Melvyn Douglas
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1901-04-05 – 1981-08-04
Place of birth: 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.
Known for
Ninotchka
1939Count Leon d'Algout
Being There
1979Benjamin Rand
Billy Budd
1962The Dansker, Sailmaker
The Candidate
1972John J. McKay
The Tenant
1976Monsieur Zy
The Old Dark House
1932Penderel
Ghost Story
1981Dr. John Jaffrey
Hud
1963Homer Bannon
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948Bill Cole
A Woman's Face
1941Dr. Gustaf Segert
The Changeling
1980Senator Carmichael
The Americanization of Emily
1964Admiral William Jessup
The Vampire Bat
1933Karl Brettschneider
That Uncertain Feeling
1941Larry Baker
They All Kissed the Bride
1942Michael 'Mike' Holmes
Annie Oakley
1935Jeff Hogarth
That Certain Age
1938Vincent Bullitt
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
Angel
1937Anthony 'Tony' Halton