
James Donald
Acting
Born: 1917-05-18 · Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Died: 1993-08-03
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
🎬 Movies (30)

Doc in the Box
2015
Crabs Guy

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
Dr. Mathew Roney (archive footage)

The Big Sleep
1978
Inspector Gregory

Conduct Unbecoming
1975
The Doctor

Destiny of a Spy
1969
Sir Martin Rolfe

David Copperfield
1969
Mr. Murdstone

The Royal Hunt of the Sun
1969
King Carlos

Hannibal Brooks
1969
Padre

Quatermass and the Pit
1967
Dr. Mathew Roney

The Jokers
1967
Col. Gurney-Simms

Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
Maj. Safir

King Rat
1965
Dr. Kennedy

The Great Escape
1963
Ramsey 'The SBO'

Pygmalion
1963
Henry Higgins

Victoria Regina
1961
Prince Albert

The Citadel
1960
Dr. Andrew Manson

Third Man on the Mountain
1959
Franz Lerner

Perilous Assignment
1959
Self

The Vikings
1958
Lord Egbert

The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Maj. Clipton

Lust for Life
1956
Theo van Gogh

Beau Brummell
1954
Lord Edwin Mercer

The Net
1953
Michael Heathley

Gift Horse
1952
Lt. Richard Jennings, No. 1

The Pickwick Papers
1952
Nathaniel Winkle

Brandy for the Parson
1952
Bill Harper

White Corridors
1951
Neil Marriner

Cage of Gold
1950
Alan

Edward, My Son
1949
Bronton

Trottie True
1949
Lord Digby Langdon




