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Melvyn Douglas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1901-04-05

Day of Death

1981-08-04

Place of Birth

Macon, Georgia, USA

Melvyn Douglas

Biography

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.

Filmography (100)

⭐ 3.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

2014
⭐ 8.5 Role: (archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990
⭐ 8.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988
⭐ 4.6 Role: Max Reich

The Hot Touch

1982
⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. John Jaffrey

Ghost Story

1981
⭐ 6.8 Role: David

Tell Me a Riddle

1980
⭐ 7.0 Role: Senator Carmichael

The Changeling

1980
⭐ 7.6 Role: Benjamin Rand

Being There

1979
⭐ 5.9 Role: Senator Birney

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Making of a President

1978
⭐ 5.0 Role: Donald's Father

Intimate Strangers

1977
No Image
⭐ 4.5 Role: Grandpa Doc

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

1977
⭐ 6.5 Role: Zachariah Guthrie

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Old Clement Sturgess

A Gift To Last

1976
⭐ 7.6 Role: Monsieur Zy

The Tenant

1976