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.

KNOWN FOR

The 39 Steps
1935
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
The Citadel
1938
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Twenty Years After
1944
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
29
Directing
1
Writing
1
Producing
1
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2000
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1958
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
1954
Lease of Life
as Rev William Thorne
1952
The Magic Box
as William Friese-Greene
1949
The Cure for Love
as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
1948
The Winslow Boy
as Sir Robert Morton
1947
Captain Boycott
as Charles Stewart Parnell
1945
Perfect Strangers
as Robert Wilson
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
The Adventures of Tartu
as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
1943
The New Lot
as Actor
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
1938
The Citadel
as Dr. Andrew Manson
1937
Knight Without Armour
as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
1935
The 39 Steps
as Richard Hannay
1935
The Ghost Goes West
as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantes
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Thomas Culpeper
1933
Cash
as Paul Martin
1932
Men of Tomorrow
as Julian Angell
1932
That Night in London
as Dick Warren