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Melvyn Douglas

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1901-04-05

Deathday: 1981-08-04 (80 years old)

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.

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Filmography

all 124

Movies 104

TV Shows 20

self 16

Self

Melvyn Douglas

Biography

Filmography

all 124

Movies 104

TV Shows 20

self 16

Carl Laemmle (2019)

Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)

The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)

The Hot Touch (1982)

Ghost Story (1981)

Tell Me a Riddle (1980)

The Changeling (1980)

Being There (1979)

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

The Making of a President (1978)

Intimate Strangers (1977)

Portrait of Grandpa Doc (1977)

Weekend Special (1977)

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

The Tenant (1976)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974)

Murder or Mercy (1974)

The Death Squad (1974)

The Going Up of David Lev (1973)

Ghost Story (1972)

The Candidate (1972)

One Is a Lonely Number (1972)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Death Takes a Holiday (1971)

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

The Trail of Tears: John Ross (1970)

Hunters Are for Killing (1970)

Companions in Nightmare (1968)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)

The Crucible (1967)

Hotel (1967)

CBS Playhouse (1966)

Inherit the Wind (1965)

Once Upon a Tractor (1965)

Rapture (1965)

The Americanization of Emily (1964)

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Advance to the Rear (1964)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

The Fugitive (1963)

Hud (1963)

Billy Budd (1962)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)

Ben Casey (1961)

Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1959)

Old Man (1958)

The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)

The Greer Case (1957)

Playhouse 90 (1956)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Hollywood Off Beat (1952)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

On the Loose (1951)

My Forbidden Past (1951)

The Cinematographer (1951)

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

Your Show of Shows (1950)

What's My Line? (1950)

Lights Out (1949)

The Great Sinner (1949)

A Woman's Secret (1949)

Studio One (1948)

The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

My Own True Love (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

The Sea of Grass (1947)

The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1901-04-05

Deathday
1981-08-04 (80 years old)

Birth Name
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

Birth Place
Macon, United States

Relationships
Helen Gahagan Douglas (1931 - 1980)

Children
Gregory Hesselberg

Father
Edouard Gregory Hesselberg

Mother
Lena Priscilla Hesselberg

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor