Gender: Male
Birthplace: Withington, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Birthday: 3-18-1905
Birth Name: Friedrich Robert Donath
Date of Death: 6-9-1958
Cause of Death: & Place of death: Chronic Asthma Attack, London, England, United Kingdom
Robert Donat was a lovely man in character and talent. Born in 1905, Donat made his first appearance on stage at age sixteen and was as widely known for his roles on stage as on film. Robert...
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| film | Men of Tomorrow (1959) as Julian Angell | |
| film | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng | |
| film | The Stained Glass At Fairford (1956) as Narrator | |
| film | Lease Of Life (1954) as Revd. William Thorne | |
| film | Cure For Love (1950) as Sergeant Jack Hardacre | |
| film | The Winslow Boy (1948) as Sir Robert Morton | |
| film | Captain Boycott (1947) as Charles Steward Parnell | |
| film | Sabotage Agent (1943) as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu |
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Robert Donat managed to do the impossible when he beat out Clark Gable for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The competition was fierce for the award in 1939 and it came as quiet a shock when Donat won with "Goodbye, Mr.Chips" over Gable in "Gone...
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Popular Robert Donat Movies
| 1. | The Thirty-Nine Steps | 1935 |
| 2. | Men of Tomorrow | 1959 |
| 3. | The Count Of Monte Cristo | 1934 |
| 4. | The Citadel | 1938 |
| 5. | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1939 |
| 6. | The 39 Steps | 1935 |
| 7. | That Night In London | 1932 |
| 8. | The Private Life Of Henry VIII | 1933 |
| 9. | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | 1958 |
| 10. | The Stained Glass At Fairford | 1956 |
