Robert Donat

Born: 18 March 1905, Manchester, Lancs.
Died: 9 June 1958, London

  • Portraits (2)

  • Men of Tomorrow (1932) (4)

  • The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933) (3)

  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) (2)

  • The 39 Steps (1935) (13)

  • The Ghost Goes West (1935) (8)

  • Knight without Armour (1937) (5)

  • The Citadel (1938) (3)

  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) (23)

  • The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) (1)

  • Perfect Strangers (1945) (2)

  • The Winslow Boy (1948) (7)

  • The Magic Box (1951) (1)

  • The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) (5)

  • Stills (1)

Highlighted works

The 39 Steps

Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock perfected his favourite thriller set-up – the innocent man on the run – with this adaptation of John Buchan’s classic adventure novel.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Robert Donat won an Oscar for best actor as the long-serving classics master in this sentimental saga of public-school duty and devotion.

Filmography

1932
1933
1934
1935
1937
1938
1939
1942
1943
1945
1947
1948
1950
1951
1954
1956
1957
1958
1966
1980