Melvyn Douglas
Acting
Born: 1901-04-05 in Macon, Georgia, USA
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.
Known For
The Fugitive
Dr. Mark Ryder
American Playhouse
David
Studio One
Cyril Ritchard
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
Richard Gordon
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Stranger
Ben Casey
Burton Strang
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Lights Out
MGM Parade
Self
MGM Parade
self
Playhouse 90
Gen. Parker
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Host
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Performer
ABC Weekend Specials
Grandpa Doc
Ghost Story
Grandpa
The Tenant
Monsieur Zy
Kraft Mystery Theatre
The Changeling
Senator Carmichael
Being There
Benjamin Rand
Hud
Homer Bannon
Ninotchka
Count Leon d'Algout
The Candidate
John J. McKay
Ghost Story
John Jaffrey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Henry Drummond
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Galileo Galilei
Annie Oakley
Jeff Hogarth
Captains Courageous
Frank Burton Cheyne
General Electric Theater
Professor Arthur Barris
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Stateman Benjamin Franklin
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Zachariah Guthrie
The Making of a President
Billy Budd
The Dansker, Sailmaker
A Woman's Face
Dr. Gustaf Segert
The Old Dark House
Penderel
The Americanization of Emily
Admiral William Jessup