Melvyn Douglas
Born Apr 5, 1901 · Macon, 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.
Known for
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
American Playhouse
1982
The Hot Touch
1982
Ghost Story
1981
The Changeling
1980
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
Being There
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Intimate Strangers
1977
The Tenant
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
Murder or Mercy
1974
The Death Squad
1974
Ghost Story
1972
The Candidate
1972
One Is a Lonely Number
1972
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
Companions in Nightmare
1968
Hotel
1967
The Crucible
1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
Rapture
1965
Inherit the Wind
1965
The Americanization of Emily
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Advance to the Rear
1964
The Fugitive
1963
Hud
1963
Billy Budd
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
The Greer Case
1957
Playhouse 90
1956
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
My Forbidden Past
1951
On the Loose
1951
Lights Out
1949
The Great Sinner
1949
A Woman's Secret
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
My Own True Love
1948
The Sea of Grass
1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
We Were Dancing
1942
A Woman's Face
1941
Our Wife
1941
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
Two-Faced Woman
1941
This Thing Called Love
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
Too Many Husbands
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
Ninotchka
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
Tell No Tales
1939
The Toy Wife
1938
There's Always a Woman
1938
That Certain Age
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
The Shining Hour
1938
There's That Woman Again
1938
Fast Company
1938
Captains Courageous
1937
Angel
1937
I'll Take Romance
1937
I Met Him in Paris
1937
Women of Glamour
1937
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
And So They Were Married
1936
Annie Oakley
1935
She Married Her Boss
1935
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
The People's Enemy
1935
Woman in the Dark
1934
Dangerous Corner
1934
The Vampire Bat
1933
Counsellor at Law
1933
Nagana
1933
Prestige
1932
The Old Dark House
1932
As You Desire Me
1932
The Wiser Sex
1932
The Broken Wing
1932
Tonight or Never
1931