Melvyn Douglas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

121

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

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Tell Me a Riddle

    Tell Me a Riddle

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  • Rapture

    Rapture

  • One Is a Lonely Number

    One Is a Lonely Number

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • Being There

    Being There

  • Weekend Special

    Weekend Special

  • The Crucible

    The Crucible

  • Judgment at Nuremberg

    Judgment at Nuremberg

  • The Death Squad

    The Death Squad

  • Hud

    Hud

  • Companions in Nightmare

    Companions in Nightmare

  • The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

  • The Tenant

    The Tenant

  • The Amazing Mr. Williams

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

  • From the Ends of the Earth

    From the Ends of the Earth

  • Third Finger, Left Hand

    Third Finger, Left Hand

  • Captains Courageous

    Captains Courageous

  • Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

  • Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

  • I Never Sang for My Father

    I Never Sang for My Father

  • Inherit the Wind

    Inherit the Wind

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Death Takes a Holiday

    Death Takes a Holiday

  • Kraft Mystery Theatre

    Kraft Mystery Theatre

  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

  • The Lone Wolf Returns

    The Lone Wolf Returns

  • That Certain Age

    That Certain Age

  • The Sea of Grass

    The Sea of Grass

  • Angel

    Angel

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • We Were Dancing

    We Were Dancing

  • Dangerous Corner

    Dangerous Corner

  • Woman in the Dark

    Woman in the Dark

  • Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

  • Billy Budd

    Billy Budd

  • That Uncertain Feeling

    That Uncertain Feeling

  • The Seduction of Joe Tynan

    The Seduction of Joe Tynan

  • Fast Company

    Fast Company

  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

  • I Met Him in Paris

    I Met Him in Paris

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • Too Many Husbands

    Too Many Husbands

  • Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

  • Arsène Lupin Returns

    Arsène Lupin Returns

  • Theodora Goes Wild

    Theodora Goes Wild

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Greer Case

    The Greer Case

  • The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

    The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

  • The Guilt of Janet Ames

    The Guilt of Janet Ames

  • Twilight's Last Gleaming

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

  • A Woman's Secret

    A Woman's Secret

  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Good Girls Go to Paris

  • The Americanization of Emily

    The Americanization of Emily

  • There's That Woman Again

    There's That Woman Again

  • A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face

  • Tonight or Never

    Tonight or Never

  • My Own True Love

    My Own True Love

  • Old Man

    Old Man

  • Women of Glamour

    Women of Glamour

  • The Vampire Bat

    The Vampire Bat

  • Advance to the Rear

    Advance to the Rear

  • The Plot to Kill Stalin

    The Plot to Kill Stalin

  • He Stayed for Breakfast

    He Stayed for Breakfast

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • Two-Faced Woman

    Two-Faced Woman

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • The Hot Touch

    The Hot Touch

  • The People's Enemy

    The People's Enemy

  • Nagana

    Nagana

  • This Thing Called Love

    This Thing Called Love

  • Portrait of Grandpa Doc

    Portrait of Grandpa Doc

  • The Candidate

    The Candidate

  • Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

  • The Gorgeous Hussy

    The Gorgeous Hussy

  • As You Desire Me

    As You Desire Me

  • I'll Take Romance

    I'll Take Romance

  • And So They Were Married

    And So They Were Married

  • The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

  • Our Wife

    Our Wife

  • The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

  • Three Hearts for Julia

    Three Hearts for Julia

  • Intimate Strangers

    Intimate Strangers

  • The Going Up of David Lev

    The Going Up of David Lev

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

  • Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

    Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

  • There's Always a Woman

    There's Always a Woman

  • My Forbidden Past

    My Forbidden Past

  • The Making of a President

    The Making of a President

  • Hollywood Off Beat

    Hollywood Off Beat

  • Prestige

    Prestige

  • The Toy Wife

    The Toy Wife

  • The Wiser Sex

    The Wiser Sex

  • 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

  • Counsellor at Law

    Counsellor at Law

  • The Broken Wing

    The Broken Wing

  • Murder or Mercy

    Murder or Mercy

  • On the Loose

    On the Loose

  • Hunters Are for Killing

    Hunters Are for Killing