Melvyn Douglas
American actor (1901-1981) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 80
Melvyn Douglas was an American actor, whose stage and screen careers spanned from the late 1920s until the early 1980s. He was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting - winning two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.
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1981Died4 August 1981
Ghost StoryFilm, 1981John Jaffrey1980Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1979
Being ThereFilm, Benjamin Rand1976
That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage)1974
The Lives of Benjamin FranklinSeries, Stateman Benjamin Franklin1972
Ghost StorySeries, Grandpa1970
I Never Sang for My FatherFilm, Tom Garrison1968Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1966CBS PlayhouseSeries, Peter Schermann1965
RaptureFilm, Frederick Larbaud1964Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1963
HudFilm, Homer Bannon1961
Ben CaseySeries, Burton Strang1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAwardTony Award for Best Actor in a PlayAward1956
Playhouse 90Series, Gen. Parker1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Professor Arthur Barris1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Henry Drummond
My Forbidden PastFilm, 1951Paul Beaurevel1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, James Strickland1948
Studio OneSeries, Cyril Ritchard
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseFilm, 1948Bill Cole1942
They All Kissed the BrideFilm, Michael 'Mike' Holmes1940
Too Many HusbandsFilm, Henry Lowndes1938
The Shining HourFilm, Henry Linden1936
The Gorgeous HussyFilm, John Randolph1934
Woman in the DarkFilm, Tony Robson1932
As You Desire MeFilm, Count Bruno Varelli1901Born5 April 1901
Ghost StoryFilm, 1981John Jaffrey1980Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1979Being ThereFilm, Benjamin Rand1976That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm, (archive footage)1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinSeries, Stateman Benjamin Franklin1972Ghost StorySeries, Grandpa1970I Never Sang for My FatherFilm, Tom Garrison1968Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1966CBS PlayhouseSeries, Peter Schermann1965RaptureFilm, Frederick Larbaud1964Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1963HudFilm, Homer Bannon1961Ben CaseySeries, Burton Strang1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAwardTony Award for Best Actor in a PlayAward1956Playhouse 90Series, Gen. Parker1953General Electric TheaterSeries, Professor Arthur Barris1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Henry DrummondMy Forbidden PastFilm, 1951Paul Beaurevel1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, James Strickland1948Studio OneSeries, Cyril RitchardMr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseFilm, 1948Bill Cole1942They All Kissed the BrideFilm, Michael 'Mike' Holmes1940Too Many HusbandsFilm, Henry Lowndes1938The Shining HourFilm, Henry Linden1936The Gorgeous HussyFilm, John Randolph1934Woman in the DarkFilm, Tony Robson1932As You Desire MeFilm, Count Bruno Varelli1901Born5 April 1901People around Melvyn
Alexander Hall Directed They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Ernst Lubitsch Produced Ninotchka and Angel
William Perlberg Produced There's Always a Woman (1938)- Everett Riskin Produced Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Joan Crawford Also in A Woman's Face and The Gorgeous Hussy
Peter Ustinov Produced Billy Budd (1962)
George Cukor Directed Two-Faced Woman and A Woman's Face
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Produced The Gorgeous Hussy and The Shining Hour
Robert Z. Leonard Directed Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Richard Thorpe Directed The Toy Wife and Three Hearts for Julia
Wesley Ruggles Produced Too Many Husbands (1940)
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced The Old Dark House (1933)
George Fitzmaurice Produced As You Desire Me (1932)- Gottfried Reinhardt Produced Two-Faced Woman and The Great Sinner
George Schaefer Directed Inherit the Wind and Lamp At Midnight
Greta Garbo Also in Two-Faced Woman and As You Desire Me
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Tonight or Never (1931)
Richard Quine Directed Hotel (1967)
Herbert Stothart Wrote The Sea of Grass and The Gorgeous Hussy
Mary Forbes Also in Ninotchka and Theodora Goes Wild
Rolfe Sedan Also in That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
Werner R. Heymann Wrote Ninotchka and That Uncertain Feeling
Charles Trowbridge Also in Captains Courageous and The Sea of Grass
Walter Kingsford Also in My Forbidden Past (1951)
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Being There 1979
The Tenant 1976
Ninotchka 1939
Captains Courageous 1937
Hud 1963
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Television 22
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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1981 · aged 80
