Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

1901-04-05

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvyn Douglas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also appears in

Being There

Being There

7.6

The Tenant

The Tenant

7.6

The Changeling

The Changeling

7.0

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

7.0

Hud

Hud

7.2

The Candidate

The Candidate

6.5

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

6.7

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

7.4

Ghost Story

Ghost Story

6.0

Ninotchka

Ninotchka

7.5

Angel

Angel

6.8

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

5.9

Twilight’s Last Gleaming

Twilight’s Last Gleaming

6.4

The Vampire Bat

The Vampire Bat

5.3

Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

6.6

Hotel

Hotel

6.1

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

5.2

Billy Budd

Billy Budd

7.3

The Americanization of Emily

The Americanization of Emily

6.7

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild

6.6