Robert Donat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Donat

British actor

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1905

Place of Birth: Withington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Jun-1958

Profession: character actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English film and stage actor.
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 "The British cinema's one undisputed romantic leading man in the 1930s".
"The image he projected was that of the romantic idealist, often with a dash of the gentleman adventurer."Donat suffered from chronic asthma, which affected his career and limited him to appearing in only 20 films.