Actor

James Donald

May 18, 1917 · Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Notable work

7.9
The Great Escape (1963)
as Ramsey 'The SBO'
7.8
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
as Maj. Clipton
7
The Vikings (1958)
as Lord Egbert

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