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Robert Donat


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  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips review by from Reading, England
    Rated - 5 stars Welcome Mr Chips!! 1 November 2004
    ...The reason why Robert Donat scooped the Oscar for best male actor in 1939 against Clark Gable's 'Rhett Butler' in 'Gone with the wind' is very clear to see when one sees th...  
  • The Winslow Boy
  • The Winslow Boy review by karlhor from Beverley
    Rated - 5 stars PERFECT EXAMPLE OF BRITISH CINEMA AT ITS FINEST 22 May 2009
    ...film, but it is thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless. Much of the credit must go to Robert Donat, who turns in another consummate performance as the high-flying barrister/polit...  

Robert Donat - filmography


  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Robert Donat,  Greer Garson,  Terry Kilburn
    Director: Sam Wood
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the novel by James Hilton, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS is the story of a shy schoolteacher who dedicates his life to his boys. In an Oscar-winning performance, Robert Donat plays Mr. Chipping, a young classics scholar en route to his first assignment at the reputable Brookfield school. Although his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,404 members
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  • The Ghost Goes West
  • The Ghost Goes West (1935)
    Starring: Robert Donat,  Jean Parker,  Eugene Pallette
    Director: Rene Clair
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    An American family inherit an old Scottish castle and decide to ship it to Florida. Soon thereafter, it is found that the castle is haunted by a charming 200 year-old ghost. Classic comedy.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 9 members
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  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
    Starring: Robert Donat
    Director: Rowland V Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau d'If without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on Elba. After being told that he died in prison, his fiance Mercedes is forced to marry his rival De Villefort. Twenty years later, Dantes escapes with the help of the Abbe Faria, who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 26 members
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  • Ghost Goes West
  • Ghost Goes West to Watch Now (1936)
    Starring: Robert Donat,  Jean Parker,  Eugene Pallette
    Director: Rene Clair,  René Clair
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 82 minutes
    An American businessman's family convinces him to buy a Scottish castle and disassemble it to ship it to America brick by brick, where it will be put it back together. The castle though is not the only part of the deal, with it goes the several-hundred year old ghost who haunts it.
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Robert Donat facts

5 most recent films

Inn Of The Sixth Happiness - 3.5 stars
The Magic Box - 3.5 stars
The Winslow Boy - 3.5 stars
Goodbye, Mr. Chips - 3.5 stars
The Ghost Goes West - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Goodbye, Mr. Chips - 3.5 stars
Inn Of The Sixth Happiness - 3.5 stars
The 39 Steps - 3.5 stars
The Magic Box - 3.5 stars
The Winslow Boy - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Ghost Goes West - 2.5 stars
The Count of Monte Cristo - 3.0 stars
Alfred Hitchcock - The British Years - 3.5 stars
The Private Life Of Henry VIII - 3.5 stars
The Winslow Boy - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Elsa Lanchester - 3 times - show films
Madeleine Carroll - 2 times - show films
Eugene Pallette - 2 times - show films
Kathleen Harrison - 2 times - show films
Jean Parker - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Alfred Hitchcock - 2 times - show films
Rene Clair - 2 times - show films
Rowland V Lee - 1 times - show films
Alexander Korda - 1 times - show films
Anthony Asquith - 1 times - show films