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Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Robert Donat. Actor: The 39 Steps. Robert Donat's pleasant voice and somewhat neutral English accent were carefully honed as a boy because he had a stammer and took elocution lessons starting at age 11 to overcome the impediment. It was not too surprising that freedom from such a vocal embarrassment was encouragement to act.
- January 1, 1
- Withington, Manchester, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
Mar 28, 2017 · But the evening included one astonishing upset when the statuette for Best Actor, which everyone assumed would go to Gable, went instead to a British player who few in Hollywood actually knew. His name was Robert Donat, and sadly, he is all but forgotten today.
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March 18, 1905 · Withington, Manchester, England, UK. Died. June 9, 1958 · London, England, UK (cerebral thrombosis due to brain tumor) Birth name. Friederich Robert Donat. Nicknames. Don. Fritz. Height. 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Bio.
- March 18, 1905
- June 9, 1958
Biography. Robert Donat (1905-1958) In the 1930’s and 40’s, Robert Donat was a household name, Britain’s answer to the big Hollywood stars (his beautiful voice, versatility, charisma, and mastery of stage and screen acting making him a better actor than many of them). Now, a little more than fifty years after he died, he is revered by ...
Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock 's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Robert Donat stars in (1934) as the forgotten prisoner executing his long-planned revenge. An undercover agent (Robert Donat) battles Nazis to save an aviation plant in (1943). A cold-hearted teacher becomes the school favorite when he falls for a beautiful young woman in (1939) with Robert Donat.