Melvyn Douglas

Personal Informations

Known for Department
Acting
Known appearances
122
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 5, 1901 (80 old)
Deathday
Aug 4, 1981
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Also known as
Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
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Melvyn Douglas

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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Known for

Disco and Atomic War
Disco and Atomic War
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Hot Touch
The Hot Touch
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle
The Changeling
The Changeling
Being There
Being There
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Making of a President
The Making of a President
Intimate Strangers
Intimate Strangers
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming
The Tenant
The Tenant
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
Murder or Mercy
Murder or Mercy
The Death Squad
The Death Squad
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
The Candidate
The Candidate
One Is a Lonely Number
One Is a Lonely Number
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Death Takes a Holiday
Death Takes a Holiday
I Never Sang for My Father
I Never Sang for My Father
Hunters Are for Killing
Hunters Are for Killing
Companions in Nightmare
Companions in Nightmare
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
The Crucible
The Crucible
Hotel
Hotel
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
Once Upon a Tractor
Once Upon a Tractor
Rapture
Rapture
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
Hud
Hud
Billy Budd
Billy Budd
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
Old Man
Old Man
The Plot to Kill Stalin
The Plot to Kill Stalin
The Greer Case
The Greer Case
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
On the Loose
On the Loose
My Forbidden Past
My Forbidden Past
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
Lights Out
Lights Out
The Great Sinner
The Great Sinner
A Woman's Secret
A Woman's Secret
Studio One
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
My Own True Love
My Own True Love
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass
The Guilt of Janet Ames
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Three Hearts for Julia
Three Hearts for Julia
They All Kissed the Bride
They All Kissed the Bride
We Were Dancing
We Were Dancing
Two-Faced Woman
Two-Faced Woman
Our Wife
Our Wife
A Woman's Face
A Woman's Face
That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling
This Thing Called Love
This Thing Called Love
Third Finger, Left Hand
Third Finger, Left Hand
He Stayed for Breakfast
He Stayed for Breakfast
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Too Many Husbands
Too Many Husbands
Ninotchka
Ninotchka
The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Good Girls Go to Paris
Good Girls Go to Paris
Tell No Tales
Tell No Tales
There's That Woman Again
There's That Woman Again
The Shining Hour
The Shining Hour
That Certain Age
That Certain Age
Fast Company
Fast Company
The Toy Wife
The Toy Wife
There's Always a Woman
There's Always a Woman
Arsène Lupin Returns
Arsène Lupin Returns
I'll Take Romance
I'll Take Romance
Angel
Angel
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous
I Met Him in Paris
I Met Him in Paris
Women of Glamour
Women of Glamour
Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wild
The Gorgeous Hussy
The Gorgeous Hussy
And So They Were Married
And So They Were Married
The Lone Wolf Returns
The Lone Wolf Returns
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive
She Married Her Boss
She Married Her Boss
The People's Enemy
The People's Enemy
Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner
Woman in the Dark
Woman in the Dark
Counsellor at Law
Counsellor at Law
Nagana
Nagana
The Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House
As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me
The Broken Wing
The Broken Wing
The Wiser Sex
The Wiser Sex
Prestige
Prestige
Tonight or Never
Tonight or Never

Acting

2009
Disco and Atomic War
  —
Count Leon d'Algout (archive footage)
1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
  —
(archive footage)
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
  —
Self (archive footage)
1982
The Hot Touch
  —
Max Reich
1981
Ghost Story
  —
Dr. John Jaffrey
1980
Tell Me a Riddle
  —
David
The Changeling
  —
Senator Carmichael
1979
Being There
  —
Benjamin Rand
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
  —
Senator Birney
1977
Intimate Strangers
  —
Donald's Father
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
  —
Grandpa Doc
Weekend Special
  —
Grandpa Doc
Twilight's Last Gleaming
  —
Zachariah Guthrie
1976
The Tenant
  —
Monsieur Zy
That's Entertainment, Part II
  —
(archive footage)
1974
Murder or Mercy
  —
Dr. Paul Harelson
The Death Squad
  —
Police Captain Earl Kreski
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
  —
Stateman Benjamin Franklin
1973
The Going Up of David Lev
  —
Grandfather
1972
Ghost Story
  —
Grandpa
The Candidate
  —
John J. McKay
One Is a Lonely Number
  —
Joseph Provo
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
  —
Self (archive footage)
1971
Death Takes a Holiday
  —
Judge Earl Chapman
1970
I Never Sang for My Father
  —
Tom Garrison
Hunters Are for Killing
  —
Keller Floran
1968
Companions in Nightmare
  —
Dr. Lawrence Strelson
The Dick Cavett Show
  —
Self - Guest
1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
  —
Peter Schermann
The Crucible
  —
Deputy Governor Danforth
Hotel
  —
Warren Trent
1966
CBS Playhouse
  —
Peter Schermann
1965
Inherit the Wind
  —
Henry Drummond
Once Upon a Tractor
  —
Martin
Rapture
  —
Frederick Larbaud
1964
The Americanization of Emily
  —
Admiral William Jessup
The Big Parade of Comedy
  —
Leon (archive footage)
Advance to the Rear
  —
Col. Claude Brackenbury
The Fugitive
  —
Dr. Mark Ryder
Hud
  —
Homer Bannon
1962
Billy Budd
  —
The Dansker, Sailmaker
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
  —
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ben Casey
  —
Burton Strang
1958
Old Man
  —
Self - Host
1957
The Greer Case
  —
Howard Hoagland
1956
Playhouse 90
  —
Gen. Parker
1953
General Electric Theater
  —
Professor Arthur Barris
1952
Hollywood Off Beat
  —
Steve Randall
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
  —
Galileo Galilei
On the Loose
  —
Frank Bradley
My Forbidden Past
  —
Paul Beaurevel
1950
Lux Video Theatre
  —
James Strickland
Your Show of Shows
  —
Self - Guest Performer
What's My Line?
  —
Self - Panelist
The Great Sinner
  —
Armand De Glasse
A Woman's Secret
  —
Luke Jordan
1948
Studio One
  —
Cyril Ritchard
My Own True Love
  —
Clive Heath
1947
The Sea of Grass
  —
Brice Chamberlain
The Guilt of Janet Ames
  —
Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
1943
Three Hearts for Julia
  —
Jeff Seabrook
1942
They All Kissed the Bride
  —
Michael 'Mike' Holmes
We Were Dancing
  —
Nicholas Prax
1941
Two-Faced Woman
  —
Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
Our Wife
  —
Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
A Woman's Face
  —
Dr. Gustaf Segert
That Uncertain Feeling
  —
Larry Baker
1940
This Thing Called Love
  —
Tice Collins
Third Finger, Left Hand
  —
Jeff Thompson
He Stayed for Breakfast
  —
Paul Boliet
Too Many Husbands
  —
Henry Lowndes
1939
Ninotchka
  —
Count Leon d'Algout
The Amazing Mr. Williams
  —
Kenny Williams
Good Girls Go to Paris
  —
Ronald Brooke
Tell No Tales
  —
Michael Cassidy
1938
There's That Woman Again
  —
William 'Bill' Reardon
The Shining Hour
  —
Henry Linden
That Certain Age
  —
Vincent Bullitt
Fast Company
  —
Joel Sloane
The Toy Wife
  —
George Sartoris
There's Always a Woman
  —
William H. Reardon
Arsène Lupin Returns
  —
Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
1937
I'll Take Romance
  —
James Guthrie
Angel
  —
Anthony 'Tony' Halton
Captains Courageous
  —
Frank Burton Cheyne
I Met Him in Paris
  —
George Potter
Women of Glamour
  —
Richard 'Dick' Stark
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
  —
Michael Grant
The Gorgeous Hussy
  —
John Randolph
And So They Were Married
  —
Stephen Blake
1935
The Lone Wolf Returns
  —
Michael Lanyard
Mary Burns, Fugitive
  —
Barton Powell
She Married Her Boss
  —
Richard Barclay
The People's Enemy
  —
George R. 'Traps' Stuart
1934
Dangerous Corner
  —
Charles Stanton
Woman in the Dark
  —
Tony Robson
1933
Counsellor at Law
  —
Roy Darwin
Nagana
  —
Dr. Walter Tradnor
The Vampire Bat
  —
Karl Brettschneider
1932
The Old Dark House
  —
Penderel
As You Desire Me
  —
Count Bruno Varelli
The Broken Wing
  —
Philip 'Phil' Marvin
The Wiser Sex
  —
David Rolfe
1931
Prestige
  —
Capt. Andre Verlaine
Tonight or Never
  —
Jim Fletcher
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