Robert Donat
(1905-1958), ActorSitter in 5 portraits
Film and stage actor; popular for restrained, dignified performances in films such as The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935) and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); known for his beautiful voice and clarity of diction, particularly apparent in Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral (1953).
by Gordon Anthony
modern bromide print from original negative, 1939
NPG x38424
Robert Donat as Thomas Becket in 'Murder in the Cathedral'
by Houston Rogers
bromide press print, 1953
NPG x184355
Diners at Denham Studios Restaurant
by Anthony Wysard
watercolour and pencil, published 1937
NPG D312
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