Melvyn Douglas
Born April 05, 1901 (Age: 124)
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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.
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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Filmography
The Changeling
1980
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as Senator Carmichael
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Age: 78
Being There
1979
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as Benjamin Rand
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Age: 78
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
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as Senator Birney
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Age: 78
The Making of a President
1978
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as
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Age: 76
No Image
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977
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as Grandpa Doc
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Age: 76
The Tenant
1976
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as Monsieur Zy
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Age: 75
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 75
The Candidate
1972
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as John J. McKay
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Age: 71
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Hud
1963
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as Homer Bannon
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Age: 62
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959
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as Gen. Parker
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Age: 58
Old Man
1958
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as Self - Host
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Age: 57
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
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as Stalin
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Age: 57
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
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as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
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Age: 41
We Were Dancing
1942
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as Nicholas Prax
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Age: 41
Two-Faced Woman
1941
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as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
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Age: 40
Our Wife
1941
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as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
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Age: 40
A Woman's Face
1941
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as Dr. Gustaf Segert
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Age: 40
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
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as Larry Baker
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Age: 40
The Old Dark House
1932
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as Penderel
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Age: 31
As You Desire Me
1932
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as Count Bruno Varelli
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Age: 31
The Broken Wing
1932
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as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
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Age: 30
The Wiser Sex
1932
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as David Rolfe
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Age: 30
Prestige
1932
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as Capt. Andre Verlaine
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Age: 30