1967
Search results
James Donald (18 May 1917 – 3 August 1993) was a Scottish actor. Tall and thin, he specialised in playing authority figures, particularly military doctors.
Scottish-born actor James Donald was born in Aberdeen on May 18, 1917, and took his first professional stage bow some time in the late 30s. He finally attained a degree of stardom in 1943 for his sterling performance in Noël Coward's "Present Laughter", which starred Coward himself.
Aug 16, 1993 · James Donald, a British stage, screen and television actor known for his film portrayals of military officers, died on Aug. 3 at his home in Wiltshire in southwestern England, the British press...
Aug 3, 1993 · 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 ...
Aug 3, 1993 · James Robert MacGeorge Donald was the fourth son of a Presbyterian Minister. The six-foot, eleven-stone actor made his first professional stage appearence on the London stage in October 1938 in "The White Guard" but would not achieve theatrical stardom until 1943`s "Present Laughter".
James Donald. Highest Rated: 100% The Way Ahead (1944) Lowest Rated: 50% The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) Birthday: May 18, 1917. Birthplace: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. The film...
Aug 15, 1993 · James Robert MacGeorge Donald, actor: born Aberdeen 18 May 1917; married; died West Tytherley, Wiltshire 3 August 1993. BEFORE the post-war cinema took him under its wing, James Donald had...
Aug 18, 1993 · James Donald, 76, British actor best remembered for his role as the sympathetic doctor in David Lean's "The Bridge on the River Kwai," died Aug. 3 in Wiltshire, England,...
The film career of Scotsman James Donald began in earnest with the role of Theo Van Gogh, opposite Kirk Douglas as Vincent, in the 1956 biopic "Lust for Life." Two years later, he had another one of his more famous film opportunities alongside Douglas once again, this time as a manly rather than...
James Donald. Before the post-war cinema took him under its wing, James Donald had been flying as high in the West End theatre as any young actor of his generation. Tall, lean, dark, intelligent-looking, he seemed to have a care for language and a sharp-edged humour which might lead him to the top in a theatrical era ruled by Gielgud, Olivier, ...
