Paul Douglas

Ator

11 de abril de 1907 — 11 de setembro de 1959 (52 anos)
Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 as the Radio Announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre. In 1946 he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday.

Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later.

He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003).

Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered."

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Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • Ilusão Perdida
    Ilusão Perdida1950

Conhecido Por

  • Pânico nas Ruas
    Pânico nas Ruas1950
  • Só a Mulher Peca
    Só a Mulher Peca1952
  • Horas Intermináveis
    Horas Intermináveis1951
  • Anjos e Piratas
    Anjos e Piratas1951
  • Quem é o Infiel?
    Quem é o Infiel?1949
  • Loucuras de Milionário
    Loucuras de Milionário1954
  • O Cadillac de Ouro
    O Cadillac de Ouro1956
  • Um Homem e Dez Destinos
    Um Homem e Dez Destinos1954
  • Os Monstros do Raio Gama
    Os Monstros do Raio Gama1956
  • Ilusão Perdida
    Ilusão Perdida1950
  • Todas as Primaveras
    Todas as Primaveras1949
  • Como Fisgar um Marido
    Como Fisgar um Marido1959
  • Tentação Verde
    Tentação Verde1954
  • Esta Noite ou Nunca
    Esta Noite ou Nunca1957
  • Joe MacBeth
    Joe MacBeth1955
  • Travessuras de Casados
    Travessuras de Casados1952
  • Nunca Fomos Covardes
    Nunca Fomos Covardes1953
  • No Entardecer da Vida
    No Entardecer da Vida1953
  • Uma Aventura em Roma
    Uma Aventura em Roma1952

Filmography

1959
The Mating Game · as Pop Larkin
1958
1958
Fortunella · as Professore Golfiero Paganica
1957
1957
Goodyear Theatre · as Harvey Otis
1957
Suspicion · as Vince Polito
1957
Beau James · as Chris Nolan
1956
Zane Grey Theatre · as Sheriff Jonas Sutton
1956
Playhouse 90 · as David Ringler
1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac · as Edward L. Mckeever
1956
The Leather Saint · as Gus Macauliffe
1956
The Gamma People · as Mike Wilson
1955
Joe MacBeth · as Joe Macbeth
1955
1955
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Bill Fleming
1955
The Jane Wyman Show · as Captain Langsdorff
1955
Damon Runyon Theater · as 'numbers' Dorson
1954
Green Fire · as Vic Leonard
1954
Climax! · as Lieutenant Todd Thoman
1954
The Elgin Hour · as Zeke
1954
High and Dry · as Calvin B. Marshall, The American
1954
Executive Suite · as Josiah Walter Dudley
1953
Forever Female · as Harry Phillips
1953
1953
Never Wave at a WAC · as Andrew Mcbain
1952
We're Not Married! · as Hector Woodruff
1952
Omnibus · as Harry (segment: The Oyster And The Pearl)
1952
1952
When in Rome · as Joe Brewster
1952
Clash by Night · as Jerry D'amato
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Harry Brock
1951
Angels in the Outfield · as Guffy Mcgovern
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Frank Parisi
1951
Rhubarb · as Man On Park Bench (uncredited)
1951
The Guy Who Came Back · as Harry Joplin
1951
Fourteen Hours · as Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Rick Blaine
1950
Panic in the Streets · as Capt. Tom Warren
1950
The Big Lift · as Msgt. Henry "hank" KowalskiNo Plex
1950
Love That Brute · as E.l. 'big Ed' Hanley
1950
1950
Sunday Night Theatre · as Lt. Cmdr. Phillip Francis Queeg
1949
Everybody Does It · as Leonard Borland Aka Logan Bennett
1949
It Happens Every Spring · as Monk Lanigan
1949
A Letter to Three Wives · as Porter Hollingsway
1948
Studio One · as Captain Mccaffrey
1943
Margin for Error · as Policeman At Front Desk (uncredited)