Melvyn Douglas

Born: 1901-04-05 in Macon, Georgia, USA

Died: 1981-08-04

Known For: Acting

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

1981

Ghost Story as John Jaffrey

1980

The Changeling as Senator Carmichael
Tell Me a Riddle as David

1979

Being There as Benjamin Rand
The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Senator Birney

1978

The Making of a President

1977

Weekend Special as Grandpa Doc
Twilight's Last Gleaming as Zachariah Guthrie
Intimate Strangers as Donald's Father
Portrait of Grandpa Doc as Grandpa Doc

1976

The Tenant as Monsieur Zy
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
A Gift To Last as Old Clement Sturgess

1974

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as Stateman Benjamin Franklin
The Death Squad as Police Captain Earl Kreski
Murder or Mercy as Dr. Paul Harelson

1973

The Going Up of David Lev as Grandfather

1972

Ghost Story as Grandpa
The Candidate as John J. McKay
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
One Is a Lonely Number as Joseph Provo

1971

Death Takes a Holiday as Judge Earl Chapman

1970

I Never Sang for My Father as Tom Garrison
Hunters Are for Killing as Keller Floran

1969

Garbo, by Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage)

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
Companions in Nightmare as Dr. Lawrence Strelson

1967

Hotel as Warren Trent
The Crucible as Deputy Governor Danforth
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night as Peter Schermann

1966

CBS Playhouse as Peter Schermann

1965

Rapture as Frederick Larbaud
Inherit the Wind as Henry Drummond
Once Upon a Tractor as Martin

1964

Advance to the Rear as Col. Claude Brackenbury
The Americanization of Emily as Admiral William Jessup
The Big Parade of Comedy as Leon (archive footage)

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Pat Konke
The Fugitive as Dr. Mark Ryder
Hud as Homer Bannon

1962

Billy Budd as The Dansker, Sailmaker

1961

Ben Casey as Burton Strang
Kraft Mystery Theatre

1959

Judgment at Nuremberg as Gen. Parker

1958

The Plot to Kill Stalin as Stalin
Old Man as Self - Host

1957

The Greer Case as Howard Hoagland

1956

Playhouse 90 as Gen. Parker

1955

MGM Parade as Self

1953

General Electric Theater as Professor Arthur Barris

1952

Hollywood Off Beat as Steve Randall

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Henry Drummond
My Forbidden Past as Paul Beaurevel
On the Loose as Frank Bradley

1950

What's My Line? as Self
Your Show of Shows as Self - Guest Host
Lux Video Theatre as James Strickland

1949

Lights Out
The Great Sinner as Armand De Glasse
A Woman's Secret as Luke Jordan

1948

Studio One as Cyril Ritchard
The Philco Television Playhouse as Richard Gordon
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Bill Cole
My Own True Love as Clive Heath

1947

The Sea of Grass as Brice Chamberlain
The Guilt of Janet Ames as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb

1943

Three Hearts for Julia as Jeff Seabrook

1942

They All Kissed the Bride as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
We Were Dancing as Nicholas Prax

1941

That Uncertain Feeling as Larry Baker
Our Wife as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
A Woman's Face as Dr. Gustaf Segert
Two-Faced Woman as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake

1940

This Thing Called Love as Tice Collins
Too Many Husbands as Henry Lowndes
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
He Stayed for Breakfast as Paul Boliet
Third Finger, Left Hand as Jeff Thompson

1939

Ninotchka as Count Leon d'Algout
The Amazing Mr. Williams as Kenny Williams
Good Girls Go to Paris as Ronald Brooke
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 as Self
From the Ends of the Earth as Self
Tell No Tales as Michael Cassidy
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Melvyn Douglas

1938

The Shining Hour as Henry Linden
There's Always a Woman as William H. Reardon
That Certain Age as Vincent Bullitt
The Toy Wife as George Sartoris
Arsène Lupin Returns as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
Fast Company as Joel Sloane
There's That Woman Again as William 'Bill' Reardon

1937

Captains Courageous as Frank Burton Cheyne
Angel as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
I'll Take Romance as James Guthrie
I Met Him in Paris as George Potter
Women of Glamour as Richard Stark

1936

The Gorgeous Hussy as John Randolph
Theodora Goes Wild as Michael Grant
And So They Were Married as Stephen Blake

1935

Annie Oakley as Jeff Hogarth
She Married Her Boss as Richard Barclay
The Lone Wolf Returns as Michael Lanyard
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Barton Powell
The People's Enemy as George R. 'Traps' Stuart

1934

Woman in the Dark as Tony Robson
Dangerous Corner as Charles Stanton

1933

Counsellor at Law as Roy Darwin
The Vampire Bat as Karl Brettschneider
Nagana as Dr. Walter Tradnor

1932

The Old Dark House as Penderel
As You Desire Me as Count Bruno Varelli
The Broken Wing as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
The Wiser Sex as David Rolfe
Prestige as Capt. Andre Verlaine

1931

Tonight or Never as Jim Fletcher