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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7278 |
| Birthday | 1905-03-18 |
| Place of Birth | Withington, Manchester, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Friedrich Robert Donat, Роберт Донат, Friedrich Robert Donath, |
1935
The 39 Steps
7.304/1086
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 a...
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The 39 Steps
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.4/142
Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Br...
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
6.402/97
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second betrothed, executed on charges o...
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
1958
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
6.833/87
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was where she belonged. Unqualified to be sent as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic t...
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1934
The Count of Monte Cristo
6.8/64
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact reve...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
1943
The Adventures of Tartu
6.2/18
British Captain Terence Stevenson accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing undetonated bombs. Fluent in Romanian an...
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The Adventures of Tartu
1952
The Magic Box
6.52/25
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first w...
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The Magic Box
1938
The Citadel
6.4/35
Young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor Andrew Manson arrives in Wales and takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at th...
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The Citadel
1948
The Winslow Boy
6.983/29
In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
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The Winslow Boy
1937
Knight Without Armour
5.895/19
In the last days of Czarist Russia, Russian-speaking Briton A.J. Fothergill is enlisted by his government to go undercover as Bolshevik radical Peter...
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Knight Without Armour
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
7.2/4
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 th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1935
The Ghost Goes West
6.654/39
Peggy Martin, daughter of a wealthy American businessman, persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie. As the castle is...
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The Ghost Goes West
1945
Perfect Strangers
6.648/27
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
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Perfect Strangers
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7/3
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1933
Cash
4.9/8
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 cas...
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Cash
1954
Lease of Life
7.4/8
William Thorne, vicar of a small village, leads a modest life as a clergyman. Supporting his wife Vera and musically talented daughter Susan with his...
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Lease of Life
1947
Captain Boycott
7.2/10
In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights,...
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Captain Boycott
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
6.5/2
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1943
The New Lot
8/1
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
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The New Lot
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
6.2/9
In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls fo...
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The Young Mr. Pitt
1932
Men of Tomorrow
8/1
In the years after his graduation Allen Shepherd has become a successful novelist and has married Jane Anderson. A firm proponent of traditional sex r...
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Men of Tomorrow
1932
That Night in London
10/1
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 the money...
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That Night in London
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.3/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
7/44
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 num...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
6.75/8
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 tal...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1944
Twenty Years After
8/2
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Twenty Years After
1949
The Cure for Love
7/3
A sergeant returns from war to his contemptible fiancée, intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a charming new lo...
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The Cure for Love
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
7.5/12
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2000
A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early Years
7.2/5
Focussing on his early career, this profile looks at director Alfred Hitchcock’s breakthrough in silent films, acclaimed thrillers such as “The 39 Ste...
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