Melvyn Douglas
Born April 05, 1901 (Age: 125)
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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.
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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Filmography
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 89
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 87
Ghost Story
1981
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as Dr. John Jaffrey
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Age: 80
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
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as David
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Age: 79
The Changeling
1980
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as Senator Carmichael
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Age: 78
Being There
1979
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as Benjamin Rand
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Age: 78
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
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as Senator Birney
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Age: 78
The Making of a President
1978
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as
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Age: 76
No Image
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977
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as Grandpa Doc
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Age: 76
No Image
A Gift To Last
1976
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as Old Clement Sturgess
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Age: 75
The Tenant
1976
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as Monsieur Zy
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Age: 75
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 75
Murder or Mercy
1974
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as Dr. Paul Harelson
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Age: 73
The Death Squad
1974
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as Police Captain Earl Kreski
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Age: 72
No Image
The Going Up of David Lev
1973
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as Grandfather
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Age: 72
The Candidate
1972
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as John J. McKay
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Age: 71
One Is a Lonely Number
1972
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as Joseph Provo
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Age: 71
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 70
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Inherit the Wind
1965
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as Henry Drummond
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Age: 64
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
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as Martin
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Age: 64
Rapture
1965
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as Frederick Larbaud
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Age: 64
The Americanization of Emily
1964
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as Admiral William Jessup
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Age: 63
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
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as Leon (archive footage)
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Age: 63
Advance to the Rear
1964
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as Col. Claude Brackenbury
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Age: 63
Hud
1963
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as Homer Bannon
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Age: 62
Billy Budd
1962
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as The Dansker, Sailmaker
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Age: 61
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959
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as Gen. Parker
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Age: 58
Old Man
1958
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as Self - Host
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Age: 57
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
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as Stalin
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Age: 57
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
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as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
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Age: 41
We Were Dancing
1942
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as Nicholas Prax
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Age: 41
Two-Faced Woman
1941
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as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
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Age: 40
Our Wife
1941
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as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
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Age: 40
A Woman's Face
1941
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as Dr. Gustaf Segert
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Age: 40
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
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as Larry Baker
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Age: 40
The Old Dark House
1932
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as Penderel
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Age: 31
As You Desire Me
1932
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as Count Bruno Varelli
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Age: 31
The Broken Wing
1932
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as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
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Age: 30
The Wiser Sex
1932
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as David Rolfe
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Age: 30
Prestige
1932
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as Capt. Andre Verlaine
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Age: 30
Tonight or Never
1931
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as Jim Fletcher
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Age: 29