures of Tartu
Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
1943The New Lot
Actor
1942The Young Mr. Pitt
William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1939Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
1938The Citadel
Dr. Andrew Manson
1937Knight Without Armour
Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
1935The 39 Steps
Richard Hannay
1935The Ghost Goes West
Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie