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Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

ActingBorn April 5, 1901Died August 4, 1981 (age 80)Macon, Georgia, USA

Biography

Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg; April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the 1939 romantic comedy Ninotchka with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award–winning performances in Hud (1963) and Being There (1979) and his Academy Award–nominated performance in I Never Sang for My Father (1970). In the last few years of his life Douglas appeared in films with supernatural stories involving ghosts. Douglas appeared as "Senator Joseph Carmichael" in The Changeling in 1980 and Ghost Story in 1981 in his final completed film role.

Filmography

2014Movie
1990Movie
1988Movie
1982
The Hot Touch

as Max Reich

Movie
1981
Ghost Story

as Dr. John Jaffrey

Movie
1980Movie
1980
The Changeling

as Senator Carmichael

Movie
1979
Being There

as Benjamin Rand

Movie
1979Movie
1977
Intimate Strangers

as Donald's Father

Movie
1977Movie
1977
Weekend Special

as Grandpa Doc

TV
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Zachariah Guthrie

Movie
1976
A Gift To Last

as Old Clement Sturgess

Movie
1976
The Tenant

as Monsieur Zy

Movie
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Movie
1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

as Stateman Benjamin Franklin

TV
1974
Murder or Mercy

as Dr. Paul Harelson

Movie
1974
The Death Squad

as Police Captain Earl Kreski

Movie
1973Movie
1972
Ghost Story

as Grandpa

TV
1972
The Candidate

as John J. McKay

Movie
1972
One Is a Lonely Number

as Joseph Provo

Movie
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1971
Death Takes a Holiday

as Judge Earl Chapman

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Hunters Are for Killing

as Keller Floran

Movie
1969
Garbo, by Joan Crawford

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1968
Companions in Nightmare

as Dr. Lawrence Strelson

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967Movie
1967
The Crucible

as Deputy Governor Danforth

Movie
1967
Hotel

as Warren Trent

Movie
1966
CBS Playhouse

as Peter Schermann

TV
1965
Inherit the Wind

as Henry Drummond

Movie
1965Movie
1965
Rapture

as Frederick Larbaud

Movie
1964
The Americanization of Emily

as Admiral William Jessup

Movie
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Leon (archive footage)

Movie
1964
Advance to the Rear

as Col. Claude Brackenbury

Movie
1963
The Fugitive

as Dr. Mark Ryder

TV
1963
Hud

as Homer Bannon

Movie
1962
Billy Budd

as The Dansker, Sailmaker

Movie
1961
Ben Casey

as Burton Strang

TV
1959
Judgment at Nuremberg

as Gen. Parker

Movie
1958
Old Man

as Self - Host

Movie
1958Movie
1957
The Greer Case

as Howard Hoagland

Movie
1956
Playhouse 90

as Gen. Parker

TV
1955
MGM Parade

as Self

TV
1955
MGM Parade

as self

TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Professor Arthur Barris

TV
1952
Hollywood Off Beat

as Steve Randall

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Henry Drummond

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Galileo Galilei

TV
1951
On the Loose

as Frank Bradley

Movie
1951
My Forbidden Past

as Paul Beaurevel

Movie
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as James Strickland

TV
1950
Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1950
Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Performer

TV
1950TV
1949
The Great Sinner

as Armand De Glasse

Movie
1949
A Woman's Secret

as Luke Jordan

Movie
1948
Studio One

as Cyril Ritchard

TV
1948TV
1948TV
1948
My Own True Love

as Clive Heath

Movie
1947
The Sea of Grass

as Brice Chamberlain

Movie
1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames

as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb

Movie
1943
Three Hearts for Julia

as Jeff Seabrook

Movie
1942
They All Kissed the Bride

as Michael 'Mike' Holmes

Movie
1942
We Were Dancing

as Nicholas Prax

Movie
1941
Two-Faced Woman

as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake

Movie
1941
Our Wife

as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin

Movie
1941
A Woman's Face

as Dr. Gustaf Segert

Movie
1941Movie
1940
This Thing Called Love

as Tice Collins

Movie
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand

as Jeff Thompson

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Too Many Husbands

as Henry Lowndes

Movie
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Kenny Williams

Movie
1939
Ninotchka

as Count Leon d'Algout

Movie
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris

as Ronald Brooke

Movie
1939
Tell No Tales

as Michael Cassidy

Movie
1939Movie
1938
There's That Woman Again

as William 'Bill' Reardon

Movie
1938
The Shining Hour

as Henry Linden

Movie
1938
That Certain Age

as Vincent Bullitt

Movie
1938
Fast Company

as Joel Sloane

Movie
1938
The Toy Wife

as George Sartoris

Movie
1938
There's Always a Woman

as William H. Reardon

Movie
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns

as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin

Movie
1937
I'll Take Romance

as James Guthrie

Movie
1937
Angel

as Anthony 'Tony' Halton

Movie
1937
Captains Courageous

as Frank Burton Cheyne

Movie
1937
I Met Him in Paris

as George Potter

Movie
1937
Women of Glamour

as Richard Stark

Movie
1936
Theodora Goes Wild

as Michael Grant

Movie
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy

as John Randolph

Movie
1936
And So They Were Married

as Stephen Blake

Movie
1935
The Lone Wolf Returns

as Michael Lanyard

Movie
1935
Annie Oakley

as Jeff Hogarth

Movie
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Barton Powell

Movie
1935
She Married Her Boss

as Richard Barclay

Movie
1935
The People's Enemy

as George R. 'Traps' Stuart

Movie
1934
Dangerous Corner

as Charles Stanton

Movie
1934
Woman in the Dark

as Tony Robson

Movie
1933
Counsellor at Law

as Roy Darwin

Movie
1933
Nagana

as Dr. Walter Tradnor

Movie
1933
The Vampire Bat

as Karl Brettschneider

Movie
1932Movie
1932
As You Desire Me

as Count Bruno Varelli

Movie
1932
The Broken Wing

as Philip 'Phil' Marvin

Movie
1932
The Wiser Sex

as David Rolfe

Movie
1932
Prestige

as Capt. Andre Verlaine

Movie
1931
Tonight or Never

as Jim Fletcher

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 5, 1901
Day of DeathAugust 4, 1981
Place of BirthMacon, Georgia, USA
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