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Biography
Friedrich Robert Donat was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor as the gentle English schoolmaster Mr. Chips.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1940
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 1958 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1939 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
1939as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
The 39 Steps
1935as Richard Hannay
1935as Richard Hannay
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976as (archive footage)
1976as (archive footage)
The Winslow Boy
1948as Sir Robert Morton
1948as Sir Robert Morton
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
1958as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934as Edmond Dantes
1934as Edmond Dantes
The Ghost Goes West
1935as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
1935as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie
Vacation from Marriage
1945as Robert Wilson
1945as Robert Wilson
The Citadel
1938as Dr. Andrew Manson
1938as Dr. Andrew Manson
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933as Thomas Culpeper
1933as Thomas Culpeper
The Adventures of Tartu
1943as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
1943as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu
Knight Without Armour
1937as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov
1937as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov