James Donald
Known for
Acting
Born
May 18, 1917
Birthplace
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Died
August 3, 1993 (aged 76)
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 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 Va...
Best known work
The Great Escape
1963
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
The Vikings
1958
Quatermass and the Pit
1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Lust for Life
1956
In Which We Serve
1942
The Big Sleep
1978
King Rat
1965
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966Filmography
2015
Doc in the Boxas Crabs Guy
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Bloodas Dr. Mathew Roney (archive footage)
1978
The Big Sleepas Inspector Gregory
1975
Conduct Unbecomingas The Doctor
1969
David Copperfieldas Mr. Murdstone
1969
Destiny of a Spyas Sir Martin Rolfe
1969
The Royal Hunt of the Sunas King Carlos
1969
Hannibal Brooksas Padre
1967
Quatermass and the Pitas Dr. Mathew Roney
1967
The Jokersas Col. Gurney-Simms
1966
Cast a Giant Shadowas Maj. Safir
1965
King Ratas Dr. Kennedy
1964
1963
1963
The Great Escapeas Ramsey 'The SBO'
1963
Pygmalionas Henry Higgins
1961
Victoria Reginaas Prince Albert
1961
1960
The Citadelas Dr. Andrew Manson
1959
Third Man on the Mountainas Franz Lerner
1959
Perilous Assignmentas Self
1959
1958
The Vikingsas Lord Egbert
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwaias Maj. Clipton
1957