1901Born, Macon
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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…
Known for
The TenantMonsieur Zy
Being ThereBenjamin Rand
The ChangelingSenator Carmichael
NinotchkaCount Leon d'Algout
HudHomer Bannon1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To(archive footage)Movie
1982The Hot TouchMax ReichMovie
1982American PlayhouseDavid · 1 episodeShow
1981Ghost StoryJohn JaffreyMovie
1980Tell Me a RiddleDavidMovie
1980The ChangelingSenator CarmichaelMovie
1979Being ThereBenjamin RandMovie
1979The Seduction of Joe TynanSenator BirneyMovie
1978The Making of a PresidentMovie
1977Intimate StrangersDonald's FatherMovie
1977Portrait of Grandpa DocGrandpa DocMovie
1977ABC Weekend SpecialsGrandpa Doc · 1 episodeShow
1977Twilight's Last GleamingZachariah GuthrieMovie
1976A Gift To LastOld Clement SturgessMovie
1976The TenantMonsieur ZyMovie
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)Movie
1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinStateman Benjamin Franklin · 4 episodesShow
1974Murder or MercyDr. Paul HarelsonMovie
1974The Death SquadPolice Captain Earl KreskiMovie
1973The Going Up of David LevGrandfatherMovie
1972Ghost StoryGrandpa · 1 episodeShow
1972The CandidateJohn J. McKayMovie
1972One Is a Lonely NumberJoseph ProvoMovie
1971Death Takes a HolidayJudge Earl ChapmanMovie
1970I Never Sang for My FatherTom GarrisonMovie
1970Hunters Are for KillingKeller FloranMovie
1968Companions in NightmareDr. Lawrence StrelsonMovie
1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightPeter SchermannMovie
1967The CrucibleDeputy Governor DanforthMovie
1967HotelWarren TrentMovie
1966CBS PlayhousePeter Schermann · 1 episodeShow
1965Inherit the WindHenry DrummondMovie
1965Once Upon a TractorMartinMovie
1965RaptureFrederick LarbaudMovie
1964The Americanization of EmilyAdmiral William JessupMovie
1964The Big Parade of ComedyLeon (archive footage)Movie
1964Advance to the RearCol. Claude BrackenburyMovie
1963The FugitiveDr. Mark Ryder · 1 episodeShow
1963HudHomer BannonMovie
1962Billy BuddThe Dansker, SailmakerMovie
1961Ben CaseyBurton Strang · 1 episodeShow
1961Kraft Mystery Theatre1 episodeShow
1959Judgment at NurembergGen. ParkerMovie
1958The Plot to Kill StalinStalinMovie
1957The Greer CaseHoward HoaglandMovie
1956Playhouse 90Gen. Parker · 1 episodeShow
1953General Electric TheaterProfessor Arthur Barris · 1 episodeShow
1952Hollywood Off BeatSteve Randall · 13 episodesShow
1951Hallmark Hall of FameHenry Drummond, Galileo Galilei · 1 episodeShow
1951On the LooseFrank BradleyMovie
1951My Forbidden PastPaul BeaurevelMovie
1950Lux Video TheatreJames Strickland · 1 episodeShow
1949The Great SinnerArmand De GlasseMovie
1949A Woman's SecretLuke JordanMovie
1948Studio OneCyril Ritchard · 1 episodeShow
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseRichard Gordon, The Stranger · 1 episodeShow
1948My Own True LoveClive HeathMovie
1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseBill ColeMovie
1947The Sea of GrassBrice ChamberlainMovie
1947The Guilt of Janet AmesSmithfield 'Smitty' CobbMovie
1943Three Hearts for JuliaJeff SeabrookMovie
1942They All Kissed the BrideMichael 'Mike' HolmesMovie
1942We Were DancingNicholas PraxMovie
1941Two-Faced WomanLawrence 'Larry' BlakeMovie
1941Our WifeJerome 'Jerry' MarvinMovie
1941A Woman's FaceDr. Gustaf SegertMovie
1941That Uncertain FeelingLarry BakerMovie
1940This Thing Called LoveTice CollinsMovie
1940Third Finger, Left HandJeff ThompsonMovie
1940He Stayed for BreakfastPaul BolietMovie
1940Too Many HusbandsHenry LowndesMovie
1939The Amazing Mr. WilliamsKenny WilliamsMovie
1939NinotchkaCount Leon d'AlgoutMovie
1939Good Girls Go to ParisRonald BrookeMovie
1939Tell No TalesMichael CassidyMovie
1939Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Melvyn DouglasMovie
1938There's That Woman AgainWilliam 'Bill' ReardonMovie
1938The Shining HourHenry LindenMovie
1938That Certain AgeVincent BullittMovie
1938Fast CompanyJoel SloaneMovie
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