Broderick Crawford

The one for motion pictures is at 6901 Hollywood Blvd., and the one for television is at 6734 Hollywood Blvd. Robert Donat was married to Ella Annesley Voysey (1929-1946) and to the British actress Renee Asherson (1953-1958). Crawford has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died from a cerebral haemorrage in London aged 53. He made several European films, but few more in Hollywood. However, he suffered from ill-health (asthma) which blighted his career, and his last role, as the Mandarin of Yang Cheng in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is memorable because it was apparent that he knew he was close to death. Dan Matthews. Donat made his first stage appearance in 1921 and his film debut in 1932 in The Private Life of Henry VIII (as Thomas Culpepper), under the renowned film director and producer Alexander Korda.

He moved to television, most notably starring in the police drama series Highway Patrol, as Lt. Donat was born in Withington, Manchester, of Polish descent, but his success was largely due to typecasting as the quintessential English gentleman. Having been caught up in only certain types of characters, Crawford's career suffered. Chips (1939 film) (for which he won an Academy Award). The next year he starred in another smash hit film, Born Yesterday. Robert Donat (March 18, 1905 - June 9, 1958) was an English actor, best remembered for his roles in The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. In 1949, Crawford was cast as the Huey Long character in All the King's Men, which not only won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but gained Crawford the Academy Award for Best Actor. The Winslow Boy (1948)- Sir Robert Morton.