Melvyn Douglas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-04-05

Day of death

1981-08-04 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Macon, Georgia, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

    Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • The Guilt of Janet Ames

    The Guilt of Janet Ames

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • There's That Woman Again

    There's That Woman Again

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Weekend Special

    Weekend Special

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • Rapture

    Rapture

  • The Vampire Bat

    The Vampire Bat

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  • The Plot to Kill Stalin

    The Plot to Kill Stalin

  • My Own True Love

    My Own True Love

  • Death Takes a Holiday

    Death Takes a Holiday

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • The Candidate

    The Candidate

  • Old Man

    Old Man

  • Woman in the Dark

    Woman in the Dark

  • Billy Budd

    Billy Budd

  • Angel

    Angel

  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Good Girls Go to Paris

  • Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

  • Captains Courageous

    Captains Courageous

  • Arsène Lupin Returns

    Arsène Lupin Returns

  • Fast Company

    Fast Company

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

  • Being There

    Being There

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • Hud

    Hud

  • Third Finger, Left Hand

    Third Finger, Left Hand

  • A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face

  • The Tenant

    The Tenant

  • The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

  • Nagana

    Nagana

  • Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

  • The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

  • One Is a Lonely Number

    One Is a Lonely Number

  • Kraft Mystery Theatre

    Kraft Mystery Theatre

  • Two-Faced Woman

    Two-Faced Woman

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Americanization of Emily

    The Americanization of Emily

  • I Never Sang for My Father

    I Never Sang for My Father

  • Inherit the Wind

    Inherit the Wind

  • Women of Glamour

    Women of Glamour

  • A Woman's Secret

    A Woman's Secret

  • Three Hearts for Julia

    Three Hearts for Julia

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • The Sea of Grass

    The Sea of Grass

  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan

    The Seduction of Joe Tynan

  • Our Wife

    Our Wife

  • From the Ends of the Earth

    From the Ends of the Earth

  • Twilight's Last Gleaming

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

  • The Amazing Mr. Williams

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

  • The Greer Case

    The Greer Case

  • That Certain Age

    That Certain Age

  • He Stayed for Breakfast

    He Stayed for Breakfast

  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

  • Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

  • Companions in Nightmare

    Companions in Nightmare

  • Tell Me a Riddle

    Tell Me a Riddle

  • The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

    The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Too Many Husbands

    Too Many Husbands

  • And So They Were Married

    And So They Were Married

  • Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • Garbo, by Joan Crawford

    Garbo, by Joan Crawford

  • Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

  • The Death Squad

    The Death Squad

  • Theodora Goes Wild

    Theodora Goes Wild

  • That Uncertain Feeling

    That Uncertain Feeling

  • Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

  • The Gorgeous Hussy

    The Gorgeous Hussy

  • Tonight or Never

    Tonight or Never

  • As You Desire Me

    As You Desire Me

  • The People's Enemy

    The People's Enemy

  • The Lone Wolf Returns

    The Lone Wolf Returns

  • The Hot Touch

    The Hot Touch

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Going Up of David Lev

    The Going Up of David Lev

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

  • We Were Dancing

    We Were Dancing

  • My Forbidden Past

    My Forbidden Past

  • This Thing Called Love

    This Thing Called Love

  • The Toy Wife

    The Toy Wife

  • I Met Him in Paris

    I Met Him in Paris

  • The Crucible

    The Crucible

  • They All Kissed the Bride

    They All Kissed the Bride

  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

  • There's Always a Woman

    There's Always a Woman

  • Advance to the Rear

    Advance to the Rear

  • The Making of a President

    The Making of a President

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

  • Dangerous Corner

    Dangerous Corner

  • I'll Take Romance

    I'll Take Romance

  • The Wiser Sex

    The Wiser Sex

  • Intimate Strangers

    Intimate Strangers

  • Hunters Are for Killing

    Hunters Are for Killing

  • The Broken Wing

    The Broken Wing

  • Counsellor at Law

    Counsellor at Law

  • Hollywood Off Beat

    Hollywood Off Beat

  • Murder or Mercy

    Murder or Mercy

  • Prestige

    Prestige

  • On the Loose

    On the Loose

  • Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

    Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

  • Portrait of Grandpa Doc

    Portrait of Grandpa Doc