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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. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Donat has received more than 1,496,849 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Robert Donat is the 2,160th most popular actor (down from 2,149th in 2019), the 2,036th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,060th in 2019) and the 272nd most popular British Actor.

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  • 50

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  • 2.66

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  • 5.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Donat ranks 2,160 out of 13,578. Before him are Gig Young, Sonny Landham, Lau Kar-leung, Teresa Wright, Yūsaku Matsuda, and Vijay. After him are Étienne Decroux, Haluk Bilginer, Stuart Wilson, Brenda Vaccaro, Francesca Annis, and Jim Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Robert Donat ranks 135. Before him are Albert W. Tucker, Franz König, Frits Philips, Luigi Zampa, László Benedek, and Shojiro Sugimura. After him are Ángel Bossio, Clarence Zener, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Sven Rydell, Louis Rosier, and Grigori Kozintsev. Among people deceased in 1958, Robert Donat ranks 74. Before him are Christabel Pankhurst, Frédéric François-Marsal, Ernest Jones, Slobodan Jovanović, Stuart Lewis-Evans, and Tommy Taylor. After him are John Boland, Maurice Germot, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Varvara Stepanova, Marie Stopes, and Salama Moussa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Donat ranks 2,036 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Robert Torrens (1780), Tony Judt (1948), John Burgoyne (1722), Claude Auchinleck (1884), and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404). After him are Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), and Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Robert Donat ranks 272. Before him are Harry Andrews (1911), Robert Morley (1908), Tom Hiddleston (1981), John Wood (1930), John Mills (1908), and Lesley Manville (1956). After him are Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), Tom Courtenay (1937), Frank Finlay (1926), Anthony Dawson (1916), and James Fox (1939).

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Television and Movie Roles

The 39 Steps
Richard Hannay
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Jun 6th 19357.4 / 10
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.
Jul 28th 19397.3 / 10
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.
Sep 6th 19346.6 / 10