Robert Donat

Robert Donat

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.

  • Title: Robert Donat
  • Popularity: 5.287
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1905-03-18
  • Place of Birth: Withington, Manchester, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Friedrich Robert Donat, Роберт Донат, Friedrich Robert Donath
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Robert Donat Movies

  • 1935
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    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    7.3 1935 HD

    Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1939
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    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    7.326 1939 HD

    A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1933
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    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    6.3 1933 HD

    Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Charles Laughton

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  • 1958
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    The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

    The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

    6.687 1958 HD

    All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Ingrid Bergman

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  • 1934
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    The Count of Monte Cristo

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    6.706 1934 HD

    After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1943
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    The Adventures of Tartu

    The Adventures of Tartu

    6.2 1943 HD

    British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1952
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    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.3 1952 HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1938
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    The Citadel

    The Citadel

    6.3 1938 HD

    Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1948
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    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    6.9 1948 HD

    In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1937
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    Knight Without Armour

    Knight Without Armour

    5.6 1937 HD

    British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Marlene Dietrich

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  • 1972
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    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    6 1972 HD

    A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dick Cavett

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  • 1935
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    The Ghost Goes West

    The Ghost Goes West

    6.5 1935 HD

    Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1945
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    Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

    6.587 1945 HD

    After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bud Abbott

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  • 1933
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    Cash

    Cash

    4.571 1933 HD

    A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Edmund Gwenn

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  • 1954
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    Lease of Life

    Lease of Life

    7.4 1954 HD

    The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1947
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    Captain Boycott

    Captain Boycott

    6.5 1947 HD

    Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Stewart Granger

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    6 1973 HD

    Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: King Vidor

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  • 1943
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    The New Lot

    The New Lot

    1 1943 HD

    A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.

    Genre: War

    Cast: John Laurie

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  • 1942
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    The Young Mr. Pitt

    The Young Mr. Pitt

    5.4 1942 HD

    This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1932
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    Men of Tomorrow

    Men of Tomorrow

    1 1932 HD

    In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Joan Gardner

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  • 1932
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    That Night in London

    That Night in London

    1 1932 HD

    A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1940
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.5 1940 HD

    This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Carey Wilson

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Fred Astaire

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  • 1944
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    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

    6 1944 HD

    This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Frank Whitbeck

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  • 1940
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    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    6.7 1940 HD

    This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Douglas Shearer

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  • 1949
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    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    1 1949 HD

    Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 2009
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    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    7.5 2009 HD

    This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kenneth Branagh

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  • 1999
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    Hitchcock: The Early Years

    Hitchcock: The Early Years

    6.3 1999 HD

    This documentary covers Hitchcock's early British career, up to his move to America in 1940.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Roy Ward Baker

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  • 1949
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    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    1 1949 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1949
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    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    1 1949 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1949
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    The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

    1 1949 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Robert Donat

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  • 1962
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1962 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Alfred Hitchcock

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  • 1962
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1962 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Alfred Hitchcock

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