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Robert Donat is a Actor, Director, Writer and Producer British born on 18 march 1905 at Withington (United-kingdom)

Robert Donat

Robert Donat
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Birth name Friedrich Robert Donat
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 march 1905 at Withington (United-kingdom)
Death 9 june 1958 (at 53 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Academy Award for Best Actor

Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English film and stage actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), the latter for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Donat was also a successful stage actor, despite the challenge of chronic asthma from which he suffered.

Best films

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
(1958)
(Actor) Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(1939)
(Actor) The Citadel
The Citadel
(1938)
(Actor) The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933)
(Actor)

Usually with

Alexander Korda
Alexander Korda
(7 films)
Freddie Young
Freddie Young
(5 films)
Dame Thora Hird
Dame Thora Hird
(2 films)
Arthur Wimperis
Arthur Wimperis
(5 films)
Jack E. Cox
Jack E. Cox
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Donat (23 films)

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Actor

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
, 2h38
Directed by Mark Robson, Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Children's films
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat, Michael David, Richard Wattis, Athene Seyler
Roles The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
Rating71% 3.5959053.5959053.5959053.5959053.595905
The story begins with Aylward (Ingrid Bergman) being rejected as a potential missionary to China because of her lack of education. Dr. Robinson (Moultrie Kelsall), the senior missionary, feels sorry for her and secures her a position in the home of a veteran explorer with contacts in China. Over the next few months, Aylward saves her money to purchase a ticket on the Trans-Siberian railway, choosing the more dangerous overland route to the East because it is less expensive.
Lease of Life
Lease of Life (1954)
, 1h34
Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Donat, Adrienne Corri, Kay Walsh, Denholm Elliott, Walter Fitzgerald, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Rev William Thorne
Rating67% 3.387083.387083.387083.387083.38708
William Thorne (Robert Donat) is the vicar of the village of Hinton St. John, living with wife Vera (Kay Walsh) and daughter Susan (Adrienne Corri), an exceptionally gifted pianist. Although the focus of the local community, the Thornes live a life of having to struggle and scrimp to make ends meet financially. Vera is a typical clergy wife, having to sublimate her own needs and desires to the exigencies of her husband's career, as a result tending to live life vicariously through her daughter, whose musical gifts she is determined must not be wasted.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box (1952)
, 1h58
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, Robert Beatty, Margaret Rutherford, Janette Scott
Roles William Friese-Greene
Rating69% 3.491393.491393.491393.491393.49139
In 1921, William Friese-Greene, in dire financial straits and separated from his wife, but still working, attends a film conference in London. He is saddened that all the attendees are businessmen interested only in moneymaking. He attempts to speak, but no-one is interested and he sits down. He thinks back to his early pioneering days.
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy (1948)
, 1h57
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford, Neil North, Jack Watling
Roles Sir Robert Morton
Rating75% 3.7894553.7894553.7894553.7894553.789455
Ronnie Winslow (Neil North), a cadet at the Royal Naval College, is accused of the theft of a postal order. An internal enquiry which grants him no chance of defence, finds him guilty and his father, Arthur Winslow (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), is requested to remove his son from the college. Unwilling to accept the verdict, Winslow and his daughter Catherine institute their own enquiries and engage a friend and family solicitor, Desmond Curry (Basil Radford) to assist them, including the briefing of the best barrister in England at the time, Sir Robert Morton (Robert Donat), should the case come to court.
Captain Boycott
Captain Boycott (1947)
, 1h32
Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Cecil Parker, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim, Noel Purcell
Roles Charles Stewart Parnell
Rating63% 3.1949953.1949953.1949953.1949953.194995
During the period of Irish history known as The Land War, Irish tenant farmers were being squeezed dry by absentee English landlords. Some resorted to the gun to achieve justice, but others, inspired by the Irish statesman Charles Stewart Parnell (played in a cameo role by Robert Donat), shunned violence and adopted a form of passive resistance. The farmers are led by Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger), who, with the help of the local priest, Father McKeogh (Alastair Sim), encourages his fellow tenants to ostracize their land agent, the bombastic Captain Boycott (Cecil Parker). There is a love interest in the form of Ann Killain (Kathleen Ryan), whose father is also shunned for taking up a farm from which another farmer had been evicted. The resultant stand-off attracts international news coverage and will ultimately introduce a new word – to boycott – to the English language.
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (1945)
, 1h42
Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns, Ann Todd, Roland Culver, Elliott Mason
Roles Robert Wilson
Rating70% 3.5429153.5429153.5429153.5429153.542915
Robert and Cathy Wilson (Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr) are a timid married couple in 1940 London. He is a bookkeeper, she a bored housewife. However, their tedium-filled lives are drastically changed by the war. He enlists in the Royal Navy, while she (against his wishes) joins the Wrens. During the three years the couple are apart, they are transformed, each becoming much more self-confident.
The Adventures of Tartu
The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
, 1h51
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns, Josephine Wilson, Martin Miller
Roles Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
Rating68% 3.4409253.4409253.4409253.4409253.440925
British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday wartime job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the chemical plant where it is being manufactured.
The New Lot
The New Lot (1943)
, 43minutes
Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Robert Donat, John Laurie, Bernard Miles, Peter Ustinov, Raymond Huntley, Geoffrey Keen
Roles Actor
Rating70% 3.514353.514353.514353.514353.51435
En 1942, un convoi de l'armée britannique est en route vers le front dans le désert en Afrique du Nord. Après qu'on a ordonné aux soldats de détruire leurs documents personnels, Harry Fife et Art Wallace examinent une photographie prise à la fin de leur période d'entraînement en Angleterre.
The Young Mr. Pitt
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
, 1h58
Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Children's films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, John Mills, Jean Cadell, Raymond Lovell
Roles William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
Rating67% 3.385163.385163.385163.385163.38516
1783. Le Parlement est conduit par une coalition entre Charles James Fox et Lord Frederick North. Le roi George III, qui ne les aime guère, est satisfait lorsqu'ils commencent à perdre de leur influence et décide de nommer Premier ministre William Pitt le Jeune. Pitt, dont le père, le comte de Chatham, était un important homme d'état, a seulement 24 ans et il a du mal à être pris au sérieux par les autres hommes politiques. Néanmoins, Pitt est déterminé à lutter contre la corruption et à redonner à l'Angleterre une place importante. Il décide de dissoudre le Parlement et, après qu'il a gagné largement les élections, il s'installe au 10 Downing Street et travaille à plusieurs réformes, y compris le renforcement de la Royal Navy.
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
, 11minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Clark Gable, Greer Garson, W. S. Van Dyke, Hedy Lamarr
Roles Self
Rating54% 2.720372.720372.720372.720372.72037
The film starts with a brief introduction to the work of Thomas A. Edison and a clip from William K.L. Dickson's Dickson Experimental Sound Film (c. 1894). Douglas Shearer then presents a behind the scenes look at the filming of W.S. Van Dyke's Bitter Sweet (1940) featuring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy to explain how the sound is recorded. A scene from King Vidor's Comrade X (1940) featuring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr is used to demonstrate the final result. The film concludes with a montage from trailers for coming MGM pictures and a Technicolor screen test of Greer Garson for Mervyn LeRoy's Blossoms in the Dust (1941).
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
, 1h54
Directed by Victor Saville, Sam Wood
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Robert Donat, Greer Garson, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Terry Kilburn, Judith Furse
Roles Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
Rating78% 3.9464953.9464953.9464953.9464953.946495
In 1928, Mr Chipping (Robert Donat), a retired schoolteacher of 83, is kept home by a cold. He falls asleep and his school teaching career is related in flashback.
The Citadel
The Citadel (1938)
, 1h50
Directed by King Vidor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Emlyn Williams, Penelope Dudley-Ward
Roles Dr. Andrew Manson
Rating70% 3.5431153.5431153.5431153.5431153.543115
Dr. Andrew Manson (Robert Donat) is an idealistic newly qualified Scottish doctor dedicated to treating Welsh miners suffering from tuberculosis in the Welsh mining village of Blaenely and apprentice to Dr. Page (Basil Gill). Initially, he is full of lofty scientific goals, though his purpose erodes when he later moves to London to treat rich hypochondriacs, where a chance encounter with a medical school chum Dr. Frederick Lawford (Rex Harrison) leads to his quiet seduction by an ethically challenged medical establishment. Christine (Rosalind Russell), his wife tries to set him back on the original path. Dr. Philip Denny (Ralph Richardson), Manson's best friend, dies at the hands of an incompetent, social-climbing surgeon.