Peter Donat
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1928-01-20
Place of Birth:Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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The China Syndrome (1979)
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant....

Golden Gate (1981)
A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the iron-fisted, but ailing, patriarch's son and a...

The Game (1997)
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his...

Red Corner (1997)
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the...

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.

Mazes and Monsters (1982)
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern....

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson (1964)
This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one...

The Hindenburg (1975)
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of...

The Bay Boy (1984)
A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should be become a...

The Missiles of October (1974)
Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Seduced and Betrayed (1995)
A beautiful but equally dangerous widow won't take "no" for an answer as she draws a dedicated family man into a world of passion, deceit and...

Switzerland: The Alpine Wonderland (1989)
A tour of the mountains, valleys and cities of this beautiful country. Visit Neuchatel, then shop in elegant Lausanne. The dungeon of the Chateau de...

Scenic Wonders of America: American West (1991)
Start where America's mighty Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico... voyage upriver and wonder at the majesty of the Great Lakes... then head...

Scenic Wonders of America: Atlantic Vistas (1991)
From early morning sunlight that lights up the rocky shores of Maine's Acadia National Park to a glowing sunset over the Everglades in Florida,...

Scenic Wonders of America: Pacific Frontiers (1991)
Your journey begins in the stark beauty of Death Valley Monument. It ends with enthralling closeups of rare nene birds in the crater of a dormant...

Lost Lagoon (1957)
Saddled with a loveless marriage and three ungrateful children, Charlie Walker (Jeffrey Lynn) dreams of escape. When he falls overboard on a boating...

Mirrors (1978)
A newlywed couple checks into an old hotel in New Orleans where the wife begins having dreams in which she encounters a sinister group of people who...

Enemies (1974)
In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to...

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)
A young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first day finds himself making life-and-death decisions.

A Different Story (1978)
A gay man and a lesbian enter into a marriage of convenience in order to prevent his deportation, and then gradually fall in love with one another.

Russian Roulette (1975)
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When the prisoner...

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer,...

The Flying Misfits (1976)
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron. The...

Last Hours Before Morning (1975)
An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at...

Highpoint (1982)
James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets...

Video Visits: Bali - A Window on Paradise (1990)
A comprehensive tour of the beautiful Indonesian island of Bali - its slumbering volcanoes, mountain lakes, lush green rice paddies and intricate...

The Deep End (2001)
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult...

The Godfather Part II (1974)
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone...

The Princess and the Cabbie (1981)
A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver.

Return Engagement (1978)
A live-theater production in which Elizabeth Taylor stars as Emily Loomis, a professor of ancient history at a small California college, who...

The War of the Roses (1989)
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she...

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by...

Cyrano de Begerac (1974)
Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.

Fun and Games (1980)
A divorcee decides to fight back after her hopes of gaining a promotion are dashed by her rejection of the advances of her boss, and it is only after...

The Return of Charlie Chan (1973)
Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.

The Suicide's Wife (1977)
An unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with guilt, shame, and an angry teenage son who blames her...

My Old Man's Place (1971)
Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men....

The Babe (1992)
A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom...

Honeymoon (1985)
A Frenchwoman in Manhattan, in danger of being deported because of her relationship with a recently arrested drug offender, enters into a marriage of...

Meteor (1979)
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible...

Skin Deep (1989)
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's...

School Ties (1992)
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish...

Unfinished Business (1987)
Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to return to Europe, where he now runs a state-subsidized...

Massive Retaliation (1984)
Three families that are best friends head to their secret retreat when WW3 seems to be nearing. The adults arrive at the retreat and must endure the...

Earth Star Voyager (1988)
In the late 21st century, planet earth's natural resources are near depletion, and problems like acid rain and limited breathable oxygen abound. In...

Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state...

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent (2004)
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy (2004)
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."

Hanging by a Thread (1979)
A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.

F.I.S.T. (1978)
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher...

Dieppe (1993)
A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian forces in the war.

A Matter of Life and Death (1981)
The true story of a nurse who spent her life caring for terminally ill patients.

Delta County, USA (1977)
Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing way of life. For teenagers Terry Nicholas, his...

Fortune Dane (1986)
Carl Weathers is a former championship athlete turned police officer. He is about to face the most vicious challenge of his life in this action...

Murder, She Wrote (1984)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Wojeck (1966)
A coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends, while trying to hold his family together. (inspired by the headlines of Dr....

The F.B.I. (1965)
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

Simon & Simon (1981)
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on...

Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

Quincy, M.E. (1976)
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

Flamingo Road (1981)
Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV movie on May 12, 1980, and as a series on January 6,...

Charlie's Angels (1976)
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle!...

Hill Street Blues (1981)
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

Mannix (1967)
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed...

The X-Files (1993)
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....

Hart to Hart (1979)
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.

Time Trax (1993)
Time Trax is an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into...

Dallas (1978)
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly...

Mission: Impossible (1966)
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of...

Voyagers! (1982)
A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

Earth Star Voyager (1988)
Earth Star Voyager is the name of a science fiction television movie shown on the Wonderful World of Disney in 1988. The show aired as a two-part...

The Waltons (1972)
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

Harry O (1974)
After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry...

Run for Your Life (1965)
Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to...

Judd for the Defense (1967)
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.

The Outer Limits (1995)
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

Moment of Truth (1965)
Clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Wallace operates a private practice and teaches at the local university.

Startime (1959)
Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was...

The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
The Eddie Capra Mysteries is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta that aired on NBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12,...

Rafferty (1977)
Rafferty is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 5 to November 28, 1977. The series stars Patrick McGoohan as Doctor Sid...

Matt Helm (1975)
Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the 1975-1976 season. The title character was played by...

Murder, She Wrote (1984)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.

Captains and the Kings (1976)
Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.

Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976)
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

Time Trax (1993)
Time Trax is an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into...

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a widely changing career, difficulties of...

Banacek (1972)
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the...

Murder, She Wrote (1984)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Great Performances (1971)
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

Great Performances (1971)
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

Kate McShane (1975)
Kate McShane is an American legal drama television series that aired from September 10 until November 12, 1975. Kate McShane was the first series to...