Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

4/5/1901 – 8/4/1981Macon, Georgia, USA

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.

Filmography (122 titles)

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo3.0Movie

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage) · 2014

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To8.5Movie

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

(archive footage) · 1990

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind8.2Movie

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Self (archive footage) · 1988

The Hot Touch4.6Movie

The Hot Touch

Max Reich · 1982

American Playhouse6.6Show

American Playhouse

David · 1982

Ghost Story6.0Movie

Ghost Story

Dr. John Jaffrey · 1981

Tell Me a Riddle6.8Movie

Tell Me a Riddle

David · 1980

The Changeling7.0Movie

The Changeling

Senator Carmichael · 1980

Being There7.6Movie

Being There

Benjamin Rand · 1979

The Seduction of Joe Tynan5.9Movie

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Senator Birney · 1979

The Making of a PresidentMovie

The Making of a President

1978

Intimate Strangers5.0Movie

Intimate Strangers

Donald's Father · 1977

3.7Movie

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

Grandpa Doc · 1977

7.5Show

Weekend Special

Grandpa Doc · 1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming6.5Movie

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Zachariah Guthrie · 1977

Movie

A Gift To Last

Old Clement Sturgess · 1976

The Tenant7.6Movie

The Tenant

Monsieur Zy · 1976

That's Entertainment, Part II7.0Movie

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) · 1976

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin9.0Show

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Stateman Benjamin Franklin · 1974

Murder or Mercy10.0Movie

Murder or Mercy

Dr. Paul Harelson · 1974

The Death Squad6.9Movie

The Death Squad

Police Captain Earl Kreski · 1974

9.0Movie

The Going Up of David Lev

Grandfather · 1973

Ghost Story7.4Show

Ghost Story

Grandpa · 1972

The Candidate6.5Movie

The Candidate

John J. McKay · 1972

One Is a Lonely Number5.1Movie

One Is a Lonely Number

Joseph Provo · 1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory7.3Movie

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) · 1972

Death Takes a Holiday4.9Movie

Death Takes a Holiday

Judge Earl Chapman · 1971

I Never Sang for My Father6.7Movie

I Never Sang for My Father

Tom Garrison · 1970

Hunters Are for Killing6.0Movie

Hunters Are for Killing

Keller Floran · 1970

Garbo, by Joan Crawford6.0Movie

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage) · 1969