Search results
Robert Donat. Actor: The 39 Steps. Robert Donat's pleasant voice and somewhat neutral English accent were carefully honed as a boy because he had a stammer and took elocution lessons starting at age 11 to overcome the impediment. It was not too surprising that freedom from such a vocal embarrassment was encouragement to act. His other handicap, acute asthma, did not deter him. At the age of 16 he began...
Robert Donat was born Friedrich Robert Donat in Withington, Manchester, England on March 18, 1905. Intrigued by the prospect of being either a stage or screen actor, Donat first needed to overcome a pronounced stammer, which he was able to eventually do with the assistance of an elocutionist, who also helped him adopt a more neutral accent.
The miracle of Thomas Becket’s elbow and Robert Donat’s voice. 12Dec. On 29 December 1170, four knights loyal to King Henry II of England murdered Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the city’s cathedral. More than eight centuries later, a bone fragment believed to be from Becket’s elbow was temporarily brought from Esztergom ...
Robert Donat was born on 18 March 1905 to Ernst Emil Donat, who was a civil engineer and Rose Alice (née Green) at Withington, Manchester. He was the youngest child of his parent’s four children. Donat was educated at the Central High School for Boys, now known as Manchester Academy.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Robert Donat, Greer Garson and directed by Sam Wood.Based on the 1934 novella of the same name by James Hilton, the film is about Mr. Chipping, a beloved aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school, who recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Robert Donat. Highest Rated: 100% The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) Lowest Rated: 50% Men of Tomorrow (1932) Birthday: Mar 18, 1905. Birthplace: Withington, Manchester, England, UK. One of ...
Robert Donat and Louise Hampton in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). Goodbye, Mr. Chips, British film drama, released in 1939, that was based on James Hilton ’s highly successful novel of the same name. Robert Donat and Greer Garson in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), directed by Sam Wood. Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a touching, sentimental tale of a beloved ...
