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.
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Movie Appearances
Ninotchka
as Count Leon d'Algout
1939
Being There
as Benjamin Rand
1979
Billy Budd
as The Dansker, Sailmaker
1962
The Candidate
as John J. McKay
1972
The Tenant
as Monsieur Zy
1976
The Old Dark House
as Penderel
1932
Ghost Story
as Dr. John Jaffrey
1981
Hud
as Homer Bannon
1963
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Bill Cole
1948
A Woman's Face
as Dr. Gustaf Segert
1941
The Changeling
as Senator Carmichael
1980
The Americanization of Emily
as Admiral William Jessup
1964
The Vampire Bat
as Karl Brettschneider
1933
That Uncertain Feeling
as Larry Baker
1941
They All Kissed the Bride
as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
1942
Annie Oakley
as Jeff Hogarth
1935
That Certain Age
as Vincent Bullitt
1938
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
1947
Angel
as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
1937
Captains Courageous
as Frank Burton Cheyne
1937
TV Appearances
Studio One
as Cyril Ritchard
1948
General Electric Theater
as Professor Arthur Barris
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Drummond
1951
Weekend Special
as Grandpa Doc
1977
The Fugitive
as Dr. Mark Ryder
1963
Lux Video Theatre
as James Strickland
1950
Your Show of Shows
as Self - Guest Host
1950
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Pat Konke
1963
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Richard Gordon
1948
Ben Casey
as Burton Strang
1961
Lights Out
1949
Ghost Story
as Grandpa
1972