Friedrich Robert Donat Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and in Goodbye, Mr. Chips for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Full Name
Friedrich Robert Donat
Net Worth
$400,000
Date Of Birth
March 18, 1905
Died
1958-06-09
Death Cause
Cerebral thrombosis
Place Of Birth
Withington, Manchester, England, UK
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Occupation
Actor
Profession
Actor, Director, Writer
Spouse
Ella Annesley Voysey
Nicknames
Robert Donat, Donat, Robert
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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[on his role in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)] "As soon as I put the moustache on, I felt the part, even if I did look like a great airedale come out of a puddle."
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The chief thing in my mind was that I must appear dashing. I distinctly remember in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) pulling my shoulders back and trying to look handsome.
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One of the reasons why so few actors are successful both on the stage and on the screen is that too many film actors look upon filming as a rather boring, well-paid job. Their performances in front of the camera, if also rather boring, are not quite so much of a joke.
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I never had any real security in my life until I found the false security of stardom.
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Fact
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His first wife Ella was remarried in 1956, becoming Ella Hall. She passed away in Sussex in the summer of 1994, aged 91.
Campaigned to be cast against type as Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist (1948), but Robert Newton was cast in the part instead.
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Lobbied for the role of the Chorus in Henry V (1944), but Leslie Banks was cast instead.
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Father of 1 daughter, Joanna Donat (born 1931) and 2 sons, John Donat (born 1933) and Brian Donat (born 1936) with his first wife, Ella Annesley Voysey.
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When he died in 1958, he left none of his $70,000 estate to wife, Renee Asherson. Instead his estate was divided among his three children, Joanna, John and Brian.
He did not feel comfortable with Hollywood, so Hollywood came to him, filming mostly in England.
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He was originally scheduled to play the title role in Captain Blood (1935) but withdrew before shooting began, which created an opportunity for Errol Flynn to become a star.
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His last words on screen are: "We shall not see each other again, I think". "Farewell, Jen-Ai". (Spoken to 'Ingrid Bergman's' character 'Jen-Ai' ("the one who loves people") in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)). He passed away shortly after filming was completed.
