Robert Donat | |
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![]() Donat in 1935 | |
Born | Friedrich Robert Donat 18 March 1905 Withington, Manchester, England |
Died | 9 June 1958 London, England | (aged 53)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1921–1958 |
Spouses | |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Peter Donat (nephew) Richard Donat (nephew) |
Friedrich Robert Donat (/ˈdoʊnæt/ DOH-nat; March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958) was an English actor.[1] 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.
In his book, The Age of the Dream Palace, Jeffrey Richards wrote that Donat was "British cinema's one undisputed romantic leading man in the 1930s".[2] "The image he projected was that of the romantic idealist, often with a dash of the gentleman adventurer."[3]
Donat suffered from chronic asthma, which affected his career and limited him to appearing in only 19 films.[4]
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