About

Known credits:
100
Birthday:
1901-04-05
Place of birth:
Macon, Georgia, USA
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Melvyn Douglas

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1990 Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To Actor (archive footage) 59
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1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1982 The Hot Touch Actor Max Reich 58
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1981 Ghost Story Actor Dr. John Jaffrey 59
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1980 Tell Me a Riddle Actor David 59
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1980 The Changeling Actor Senator Carmichael 65
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1979 Being There Actor Benjamin Rand 70
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1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan Actor Senator Birney 59
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1978 The Making of a President Actor N/A
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1977 Intimate Strangers Actor Donald's Father 58
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1977 Portrait of Grandpa Doc Actor N/A
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1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming Actor Zachariah Guthrie 59
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1976 The Tenant Actor Monsieur Zy 70
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1976 That's Entertainment, Part II Actor (archive footage) 59
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1974 Murder or Mercy Actor Dr. Paul Harelson N/A
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1974 The Death Squad Actor Police Captain Earl Kreski 59
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1974 The Lives of Benjamin Franklin Actor Stateman Benjamin Franklin N/A
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1973 The Going Up of David Lev Actor Grandfather N/A
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1972 The Candidate Actor John J. McKay 60
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1972 One Is a Lonely Number Actor Joseph Provo 58
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1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1971 Death Takes a Holiday Actor Judge Earl Chapman 59
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1970 I Never Sang for My Father Actor Tom Garrison 59
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1970 Hunters Are for Killing Actor Keller Floran 58
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1968 Companions in Nightmare Actor Dr. Lawrence Strelson 59
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1967 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Actor Peter Schermann N/A
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1967 The Crucible Actor Deputy Governor Danforth 58
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1967 Hotel Actor Warren Trent 58
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1965 Inherit the Wind Actor Henry Drummond 59
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1965 Once Upon a Tractor Actor Martin 58
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1965 Rapture Actor Frederick Larbaud 59
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1964 The Americanization of Emily Actor Admiral William Jessup 59
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1964 The Big Parade of Comedy Actor Leon (archive footage) 59
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1964 Advance to the Rear Actor Col. Claude Brackenbury 58
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1963 Hud Actor Homer Bannon 64
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1962 Billy Budd Actor The Dansker, Sailmaker 60
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1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 58
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1959 Judgment at Nuremberg Actor Gen. Parker N/A
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1958 Old Man Actor Self - Host N/A
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1958 The Plot to Kill Stalin Actor Stalin N/A
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1957 The Greer Case Actor Howard Hoagland N/A
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1952 Hollywood Off Beat Actor N/A
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1951 On the Loose Actor Frank Bradley 59
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1951 My Forbidden Past Actor Paul Beaurevel 58
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1949 The Great Sinner Actor Armand De Glasse 59
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1949 A Woman's Secret Actor Luke Jordan 58
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1948 My Own True Love Actor Clive Heath 59
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1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Actor Bill Cole 61
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1947 The Sea of Grass Actor Brice Chamberlain 59
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1947 The Guilt of Janet Ames Actor Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb 58
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1943 Three Hearts for Julia Actor Jeff Seabrook 59
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1942 They All Kissed the Bride Actor Michael 'Mike' Holmes 58
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1942 We Were Dancing Actor Nicholas Prax 58
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1941 Two-Faced Woman Actor Lawrence 'Larry' Blake 59
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1941 Our Wife Actor Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin 59
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1941 A Woman's Face Actor Dr. Gustaf Segert 60
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1941 That Uncertain Feeling Actor Larry Baker 59
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1940 This Thing Called Love Actor Tice Collins 59
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1940 Third Finger, Left Hand Actor Jeff Thompson 59
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1940 He Stayed for Breakfast Actor Paul Boliet N/A
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1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Actor Self 59
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1940 Too Many Husbands Actor Henry Lowndes 59
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1939 Ninotchka Actor Count Leon d'Algout 65
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1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams Actor Kenny Williams 58
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1939 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 Actor Self N/A
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1939 Good Girls Go to Paris Actor Ronald Brooke 59
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1939 Tell No Tales Actor Michael Cassidy 59
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1939 From the Ends of the Earth Actor Self N/A
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1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 Actor Melvyn Douglas 59
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1938 There's That Woman Again Actor William 'Bill' Reardon 58
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1938 The Shining Hour Actor Henry Linden 59
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1938 That Certain Age Actor Vincent Bullitt 58
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1938 Fast Company Actor Joel Sloane 58
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1938 The Toy Wife Actor George Sartoris 58
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1938 There's Always a Woman Actor William H. Reardon 58
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1938 Arsène Lupin Returns Actor Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin 59
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1937 I'll Take Romance Actor James Guthrie 59
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1937 Angel Actor Anthony 'Tony' Halton 60
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1937 Captains Courageous Actor Frank Burton Cheyne 62
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1937 I Met Him in Paris Actor George Potter 59
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1937 Women of Glamour Actor Richard 'Dick' Stark 59
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1936 Theodora Goes Wild Actor Michael Grant 59
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1936 The Gorgeous Hussy Actor John Randolph 58
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1936 And So They Were Married Actor Stephen Blake 59
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1935 The Lone Wolf Returns Actor Michael Lanyard 59
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1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive Actor Barton Powell N/A
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1935 Annie Oakley Actor Jeff Hogarth 59
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1935 She Married Her Boss Actor Richard Barclay 58
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1935 The People's Enemy Actor George R. 'Traps' Stuart 59
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1934 Dangerous Corner Actor Charles Stanton 59
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1934 Woman in the Dark Actor Tony Robson 58
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1933 Counsellor at Law Actor Roy Darwin 59
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1933 Nagana Actor Dr. Walter Tradnor N/A
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1933 The Vampire Bat Actor Karl Brettschneider 58
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1932 The Old Dark House Actor Penderel 61
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1932 As You Desire Me Actor Count Bruno Varelli 59
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1932 The Broken Wing Actor Philip 'Phil' Marvin 58
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1932 The Wiser Sex Actor David Rolfe 58
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1931 Prestige Actor Capt. Andre Verlaine 59
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1931 Tonight or Never Actor Jim Fletcher 59
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