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Peter Donat
Canadian-American actor (1928-2018) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
Pierre Collingwood Donat, known as Peter Donat, was a Canadian actor. He was a co-founding company member of the American Conservatory Theater, and a frequent player at the Stratford Festival.
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The China Syndrome: A Fusion of TalentFilm1997
Red CornerFilm, David McAndrews1995
The Outer LimitsSeries, Principal Kern
Seduced and BetrayedFilm, 1995Judge Van Owen1989
Skin DeepFilm, Sparky1988
Tucker: The Man and His DreamFilm, Kerner1987
The Days and Nights of Molly DoddSeries, Mr. Goodman1985
HoneymoonFilm, Novak1982
Voyagers!Series
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous StainsFilm, 1982Harley Dennis1981
Hill Street BluesSeries
A Matter of Life and DeathFilm, 1981Dr. Whedon1979
MeteorFilm, Opening Sequence Narrator (voice)1978
DallasSeries, Dr. Miles Pearson1977
Billy Jack Goes to WashingtonFilm, Ralph Butler1976
The Flying MisfitsFilm, Col. Mathis1974
Harry OSeries
The Godfather Part IIFilm, 1974Questadt1973
The Return of Charlie ChanFilm, Noel Adamson1971
Great PerformancesSeries, Zakhar1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Greg Lawrence1966
Mission: ImpossibleSeries, Arthur Warner1959
StartimeSeries, Paul1957Theatre World AwardAward
Lost LagoonFilm, 1957David Burnham1928Born20 January 1928People around Peter
Francis Ford Coppola Produced The Godfather Part II (1974)
Michael Douglas Produced The China Syndrome (1980)
Fred Roos Produced The Godfather Part II (1975)
Burke Byrnes Also in A Different Story and Meteor
Danny DeVito Directed The War of the Roses (1990)
Martin Landau Also in Meteor and Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Blake Edwards Directed Skin Deep (1989)
James L. Brooks Produced The War of the Roses (1990)
James Hong Also in Red Corner and The Missiles of October
James Karen Also in The China Syndrome and F.I.S.T.- Dana Elcar Also in The Missiles of October (1974)
Richard Dysart Also in The Hindenburg and Meteor
Jon Avnet Directed Red Corner (1998)- Don Gordon Also in The Return of Charlie Chan and Skin Deep
Sherry Lansing Produced School Ties (1993)- Stanley R. Jaffe Produced School Ties (1993)
Anthony Page Directed The Missiles of October (1974)
Elliott Kastner Produced Russian Roulette (1978)
Glenn Jordan Directed Delta County, U.S.A. (1977)
Buzz Kulik Directed The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Scott McGehee Directed The Deep End (2002)- Bill Finnegan Produced The Babe (1992)
Kip Niven Also in The Hindenburg (1975)
Stanley Mann Wrote Russian Roulette and Meteor
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The Godfather Part II 1974
The Game 1997
The China Syndrome 1979
The War of the Roses 1989
Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988
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Television 24
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He was also known to television audiences for his roles as Elmo Tyson on the primetime soap opera Flamingo Road (1981-82) and as William Mulder, the father of Fox Mulder, on The X-Files (1995-99). He won a Theatre World Award for The First Gentleman (1957), and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Bay Boy (1984).
