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Robert Donat
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| Nickname: | Don Fritz |
| Known for: | The 39 Steps, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Citadel |
| Birth name: | Friedrich Robert Donath |
| Birthday: | 18 March 1905, Withington, Manchester, England, UK |
| Height: | 6' (1.83 m) |
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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'). He passed away shortly after filming was completed.
He did not feel comfortable with Hollywood, so Hollywood came to him, filming mostly in England.
He was English born of Polish descent, and several of his brothers emigrated to Canada.
He said that his favourite actors were Charles Chaplin, Paul Muni, Spencer Tracy, Greta Garbo and Deanna Durbin.
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.
Lobbied for the role of the Chorus in The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944), but Leslie Banks was cast instead.
Was the favourite actor of Judy Garland, who wrote a fan letter to him after seeing his performance in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934).
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