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.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Known For
The 39 Steps
(1935)
Richard Hannay
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(1939)
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
Perfect Strangers
(1945)
Robert Wilson
The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933)
Thomas Culpeper
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
(1958)
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Men of Tomorrow
(1932)
Julian Angell
That Night in London
(1932)
Dick Warren
The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933)
Thomas Culpeper
Cash
(1933)
Paul Martin
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1934)
Edmond Dantes
The 39 Steps
(1935)
Richard Hannay
The Ghost Goes West
(1935)
Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
Knight Without Armour
(1937)
Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
The Citadel
(1938)
Dr. Andrew Manson
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(1939)
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(1940)
Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
(1940)
Self
The Young Mr. Pitt
(1942)
William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
The Adventures of Tartu
(1943)
Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
The New Lot
(1943)
Actor
Twenty Years After
(1944)
(archive footage)
Perfect Strangers
(1945)
Robert Wilson
Captain Boycott
(1947)
Charles Stewart Parnell
The Winslow Boy
(1948)
Sir Robert Morton
The Cure for Love
(1949)
Sergeant Jack Hardacre
The Magic Box
(1952)
William Friese-Greene
Lease of Life
(1954)
Rev William Thorne
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
(1958)
The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(1972)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitchcock: The Early Years
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
Directing
Production