James Donald
Birthday
1917/05/18
Day of death
1993/08/03 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Also know as
Джеймс Дональд
Biography
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 W...Read more
Acting
(1957) The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Maj. Clipton
(1963) The Great Escape
as Ramsey 'The SBO'
(1966) Cast a Giant Shadow
as Maj. Safir
(1960) The Citadel
as Dr. Andrew Manson
(1967) Quatermass and the Pit
as Dr. Mathew Roney
(1944) The Way Ahead
as Pvt. Evans Lloyd
(1956) Lust for Life
as Theo van Gogh
(1965) King Rat
as Dr. Kennedy
(1954) Beau Brummell
as Lord Edwin Mercer
(1959) Third Man on the Mountain
as Franz Lerner
(1943) San Demetrio London
as Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay
(1952) Gift Horse
as Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1
(1949) Edward, My Son
as Bronton
(1950) Cage of Gold
as Alan
(1967) The Jokers
as Col. Gurney-Simms
(1952) The Pickwick Papers
as Nathaniel Winkle
(1959) Perilous Assignment
as Self
(1948) Broken Journey
as Bill Haverton
(1948) The Small Voice
as Murray Byrne
(1942) In Which We Serve
as Doc
(1969) Destiny of a Spy
as Sir Martin Rolfe
(1949) Trottie True
as Lord Digby Langdon
(1978) The Big Sleep
as Inspector Gregory
(1961) Victoria Regina
as Prince Albert
(1969) David Copperfield
as Mr. Murdstone
(1963) Pygmalion
as Henry Higgins
(1952) Brandy for the Parson
as Bill Harper
(1969) The Royal Hunt of the Sun
as King Carlos
(1958) The Vikings
as Lord Egbert
(1953) The Net
as Michael Heathley
(1975) Conduct Unbecoming
as The Doctor
(1987) Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Dr. Mathew Roney (archive footage)
(1942) One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as (uncredited)
(1951) White Corridors
as Neil Marriner
(2015) Doc in the Box
as Crabs Guy
(1969) Hannibal Brooks
as Padre
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Prince Albert
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Harry Pope
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mark Cavendish
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Higgins
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Warwick
(1959) Play of the Week
as Priest
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Sydney Carton