Melvyn Douglas
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-04-05
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Melvyn Douglas
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.
Also Known For
Ninotchka
Nov 23, 1939
Being There
Dec 19, 1979
Billy Budd
Nov 12, 1962
The Candidate
Jun 29, 1972
The Tenant
May 26, 1976
The Old Dark House
Oct 20, 1932
Ghost Story
Dec 18, 1981
Hud
May 28, 1963
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mar 25, 1948
A Woman's Face
May 09, 1941
The Changeling
Mar 28, 1980
The Americanization of Emily
Oct 27, 1964
The Vampire Bat
Jan 21, 1933
That Uncertain Feeling
Apr 20, 1941
They All Kissed the Bride
Jun 11, 1942
Annie Oakley
Nov 15, 1935
That Certain Age
Oct 06, 1938
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Mar 06, 1947
Angel
Oct 29, 1937
Captains Courageous
Jun 25, 1937
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Aug 17, 1979
Third Finger, Left Hand
Oct 11, 1940
She Married Her Boss
Sep 19, 1935
Theodora Goes Wild
Nov 12, 1936
Counsellor at Law
Dec 25, 1933
Rapture
Aug 23, 1965
A Woman's Secret
Jan 13, 1949
I Never Sang for My Father
Oct 18, 1970
One Is a Lonely Number
Jun 19, 1972
The People's Enemy
Apr 29, 1935
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Feb 09, 1977
My Own True Love
Jul 01, 1948
Our Wife
Aug 20, 1941
Two-Faced Woman
Dec 31, 1941
The Sea of Grass
Apr 25, 1947
Tonight or Never
Jan 04, 1931
Tell No Tales
Jun 12, 1939
My Forbidden Past
Apr 25, 1951
Too Many Husbands
Apr 03, 1940
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Jan 10, 1972
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Nov 15, 1935
As You Desire Me
May 28, 1932
The Gorgeous Hussy
Aug 28, 1936
Good Girls Go to Paris
Jun 20, 1939
The Shining Hour
Nov 18, 1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Feb 25, 1938
I Met Him in Paris
May 28, 1937
He Stayed for Breakfast
Aug 31, 1940
The Great Sinner
Jun 29, 1949
Advance to the Rear
Jun 10, 1964
There's Always a Woman
Apr 20, 1938
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Nov 22, 1939
Prestige
Jan 22, 1932
Dangerous Corner
Dec 04, 1934
I'll Take Romance
Nov 17, 1937
Fast Company
Jul 05, 1938
The Toy Wife
Jun 10, 1938
And So They Were Married
May 10, 1936
On the Loose
Sep 28, 1951
Tell Me a Riddle
Dec 15, 1980
Woman in the Dark
Nov 08, 1934
We Were Dancing
Apr 30, 1942
This Thing Called Love
Dec 20, 1940
Death Takes a Holiday
Oct 23, 1971
Hunters Are for Killing
Mar 12, 1970
The Making of a President
Jan 01, 1978
Three Hearts for Julia
May 21, 1943
The Lone Wolf Returns
Dec 31, 1935
Murder or Mercy
Apr 10, 1974
The Hot Touch
Dec 10, 1982
Intimate Strangers
Nov 11, 1977
Hotel
Jan 19, 1967
There's That Woman Again
Dec 24, 1938
The Going Up of David Lev
Apr 25, 1973
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Sep 25, 1958
Old Man
Nov 20, 1958
The Greer Case
Jan 31, 1957
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Oct 17, 1967
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Nov 05, 1977
Women of Glamour
Mar 09, 1937
Companions in Nightmare
Nov 23, 1968
Inherit the Wind
Nov 18, 1965
The Wiser Sex
Mar 14, 1932
Once Upon a Tractor
Sep 09, 1965
The Broken Wing
Mar 25, 1932
The Death Squad
Jan 08, 1974
The Crucible
May 04, 1967
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Jul 31, 1940
That's Entertainment, Part II
May 16, 1976
From the Ends of the Earth
May 28, 1939
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Jun 04, 1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Oct 01, 1988
Nagana
Feb 01, 1933
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sep 02, 1964
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Sep 22, 1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Apr 08, 1939
Judgment at Nuremberg
Apr 16, 1959
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Nov 06, 1969
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Jun 11, 2014
Studio One
Nov 07, 1948
General Electric Theater
Feb 01, 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Weekend Special
Sep 10, 1977
The Fugitive
Sep 17, 1963
Lux Video Theatre
Oct 02, 1950
Your Show of Shows
Feb 25, 1950
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Oct 04, 1963
The Philco Television Playhouse
Oct 03, 1948
Ben Casey
Oct 02, 1961
CBS Playhouse
Dec 08, 1966
Lights Out
Jul 19, 1949
Ghost Story
Sep 15, 1972
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Jun 14, 1961
Hollywood Off Beat
Feb 07, 1952
The Ed Sullivan Show
Jun 20, 1948
Playhouse 90
Oct 04, 1956
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Nov 21, 1974
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
The Philco Television Playhouse
Oct 03, 1948
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
What's My Line?
Feb 02, 1950
Your Show of Shows
Feb 25, 1950