Robert Donat

Born: 1905-03-18

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.


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Perfect Strangers

as Robert Wilson
Released: 1945-10-15

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

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The 39 Steps

as Richard Hannay
Released: 1935-06-06

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a...

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That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-16

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...

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The Count of Monte Cristo

as Edmond Dantes
Released: 1934-09-06

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering...

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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
Released: 1958-12-11

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not...

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
Released: 1939-07-28

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

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The Citadel

as Dr. Andrew Manson
Released: 1938-10-29

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his...

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The Winslow Boy

as Sir Robert Morton
Released: 1948-09-24

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his...

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The Private Life of Henry VIII

as Thomas Culpeper
Released: 1933-08-17

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With...

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The Ghost Goes West

as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
Released: 1935-12-17

Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor,...

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1940-07-31

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...

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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self
Released: 1940-10-24

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes...

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1972-01-10

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...

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The Adventures of Tartu

as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
Released: 1943-10-01

British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than...

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The Magic Box

as William Friese-Greene
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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Knight Without Armour

as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
Released: 1937-07-23

British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution...

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)
Released: 1944-01-01

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-07-02

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips...

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The New Lot

as Actor
Released: 1943-01-01

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment,...

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Captain Boycott

as Charles Stewart Parnell
Released: 1947-08-26

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when...

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Cash

as Paul Martin
Released: 1933-10-08

A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some...

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The Young Mr. Pitt

as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham
Released: 1942-09-21

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

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Lease of Life

as Rev William Thorne
Released: 1954-10-18

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life...

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Hitchcock: The Early Years

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1999-10-07

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

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The Cure for Love

as Sergeant Jack Hardacre
Released: 1949-12-29

Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending...

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That Night in London

as Dick Warren
Released: 1932-08-01

A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl...

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Men of Tomorrow

as Julian Angell
Released: 1932-09-29

In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Richard Hannay (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

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

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Hannay (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

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

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