- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Died
- August 3, 1993
James Donald
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Donald (18 May 1917 - 3 August 1993) was a Scottish actor. Tall and gaunt, he specialised in playing authority figures; military officers, doctors or scientists. Donald was born in Aberdeen, and made his first professional stage appearance sometime in the late-1930s, having been educated at Rossall School on Lancashire's Fylde coast. During World War II he appeared in minor roles in such propaganda classics as In Which We Serve (1942), Went the Day Well? (1942) and The Way Ahead (1944), and he played Mr. Winkle in the 1952 film version of The Pickwick Papers. However, leading roles eluded him until Lust for Life (1956), in which he played Theo Van Gogh. His work in the theatre included Noël Coward's Present Laughter (1943) which starred Coward himself, and The Eagle with Two Heads (1947), You Never Can Tell (1948), and The Heiress (1949) with…
Filmography
movieDoc in the Box
2015 · Crabs Guy
movieHammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · Dr. Mathew Roney (archive footage)
movieThe Big Sleep
1978 · Inspector Gregory
movieConduct Unbecoming
1975 · The Doctor
movieDavid Copperfield
1969 · Mr. Murdstone
movieDestiny of a Spy
1969 · Sir Martin Rolfe
movieThe Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969 · King Carlos
movieHannibal Brooks
1969 · Padre
movieQuatermass and the Pit
1967 · Dr. Mathew Roney
movieThe Jokers
1967 · Col. Gurney-Simms
movieCast a Giant Shadow
1966 · Maj. Safir
movieKing Rat
1965 · Dr. Kennedy
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Edward Chamberlayne
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
movieThe Great Escape
1963 · Ramsey 'The SBO'
moviePygmalion
1963 · Henry Higgins
movieVictoria Regina
1961 · Prince Albert
tvBen Casey
1961
movieThe Citadel
1960 · Dr. Andrew Manson
movieThird Man on the Mountain
1959 · Franz Lerner
moviePerilous Assignment
1959 · Self
tvPlay of the Week
1959 · Priest
movieThe Vikings
1958 · Lord Egbert
movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Maj. Clipton
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Sydney Carton
movieLust for Life
1956 · Theo van Gogh
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Harry Pope, Mark Cavendish
movieBeau Brummell
1954 · Lord Edwin Mercer
movieThe Net
1953 · Michael Heathley
movieThe Pickwick Papers
1952 · Nathaniel Winkle
movieGift Horse
1952 · Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
movieBrandy for the Parson
1952 · Bill Harper
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Prince Albert, Henry Higgins, Warwick
movieWhite Corridors
1951 · Neil Marriner
movieCage of Gold
1950 · Alan
movieTrottie True
1949 · Lord Digby Langdon
movieEdward, My Son
1949 · Bronton
movieThe Small Voice
1948 · Murray Byrne
movieBroken Journey
1948 · Bill Haverton
movieThe Way Ahead
1944 · Pvt. Evans Lloyd
movieSan Demetrio London
1943 · Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay
movieIn Which We Serve
1942 · Doc
movieOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 · (uncredited)