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Friedrich Robert Donat (/ ˈ d oʊ n æ t / DOH-nat; March 18, 1905 – June 9, 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 was a British actor who overcame a stammer and asthma to become a star of stage and screen. He won an Oscar for Goodbye, Mr. Chips and worked with Hitchcock, Korda and Reed, but declined many Hollywood offers.
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).
Robert Donat was a British actor who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1939 for his role in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips". He also starred in Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" and other classics, but retired from films due to his asthma and brain tumor.
Robert Donat was a British actor who overcame a stammer and asthma to become a stage and film star. He won an Oscar for Goodbye, Mr. Chips and worked with Hitchcock in The 39 Steps, but declined many Hollywood offers and died young.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Robert Donat, Greer Garson and directed by Sam Wood. Based on the 1934 novella of the same name by James Hilton, the film is about Mr. Chipping, a beloved aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school, who recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
In 1953, the Old Vic Theatre in London invited one of Britain’s finest actors, Robert Donat, to play the part of Becket in a new production directed by Robert Helpmann. It was an enormous challenge for the ailing actor, who had long suffered from crippling bouts of asthma and who would die five years later from a brain tumour after collapsing ...
