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Robert Donat

1905 - 1958

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Friedrich Robert Donat ( DOH-nat; 18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Donat is the 2,325th most popular actor (down from 2,158th in 2019), the 2,338th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,037th in 2019) and the 298th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Robert Donat ranks 2,325 out of 13,578. Before him are Jean Acker, Carey Lowell, Lisa Gastoni, Leonid Bykov, Sue Lyon, and Sonja Ziemann. After him are Eileen Essell, Olivia Williams, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Lamberto Maggiorani, Dan Castellaneta, and Mira Sorvino.

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Among people born in 1905, Robert Donat ranks 146. Before him are Alex Wilson, László Benedek, Seni Pramoj, Frits Philips, Victor Kravchenko, and Anfilogino Guarisi. After him are Louis Rosier, Henry Koster, Grigori Kozintsev, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, and Edwin H. Colbert. Among people deceased in 1958, Robert Donat ranks 82. Before him are Goro Yamada, Isidora Sekulić, Maurice Germot, Roger Byrne, Salama Moussa, and László Hudec. After him are Alexandre Tuffère, Marie Stopes, Varvara Stepanova, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Aleksander Klumberg, and Ivan Yefimovich Petrov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Donat ranks 2,338 out of 8,785. Before him are Joan Hickson (1906), Francis Darwin (1848), Rupert Grint (1988), Bob Anderson (1922), Anna Russell (1807), and Gordon Milne (1937). After him are Eileen Essell (1922), Olivia Williams (1968), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), William Fox (1812), Alex Turner (1986), and Julian Lennon (1963).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Robert Donat ranks 298. Before him are Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Sarah Miles (1941), Murray Head (1946), Joan Hickson (1906), Rupert Grint (1988), and Bob Anderson (1922). After him are Eileen Essell (1922), Olivia Williams (1968), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), Cary Elwes (1962), Stephen Rea (1946), and Dudley Moore (1935).

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