Deceased
How Did Robert Donat Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 53Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor as the gentle English schoolmaster Mr. Chips.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearMovie | Self (archive footage) | 104 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 78 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie | (archive footage) | 71 |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 67 |
| 1958 | The Inn of the Sixth HappinessMovie | The Mandarin of Yang Cheng | 53 |
| 1954 | Lease of LifeMovie | Rev William Thorne | 49 |
| 1952 | The Magic BoxMovie | William Friese-Greene | 47 |
| 1948 | The Winslow BoyMovie | Sir Robert Morton | 43 |
| 1947 | Captain BoycottMovie | Charles Stewart Parnell | 42 |
| 1945 | Perfect StrangersMovie | Robert Wilson | 40 |
| 1944 | Twenty Years AfterMovie | (archive footage) | 39 |
| 1943 | The New LotMovie | Actor | 38 |
| 1943 | The Adventures of TartuMovie | Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu | 38 |
| 1942 | The Young Mr. PittMovie | William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham | 37 |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundMovie | Self | 35 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovie | Self (archive footage) | 35 |
| 1939 | Goodbye, Mr. ChipsMovie | Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips' | 34 |
| 1938 | The CitadelMovie | Dr. Andrew Manson | 33 |
| 1937 | Knight Without ArmourMovie | Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov | 32 |
| 1935 | The Ghost Goes WestMovie | Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie | 30 |
| 1935 | The 39 StepsMovie | Richard Hannay | 30 |
| 1934 | The Count of Monte CristoMovie | Edmond Dantes | 29 |
| 1933 | CashMovie | Paul Martin | 28 |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIIIMovie | Thomas Culpeper | 28 |
| 1932 | Men of TomorrowMovie | Julian Angell | 27 |
| 1932 | That Night in LondonMovie | Dick Warren | 27 |