1-629-842 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Robert Donat (1905-1958), British actor, c1930s-c1940s. Signed photograph. Born Friedrich Robert Donath, Donat made his film debut in 1932. He is best remembered for his performances in The Ghost Goes West (1935), The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939). He was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for the latter. A chronic asthmatic, he died not long after completing his last film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, in 1958.