Robert Donat (1905-1958)
50.3 TOPICAL actor score · #555 of 1,977 actors
Robert Donat (1905-1958) has a TOPICAL actor score of 50.3 - ranked 555 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are their movies and acting honours. They've won 1 acting honour from 2 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1933-1942. Best films: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), The 39 Steps (1935), The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours83
Prime62
Their movies84
Credits3
Career standing64
- Acting honours1 win, 2 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor
- Prime1933-1942
- Credits18 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 4 scored films (4 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 52 languages
“In his book, The Age of the Dream Palace, Jeffrey Richards wrote that Donat was "British cinema's one undisputed romantic leading man in the 1930s".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 6/10
Robert Donat's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,335 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1939 | 1 |
| 1,769 | The 39 Steps | 1935 | 1 |
| 2,016 | The Private Life of Henry VIII | 1933 | 2 |
| 2,316 | The Citadel | 1938 | 1 |