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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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Changeling
  • The Vampire Bat
  • There's Always a Woman

Known For

  • Being There
  • Hud
  • The Tenant
  • The Changeling
  • Ninotchka
  • The Old Dark House
  • Ghost Story
  • The Candidate
  • Captains Courageous
  • I Never Sang for My Father
  • The Americanization of Emily
  • That Uncertain Feeling
  • Theodora Goes Wild
  • Billy Budd
  • Rapture
  • Angel
  • The Vampire Bat
  • There's Always a Woman
  • Two-Faced Woman
  • A Woman's Secret
  • Tonight or Never
  • Twilight's Last Gleaming
  • Annie Oakley
  • The Sea of Grass

Filmography

2008
How the West Was Lost · as Homer Bannon
2005
Garbo · as Leon
2000
1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to · as (archive Footage)
1986
Horrible Horror · as Karl Brettschneider
1982
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
1969
The Choice · as Cast
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
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 Henry Drummond
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
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 'dick' 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

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