Portrait of Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Acting

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.

Born: April 5, 1901

Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia, USA

Filmography

2014
1990
1988
1982
The Hot Touch

as Max Reich

1981
Ghost Story

as Dr. John Jaffrey

1980
1980
The Changeling

as Senator Carmichael

1979
Being There

as Benjamin Rand

1979
1977
Intimate Strangers

as Donald's Father

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Zachariah Guthrie

1976
The Tenant

as Monsieur Zy

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

as Stateman Benjamin Franklin

1974
Murder or Mercy

as Dr. Paul Harelson

1974
The Death Squad

as Police Captain Earl Kreski

1972
Ghost Story

as Grandpa

1972
The Candidate

as John J. McKay

1972
One Is a Lonely Number

as Joseph Provo

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1971
Death Takes a Holiday

as Judge Earl Chapman

1970
1970
Hunters Are for Killing

as Keller Floran

1969
Garbo, by Joan Crawford

as Self (archive footage)

1968
Companions in Nightmare

as Dr. Lawrence Strelson

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
The Crucible

as Deputy Governor Danforth

1967
Hotel

as Warren Trent

1965
Inherit the Wind

as Henry Drummond

1965
1965
Rapture

as Frederick Larbaud

1964
The Americanization of Emily

as Admiral William Jessup

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Leon (archive footage)

1964
Advance to the Rear

as Col. Claude Brackenbury

1963
The Fugitive

as Dr. Mark Ryder

1963
Hud

as Homer Bannon

1962
Billy Budd

as The Dansker, Sailmaker

1961
Ben Casey

as Burton Strang

1959
Judgment at Nuremberg

as Gen. Parker

1958
Old Man

as Self - Host

1957
The Greer Case

as Howard Hoagland

1956
Playhouse 90

as Gen. Parker

1953
General Electric Theater

as Professor Arthur Barris

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Henry Drummond

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Galileo Galilei

1951
On the Loose

as Frank Bradley

1951
My Forbidden Past

as Paul Beaurevel

1950
Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Host

1950
Your Show of Shows

as Self - Guest Performer

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
The Great Sinner

as Armand De Glasse

1949
A Woman's Secret

as Luke Jordan

1948
Studio One

as Cyril Ritchard

1948
1948
My Own True Love

as Clive Heath

1947
The Sea of Grass

as Brice Chamberlain

1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames

as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb

1943
Three Hearts for Julia

as Jeff Seabrook

1942
They All Kissed the Bride

as Michael 'Mike' Holmes

1942
We Were Dancing

as Nicholas Prax

1941
Two-Faced Woman

as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake

1941
Our Wife

as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin

1941
A Woman's Face

as Dr. Gustaf Segert

1941
1940
This Thing Called Love

as Tice Collins

1940
Third Finger, Left Hand

as Jeff Thompson

1940
1940
Too Many Husbands

as Henry Lowndes

1939
Ninotchka

as Count Leon d'Algout

1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Kenny Williams

1939
Good Girls Go to Paris

as Ronald Brooke

1939
Tell No Tales

as Michael Cassidy

1938
There's That Woman Again

as William 'Bill' Reardon

1938
The Shining Hour

as Henry Linden

1938
That Certain Age

as Vincent Bullitt

1938
Fast Company

as Joel Sloane

1938
The Toy Wife

as George Sartoris

1938
There's Always a Woman

as William H. Reardon

1938
Arsène Lupin Returns

as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin

1937
I'll Take Romance

as James Guthrie

1937
Angel

as Anthony 'Tony' Halton

1937
Captains Courageous

as Frank Burton Cheyne

1937
I Met Him in Paris

as George Potter

1937
Women of Glamour

as Richard Stark

1936
Theodora Goes Wild

as Michael Grant

1936
The Gorgeous Hussy

as John Randolph

1936
And So They Were Married

as Stephen Blake

1935
The Lone Wolf Returns

as Michael Lanyard

1935
Annie Oakley

as Jeff Hogarth

1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Barton Powell

1935
She Married Her Boss

as Richard Barclay

1935
The People's Enemy

as George R. 'Traps' Stuart

1934
Dangerous Corner

as Charles Stanton

1934
Woman in the Dark

as Tony Robson

1933
Counsellor at Law

as Roy Darwin

1933
Nagana

as Dr. Walter Tradnor

1933
The Vampire Bat

as Karl Brettschneider

1932
1932
As You Desire Me

as Count Bruno Varelli

1932
The Broken Wing

as Philip 'Phil' Marvin

1932
The Wiser Sex

as David Rolfe

1932
Prestige

as Capt. Andre Verlaine

1931
Tonight or Never

as Jim Fletcher

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