Melvyn Douglas
Acting
Born April 5, 1901 · 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 appeare…
Known For · 40 titles
The Fugitive
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
What's My Line?
The Dick Cavett Show
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
American Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
Ben Casey
Lights Out
Ghost Story
MGM Parade
Playhouse 90
Your Show of Shows
Weekend Special
Lux Video Theatre
CBS Playhouse
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Hud
General Electric Theater
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Being There
The Changeling
The Tenant
Ninotchka
Captains Courageous
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Twilight's Last Gleaming
A Woman's Face
The Americanization of Emily
That's Entertainment, Part II
The Candidate
Annie Oakley
Ghost Story
The Old Dark House
Prestige
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Toy Wife
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Our Wife