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James Donald (Aberdeen, Escòcia, 18 de maig de 1917 – West Tytherley, Wiltshire, 3 d'agost de 1993) va ser un actor escocès. Alt i prim, es va especialitzar en interpretar figures autoritàries.

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James Donald (18. maj 1917 - 3. august 1993) var en skotsk skuespiller. Han var høj og mager og specialiserede sig i at spille autoritetsfigurer; militærofficerer, læger eller videnskabsmænd. Donald blev født i Aberdeen, og optrådte sin første professionelle scene engang i slutningen af 1930'erne, efter at han blev uddannet på Rossall School på Lancashires Fylde-kyst. Under Anden Verdenskrig optrådte han i mindre roller i sådanne propagandaklassikere som In Which We Serve (1942), Went the Day Well? (1942) og The Way Ahead (1944), og han spillede Mr. Winkle i filmversionen af The Pickwick Papers fra 1952. Men hovedrollerne undgik ham indtil Lust for Life (1956), hvor han spillede Theo Van Gogh. Hans arbejde i teatret omfattede Noël Coward's Present Laughter (1943), som havde Coward selv i hovedrollen, og The Eagle with Two Heads (1947), You Never Can Tell (1948) og The Heiress (1949) med Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft og Donald Sinden. Han portrætterede mindeværdigt major Clipton, lægen, der udtrykker alvorlig tvivl om forstanden i oberst Nicholsons (Alec Guinness) bestræbelser på at bygge broen for at vise sine japanske fanger, i filmen The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). De sidste ord er hans: "Galskab!, Galskab!" Han spillede også gruppekaptajn Ramsey, den senior britiske officer i The Great Escape (1963), samt biroller i andre bemærkelsesværdige film både i Storbritannien og USA, herunder The Vikings (1958), King Rat (1965), Cast. a Giant Shadow (1966) og Quatermass and the Pit (1967). Donald medvirkede i en tv-tilpasning fra 1960 af A. J. Cronins The Citadel og optrådte regelmæssigt i mange andre tv-dramaer i Storbritannien og USA såvel som på scenen. I 1961 spillede han Prins Albert over for Julie Harriss Dronning Victoria i Hallmark Hall of Fame-produktionen af Laurence Housmans skuespil Victoria Regina.

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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 Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and Donald Sinden. He memorably portrayed Major Clipton, the doctor who expresses grave doubts about the sanity of Col. Nicholson's (Alec Guinness) efforts to build the bridge in order to show up his Japanese captors, in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). The final words are his: "Madness!, Madness!" He also played Group Captain Ramsey, the Senior British Officer in The Great Escape (1963), as well as supporting roles in other notable films both in Britain and the United States, including The Vikings (1958), King Rat (1965), Cast a Giant Shadow (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). Donald starred in a 1960 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's The Citadel and appeared regularly in many other television dramas in the UK and USA, as well as on stage. In 1961, he played Prince Albert opposite Julie Harris's Queen Victoria, in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Laurence Housman's play Victoria Regina.

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James Donald (* 18. Mai 1917 in Aberdeen, Schottland; † 3. August 1993 in Wiltshire, England) war ein schottischer Schauspieler. James Donald wurde im schottischen Aberdeen geboren und begann seine professionelle Schauspielkarriere etwa Ende der 1930er-Jahre. Den Durchbruch erlebte er 1943 durch seinen hochgelobten Auftritt in Noël Cowards Stück Present Laughter. Außerdem spielte er auch in Stücken von William Shakespeare, George Bernhard Shaw und Jean Cocteau.

Obwohl seine Karriere vor allem dem Theater gewidmet war, erreichte Donald auch Bekanntheit als Schauspieler in Film und Fernsehen, wobei er meistens etwas humorlose, aber meist anständige Respektspersonen in Nebenrollen verkörperte. Bereits während des Zweiten Weltkriegs hatte er kleinere Rollen in einigen Propaganda-Militärfilmen. Doch erst nach dem Krieg erhielt Donald auch im Film größere Rollen, so als Theo van Gogh in Vincente Minnellis Filmobiografie Vincent van Gogh – Ein Leben in Leidenschaft (1954) mit Kirk Douglas. Donalds wohl bekannteste Filmrolle war der britische Militärarzt Major Clipton in David Leans Kriegsepos Die Brücke am Kwai (1957), wobei er den berühmten Schlusssatz des Filmes („Madness! Madness!“) ausrief. Nach Die Brücke am Kwai spielte Donald auch noch in zwei weiteren Filmen, die die Gefangenschaft von Soldaten während des Zweiten Weltkrieges zum Thema hatten: Gesprengte Ketten (1963) und Sie nannten ihn King (1965). In einigen kleineren Filmen übernahm Donald auch Hauptrollen, bekannt von diesen Filmen ist heute vor allem noch der Science-Fiction-Thriller Das grüne Blut der Dämonen. Er spielte auch in vielen britischen Fernsehserien und Fernsehfilmen.

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