Robert Donat

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. Chips (1939 film) (for which he won an Academy Award). Donat was born in Withington, Manchester, of Polish descent, but his success was largely due to typecasting as the quintessential English gentleman.

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. 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. He died from a cerebral haemorrage in London aged 53.

Robert Donat was married to Ella Annesley Voysey (1929-1946) and to the British actress Renee Asherson (1953-1958).

Other films:

  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo
  • The Winslow Boy (1948)- Sir Robert Morton

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Robert Donat was married to Ella Annesley Voysey (1929-1946) and to the British actress Renee Asherson (1953-1958). Moss in 1985 and had two children with her, a son named Langston (born 1987) and a daughter named Montana (born 1991); however, the couple got divorced during the 1990s, and on September 20, 2002, Fishburne married another actress, Gina Torres. He died from a cerebral haemorrage in London aged 53. Fishburne married actress Hajna O. 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. Nowadays Fishburne is best known for his role as Morpheus, the hacker-mentor of Neo (Keanu Reeves) in the blockbuster science fiction movie series "The Matrix.". 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. Also in 1992 he received an Emmy Award for an episode of the short-lived TV series Tribeca.

Donat was born in Withington, Manchester, of Polish descent, but his success was largely due to typecasting as the quintessential English gentleman. That same year, Fishburne won a Tony Award for his stage performance in August Wilson's Two Trains Running, which was followed by an Oscar nomination one year later for his impersonation of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It?. Chips (1939 film) (for which he won an Academy Award). However, it was his 1992 role in Deep Cover that gained him lasting recognition as an outstanding actor. 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. Laurence Fishburne started acting at the age of 12, getting his big break portraying Joshua Hall on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live in 1973. The Winslow Boy (1948)- Sir Robert Morton. Laurence Fishburne (born July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USA) is a notable United States movie actor.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) - Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo. Once in the Life (2000). Hoodlum (1997). Once in the Life (2000). One Life to Live (TV) (1973-1976).

Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975). Fast Break (1979). Apocalypse Now (1979). Willie & Phil (1980).

Rumble Fish (1983). For Us, the Living - The Story of Medgar Evers (1983). The Cotton Club (1984). The Color Purple (1985).

Quicksilver (1986). School Daze (1987). 5-8 (1987). Pee-wee's Playhouse - Vols.

1-4 (1987). Pee-wee's Playhouse - Vols. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987). Gardens of Stone (1987).

Cadence (1989). King of New York (1990). Decoration Day (1990). Class Action (1991).

Boyz N the Hood (1991). Deep Cover (1992). What's Love Got to Do With It? (1993). Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993).

Higher Learning (1994). Alien Warrior (1994). Othello (1995). Just Cause (1995).

Bad Company (1995). The Tuskegee Airmen (1996). Fled (1996). Miss Evers' Boys (1997).

Hoodlum (1997). Event Horizon (1997). Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1998). The Matrix (1999) Fishburne in Original Matrix .

Once in the Life (2000). Osmosis Jones (2001). Deep Cover / Chill Factor (2001). Biker Boyz (2003).

The Matrix Reloaded (2003). Mystic River (2003). The Matrix Revolutions (2003) Fishburne as Morpheus in Matrix Reloaded . Assault on Precinct 13 (2005).