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Portrait of Robert Donat

Acting

Robert Donat

Career

Active from 1932 to 1958, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Donat Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1
  • Dark Humor
    1.7, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Piece 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • British Cinema 3
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • British History 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Emotional Resonance 2
  • Injustice 2
  • Poignant 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

3 titles · average score 76
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
GoodWatch score 87

as The Mandarin of Yang Cheng

Lease of Life
Lease of Life (1954)
GoodWatch score 71

as Rev William Thorne

The Magic Box
The Magic Box (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

as William Friese-Greene

1940s

8 titles · average score 66
The Cure for Love
The Cure for Love (1949)

as Sergeant Jack Hardacre

The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy (1948)
GoodWatch score 73

as Sir Robert Morton

Captain Boycott
Captain Boycott (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

as Charles Stewart Parnell

Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (1945)
GoodWatch score 66

as Robert Wilson

Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After (1944)

as (archive footage)

The Adventures of Tartu
The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

as Captain Terence Stevenson, aka Jan Tartu

The New Lot
The New Lot (1943)

as Actor

The Young Mr. Pitt
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

as William Pitt / The Earl of Chatham

1930s

10 titles · average score 76
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
GoodWatch score 80

as Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

The Citadel
The Citadel (1938)
GoodWatch score 78

as Dr. Andrew Manson

Knight Without Armour
Knight Without Armour (1937)
GoodWatch score 60

as Ainsley J. Fothergill / Peter Ouronov

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps (1935)
GoodWatch score 86

as Richard Hannay

The Ghost Goes West
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
GoodWatch score 80

as Murdoch Glourie / Donald Glourie

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
GoodWatch score 70

as Edmond Dantes

The Private Life of Henry VIII
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
GoodWatch score 81

as Thomas Culpeper

Cash
Cash (1933)

as Paul Martin

That Night in London
That Night in London (1932)

as Dick Warren

Men of Tomorrow
Men of Tomorrow (1932)

as Julian Angell