Robert Donat
English actor (1905-1958) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 53
Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), for which he won the Academy...
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Lease of LifeFilm, Rev William Thorne1949
The Cure for LoveFilm, Director, Writer1947
Captain BoycottFilm, Charles Stewart Parnell1945
Perfect StrangersFilm, Robert Wilson1943
The Adventures of TartuFilm, Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu1940Academy Award for Best ActorAward
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundFilm, 19401938
The CitadelFilm, Dr. Andrew Manson1937
Knight Without ArmourFilm, Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov1934
The Count of Monte CristoFilm, Edmond Dantes1932
Men of TomorrowFilm, Julian Angell1905Born18 March 1905Known for
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939
The 39 Steps 1935
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness 1958
The Count of Monte Cristo 1934
The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933
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Alexander Korda Produced The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Carol Reed Directed The Young Mr Pitt and The New Lot- Austin Trevor Also in Goodbye, Mr. Chips and The Young Mr Pitt
Rowland V. Lee Directed The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)- Victor Saville Produced Goodbye, Mr. Chips and The Citadel
- Arthur Wimperis Wrote The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Glynis Johns Also in The Adventures of Tartu (1943)- Eric Ambler Wrote The New Lot and The Magic Box
- William Alwyn Wrote The Magic Box and The Winslow Boy
- Albert Lieven Also in The Young Mr Pitt and The New Lot
Frank Launder Wrote The Young Mr Pitt and The Young Mr. Pitt- Kathleen Harrison Also in The Winslow Boy and The New Lot
Jack Watling Also in The Young Mr Pitt and The Young Mr. Pitt- Louis Levy Wrote The Citadel and The Young Mr Pitt
Ronald Shiner Also in The Young Mr Pitt and The Young Mr. Pitt
Zoltan Korda Directed Cash (1933)- Miles Malleson Also in Knight Without Armour and The Magic Box
Sidney Gilliat Wrote The Young Mr Pitt and The Young Mr. Pitt
Alfred Hitchcock Directed The 39 Steps (1935)
Gérard Depardieu Duets: Edmond Dantès
Peter Ustinov Also in The Magic Box and The New Lot
Jean Marais Duets: Edmond Dantès
Richard Chamberlain Duets: Edmond Dantès- James Hilton Wrote Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
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Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor as the gentle English schoolmaster Mr. Chips.
