Robert Donat - Actor Profile

Robert Donat

29Movies
7.5 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Self (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
2001 A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years Self (archive footage) ★ 6.5 HIT
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 6.5 HIT
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) ★ 6.9 HIT
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor Self (archive footage) ★ 6.0 FLOP
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) ★ 6.0 FLOP
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness The Mandarin of Yang Cheng ★ 6.7 HIT
1954 Lease of Life Rev William Thorne ★ 7.4 HIT
1952 The Magic Box William Friese-Greene ★ 6.4 FLOP
1949 The Cure for Love Sergeant Jack Hardacre ★ 6.0 FLOP
1948 The Winslow Boy Sir Robert Morton ★ 6.9 HIT
1947 Captain Boycott Charles Stewart Parnell ★ 6.8 HIT
1945 Perfect Strangers Robert Wilson ★ 6.6 HIT
1944 Twenty Years After (archive footage) ★ 6.0 FLOP
1943 The Adventures of Tartu Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu ★ 6.2 FLOP
1943 The New Lot Actor ★ 0.0 FLOP
1942 The Young Mr. Pitt William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham ★ 5.7 FLOP
1940 A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound Self ★ 6.7 HIT
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Self (archive footage) ★ 6.5 HIT
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips' ★ 7.4 HIT
1938 The Citadel Dr. Andrew Manson ★ 6.5 HIT
1937 Knight Without Armour Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov ★ 5.6 FLOP
1935 The Ghost Goes West Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie ★ 6.6 HIT
1935 The 39 Steps Richard Hannay ★ 7.3 HIT
1934 The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes ★ 6.7 HIT
1933 Cash Paul Martin ★ 4.6 FLOP
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII Thomas Culpeper ★ 6.4 FLOP
1932 Men of Tomorrow Julian Angell ★ 0.0 FLOP
1932 That Night in London Dick Warren ★ 0.0 FLOP