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Robert Donat 1905 - 1958

M. (1) Ella Annesley Voysey 3 children
(2) Renee Asherson
Started out at the age of 16 performing Shakespeare and other classic roles in rep and touring companies throughout Britain. More...

Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1921 Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham Julius Caesar Lucius .. ..... .. ..
1924 His Majesty's Theatre Mary Read .... .. ..... .. ..
1925 Winter Gardens, Manchester .. ..... .. ..... .. ..
1926 Opera House, Wakefield .. ..... .. ..... .. ..
1927 Theatre Royal, Huddersfield .. ..... .. ..... .. ..
1928 Wimbledon Theatre The Merry wives of Windsor Rugby .. ..... .. ..
1928 Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Merchant of Venice .... .. ..... .. ..
1928 .... Monsier Beaucaire .... .. ..... .. ..
1929 Festival Theatre, Cambridge Iphigenia in Taurus Orestes .. ..... .. ..
1929 Festival Theatre, Cambridge Naked Grotti .. ..... .. ..
1929 Festival Theatre, Cambridge The Rivals Jack Absolute .. ..... .. ..
1929 Festival Theatre, Cambridge Measure for Measure Angelo .. ..... .. ..
1930 Playhouse, Liverpool Mary Rose Simon and Harry Blake .. ..... .. ..
1930 Ambassadors Theatre Knave and Quean Cartwright .. ..... .. ..
1930 Malvern Festival .... .... .. ..... .. ..
1930 - 1931 Embassy Theatre The Liar Ottavio .. ..... .. ..
1930 - 1931 Embassy Theatre The Witch Martin .. ..... .. ..
1930 - 1931 Embassy Theatre Precious Bane Gideon Sarn .. ..... .. ..
1930 - 1931 Embassy Theatre Lady in Waiting King Yovan .. ..... .. ..
1931 His Majesty's Theatre Saint Joan Dunois .. ..... .. ..
1931 Kingsway Theatre The Heir Jack Barton .. ..... .. ..
1931 Malvern Festival Hick Scorner ..... .. ..... .. ..
1931 Malvern Festival A Woman Killed with Kindness ..... .. ..... .. ..
1931 Malvern Festival A Trip to Scarborough ..... .. ..... .. ..
1931 St James's Theatre A Trip to Scarborough Loveless .. ..... .. ..
1931 Savoy Theatre Salome Young Syrian .. ..... .. ..
1931 St Martins Theatre Lady in Waiting King Yovan .. ..... .. ..
1931 Embassy Theatre Mary Broome Leonard Timbrell .. ..... .. ..
1932 St Martins Theatre Precious Bane Gideon Sarn .. ..... That Night in London Dick Warren
1932 Malvern Festival .. ..... .. ..... Men of Tomorrow Julian Angell
1933 Piccadilly A Sleeping Clergyman Charles Cameron .. ..... Cash Paul Martin
1933 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Private Life of Henry VIII Thomas Culpeper
1934 His Majesty's Theatre Mary Read Edward Earle .. ..... The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes
1935 .. Henry IV pt 1 ..... .. ..... The 39 Steps Richard Hannay
1935 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Ghost Goes West Murdoch Glourie/Donald Glourie
1936 Queens Theatre Red Night Private John Hardcastle .. ..... .. ..
1937 .. .. ..... .. ..... Knight Without Armour Peter Ouronov
1938 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Citadel Dr. Andrew Manson
1939 Buxton Festival Romeo and Juliet Romeo .. ..... Goodbye, Mr. Chips Mr. Chipping
1939 Tour including The Buxton Festival The Devil's Disciple Dick Dudgeon .. ..... .... ....
1939 Buxton Festival The Good Natured Man Croaker .. ..... .... ....
1940 Tour / Piccadilly Theatre The Devil's Disciple ..... .. ..... .. ..
1942 Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff To Dream Again William Shakespeare .. ..... The Young Mr. Pitt William Pitt/The Earl of Chatham
1943 Cambridge Theatre Heartbreak House Captain Shotover .. ..... The New Lot Actor
1943 .. .. ..... .. ..... Sabotage Agent Captain Terence Stevenson
1944 St. James's Theatre Glass Slipper Producer .. ..... .. ..
1944 Opera House, Manchester Emma Producer .. ..... .. ..
1944 King's Theatre, Glasgow It Depends What You Mean Producer .. ..... .. ..
1945 St. James's Theatre Emma Producer .. ..... Perfect Strangers Robert Wilson
1945 Westminster Theatre The Cure for Love Jack Hardacre .. ..... .. ..
1946 Aldwych Theatre Much Ado About Nothing Benedick .. ..... .. ..
1947 Criterion Theatre A Sleeping Clergyman Charles Cameron .. ..... Captain Boycott Charles Stewart Parnell
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Winslow Boy Sir Robert Morton
1950 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Cure for Love Sergeant Jack Hardacre
1951 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Magic Box William Friese-Greene
1952 Old Vic Murder in the Cathedral ..... .. ..... .. ..
1954 .. .. ..... .. ..... Lease of Life Rev. William Thorne
1958 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Inn of the Sixth Happiness The Mandarin of Yang Cheng
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