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Melvyn Douglas
Born 1901-04-05Macon, Georgia, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta GarboSelf (archive footage)Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To(archive footage)The Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindSelf (archive footage)The Hot TouchMax ReichGhost StoryJohn JaffreyTell Me a RiddleDavidThe ChangelingSenator CarmichaelBeing ThereBenjamin RandThe Seduction of Joe TynanSenator BirneyThe Making of a PresidentRoleIntimate StrangersDonald's FatherPortrait of Grandpa DocGrandpa DocTwilight's Last GleamingZachariah GuthrieA Gift To LastOld Clement SturgessThe TenantMonsieur ZyThat's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)Murder or MercyDr. Paul HarelsonThe Death SquadPolice Captain Earl KreskiThe Going Up of David LevGrandfatherThe CandidateJohn J. McKayOne Is a Lonely NumberJoseph ProvoHollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)Death Takes a HolidayJudge Earl ChapmanI Never Sang for My FatherTom Garrison