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.
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Movies (41)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988
The Hot Touch
as Max Reich
1982
Ghost Story
as Dr. John Jaffrey
1981
Tell Me a Riddle
as David
1980
The Changeling
as Senator Carmichael
1980
Being There
as Benjamin Rand
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Birney
1979
The Making of a President
1978
Intimate Strangers
as Donald's Father
1977
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
as Grandpa Doc
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Zachariah Guthrie
1977
The Tenant
as Monsieur Zy
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Paul Harelson
1974
The Death Squad
as Police Captain Earl Kreski
1974
The Going Up of David Lev
as Grandfather
1973
The Candidate
as John J. McKay
1972
One Is a Lonely Number
as Joseph Provo
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Death Takes a Holiday
as Judge Earl Chapman
1971
I Never Sang for My Father
as Tom Garrison
1970
Hunters Are for Killing
as Keller Floran
1970
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
1969
Companions in Nightmare
as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
1968
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Peter Schermann
1967
The Crucible
as Deputy Governor Danforth
1967
Hotel
as Warren Trent
1967
Inherit the Wind
as Henry Drummond
1965
Once Upon a Tractor
as Martin
1965
Rapture
as Frederick Larbaud
1965
The Americanization of Emily
as Admiral William Jessup
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Leon (archive footage)
1964
Advance to the Rear
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
1964
Hud
as Homer Bannon
1963
Billy Budd
as The Dansker, Sailmaker
1962
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Gen. Parker
1959
Old Man
as Self - Host
1958
The Plot to Kill Stalin
as Stalin
1958
The Greer Case
as Howard Hoagland
1957
TV Shows (9)
Weekend Special
as Grandpa Doc
1977
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Stateman Benjamin Franklin
1974
Ghost Story
as Grandpa
1972
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
CBS Playhouse
as Peter Schermann
1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Pat Konke
1963
The Fugitive
as Dr. Mark Ryder
1963
Ben Casey
as Burton Strang
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961