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Melvyn Douglas
Actor
Born April 5, 1901Died August 4, 1981 (80 years)
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.
Known For
Melvyn Douglas Filmography
| 2008 | How the West Was Lost · as Homer Bannon |
| 2005 | Garbo · as Leon |
| 2000 | The Unknown Peter Sellers · as Cast |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to · as (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Karl Brettschneider |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Benjamin Rand |
| 1981 | Ghost Story · as Dr. John Jaffrey |
| 1981 | The Hot Touch · as Max Reich |
| 1980 | Tell Me a Riddle · as David |
| 1980 | The Changeling · as Senator Carmichael |
| 1979 | Being There · as Benjamin Rand |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan · as Senator Birney |
| 1977 | Intimate Strangers · as Donald's Father |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Zachariah Guthrie |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Grandpa Doc |
| 1976 | The Tenant · as Monsieur Zy |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (TV Series) · as Stateman Benjamin Franklin |
| 1974 | The Death Squad · as Police Captain Earl Kreski |
| 1972 | One Is a Lonely Number · as Joseph Provo |
| 1972 | The Candidate · as John J. Mckay |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Grandpa |
| 1971 | Death Takes a Holiday · as Judge Earl Chapman |
| 1970 | I Never Sang for My Father · as Tom Garrison |
| 1970 | Hunters Are for Killing · as Keller Floran |
| 1967 | The Crucible · as Deputy Governor Danforth |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) · as Peter Schermann |
| 1967 | Hotel · as Warren Trent |
| 1965 | Inherit the Wind · as Henry Drummond |
| 1965 | Rapture · as Frederick Larbaud |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy · as Leon (archive Footage) |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily · as Admiral William Jessup |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear · as Col. Claude Brackenbury |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Pat Konke |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Dr. Mark Ryder |
| 1963 | Hud · as Homer Bannon |
| 1962 | Billy Budd · as The Dansker, Sailmaker |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) · as Burton Strang |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as Mark Twain |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Gen. Parker |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Charles Turner |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Census Taker |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Professor Arthur Barris |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as George Manners |
| 1952 | Steve Randall (TV Series) · as Steve Randall |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Galileo Galilei |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ira Sterling |
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre (TV Series) · as Archduke Rudolph Von Hapsburg |
| 1951 | On the Loose · as Frank Bradley |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past · as Paul Beaurevel |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Eugene Morgan |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as James Strickland |
| 1949 | The Great Sinner · as Armand De Glasse |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret · as Luke Jordan |
| 1949 | My Own True Love · as Clive Heath |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Cyril Ritchard |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as The Stranger |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House · as Bill Cole |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames · as Smithfield 'smitty' Cobb |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass · as Brice Chamberlain |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia · as Jeff Seabrook |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing · as Nicholas Prax |
| 1942 | They All Kissed the Bride · as Michael 'mike' Holmes |
| 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 | That Uncertain Feeling · as Larry Baker |
| 1940 | This Thing Called Love · as Tice Collins |
| 1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand · as Jeff Thompson |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast · as Paul Boliet |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands · as Henry Lowndes |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams · as Kenny Williams |
| 1939 | Ninotchka · as Count Leon D'algout |
| 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 | Woman in the Dark · as Tony Robson |
| 1934 | Dangerous Corner · as Charles Stanton |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law · as Roy Darwin |
| 1933 | The Vampire Bat · as Karl Brettschneider |
| 1932 | The Old Dark House · as Penderel |
| 1932 | As You Desire Me · as Count Bruno Varelli |
| 1932 | The Broken Wing · as Philip 'phil' Marvin |
| 1932 | The Wiser Sex · as David Rolfe |
| 1931 | Prestige · as Capt. Andre Verlaine |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never · as Jim Fletcher |
| 2024 | Garbo: Where Did You Go? · as Self |
| 2019 | Carl Laemmle · as Self |
| 2006 | Billy Wilder Speaks · as Self |
| 1998 | |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1971 | The 43rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1969 | Garbo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1969 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | The 17th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Accepting Emmy Award For Alfred Lunt |
| 1958 | Garry Moore Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1957 | The Mike Wallace Interview (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 1951 | The Name's the Same (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth · as Self |