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Melvyn Douglas

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 f

Born

Apr 05, 1901

Macon, Georgia, USA

Died

Aug 04, 1981

Known For

Acting

Movies

100 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 as Monsieur Zy
★ 7.6
The Changeling
The Changeling
1980 as Senator Carmichael
★ 7.0
Our Wife
Our Wife
1941 as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
★ 6.8
Hud
Hud
1963 as Homer Bannon
★ 7.2
Being There
Being There
1979 as Benjamin Rand
★ 7.6
Ninotchka
Ninotchka
1939 as Count Leon d'Algout
★ 7.5
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
1981 as Dr. John Jaffrey
★ 6.0
The Candidate
The Candidate
1972 as John J. McKay
★ 6.5
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous
1937 as Frank Burton Cheyne
★ 7.4
Prestige
Prestige
1932 as Capt. Andre Verlaine
★ 7.0
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
1935 as Jeff Hogarth
★ 6.5
The Crucible
The Crucible
1967 as Deputy Governor Danforth
★ 4.5
Angel
Angel
1937 as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
★ 6.7
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 as Zachariah Guthrie
★ 6.4
Hotel
Hotel
1967 as Warren Trent
★ 6.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
★ 7.0
A Woman's Face
A Woman's Face
1941 as Dr. Gustaf Segert
★ 6.8
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass
1947 as Brice Chamberlain
★ 6.1
Fast Company
Fast Company
1938 as Joel Sloane
★ 5.4
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House
1932 as Penderel
★ 6.7
The Hot Touch
The Hot Touch
1982 as Max Reich
★ 4.6
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
1964 as Col. Claude Brackenbury
★ 5.2
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Billy Budd
Billy Budd
1962 as The Dansker, Sailmaker
★ 7.3
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 as Leon (archive footage)
★ 7.2
That Certain Age
That Certain Age
1938 as Vincent Bullitt
★ 5.5
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
★ 6.5
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily
1964 as Admiral William Jessup
★ 6.7
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
1965 as Henry Drummond
★ 8.0
Nagana
Nagana
1933 as Dr. Walter Tradnor
★ 8.0
I Met Him in Paris
I Met Him in Paris
1937 as George Potter
★ 6.1
Old Man
Old Man
1958 as Self - Host
Intimate Strangers
Intimate Strangers
1977 as Donald's Father
★ 5.0
I Never Sang for My Father
I Never Sang for My Father
1970 as Tom Garrison
★ 6.7
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 as Senator Birney
★ 5.9
They All Kissed the Bride
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
★ 5.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 as Larry Baker
★ 6.6
The Great Sinner
The Great Sinner
1949 as Armand De Glasse
★ 6.8
The Shining Hour
The Shining Hour
1938 as Henry Linden
★ 6.7
A Woman's Secret
A Woman's Secret
1949 as Luke Jordan
★ 5.6
Two-Faced Woman
Two-Faced Woman
1941 as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
★ 6.4
The Gorgeous Hussy
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 as John Randolph
★ 5.5
Third Finger, Left Hand
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 as Jeff Thompson
★ 7.0
movie
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977 as Grandpa Doc
★ 4.5
Arsène Lupin Returns
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938 as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
★ 6.3
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
One Is a Lonely Number
One Is a Lonely Number
1972 as Joseph Provo
★ 5.1
The Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat
1933 as Karl Brettschneider
★ 5.5
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 as Melvyn Douglas
★ 4.0
We Were Dancing
We Were Dancing
1942 as Nicholas Prax
★ 4.3
She Married Her Boss
She Married Her Boss
1935 as Richard Barclay
★ 7.5
Hunters Are for Killing
Hunters Are for Killing
1970 as Keller Floran
★ 6.0
Tell No Tales
Tell No Tales
1939 as Michael Cassidy
★ 5.4
As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me
1932 as Count Bruno Varelli
★ 6.4
The Toy Wife
The Toy Wife
1938 as George Sartoris
★ 5.0
Women of Glamour
Women of Glamour
1937 as Richard Stark
★ 5.7
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959 as Gen. Parker
★ 6.0
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 as Peter Schermann
★ 10.0
The Guilt of Janet Ames
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
★ 5.8
My Own True Love
My Own True Love
1948 as Clive Heath
★ 6.3
Good Girls Go to Paris
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939 as Ronald Brooke
★ 7.1
The People's Enemy
The People's Enemy
1935 as George R. 'Traps' Stuart
★ 7.0
There's Always a Woman
There's Always a Woman
1938 as William H. Reardon
★ 6.0
My Forbidden Past
My Forbidden Past
1951 as Paul Beaurevel
★ 5.5
There's That Woman Again
There's That Woman Again
1938 as William 'Bill' Reardon
★ 6.2
Once Upon a Tractor
Once Upon a Tractor
1965 as Martin
★ 6.0
Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 as Michael Grant
★ 6.6
Tonight or Never
Tonight or Never
1931 as Jim Fletcher
★ 6.2
Companions in Nightmare
Companions in Nightmare
1968 as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
★ 5.3
This Thing Called Love
This Thing Called Love
1940 as Tice Collins
★ 8.4
And So They Were Married
And So They Were Married
1936 as Stephen Blake
★ 6.4
The Plot to Kill Stalin
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 as Stalin
Rapture
Rapture
1965 as Frederick Larbaud
★ 7.1
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle
1980 as David
★ 6.8
Death Takes a Holiday
Death Takes a Holiday
1971 as Judge Earl Chapman
★ 4.9
The Greer Case
The Greer Case
1957 as Howard Hoagland
Too Many Husbands
Too Many Husbands
1940 as Henry Lowndes
★ 6.5
Counsellor at Law
Counsellor at Law
1933 as Roy Darwin
★ 6.5
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 as Barton Powell
★ 9.0
Woman in the Dark
Woman in the Dark
1934 as Tony Robson
★ 6.1
The Death Squad
The Death Squad
1974 as Police Captain Earl Kreski
★ 6.9
The Broken Wing
The Broken Wing
1932 as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
★ 6.0
He Stayed for Breakfast
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 as Paul Boliet
★ 8.0
The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 as Kenny Williams
★ 6.0
Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner
1934 as Charles Stanton
★ 6.8
I'll Take Romance
I'll Take Romance
1937 as James Guthrie
★ 6.3
Murder or Mercy
Murder or Mercy
1974 as Dr. Paul Harelson
★ 10.0
The Lone Wolf Returns
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 as Michael Lanyard
★ 6.1
movie
The Going Up of David Lev
1973 as Grandfather
★ 9.0
Three Hearts for Julia
Three Hearts for Julia
1943 as Jeff Seabrook
★ 6.5
On the Loose
On the Loose
1951 as Frank Bradley
★ 6.6
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
The Wiser Sex
The Wiser Sex
1932 as David Rolfe
★ 7.5
movie
A Gift To Last
1976 as Old Clement Sturgess
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014 as Self (archive footage)
★ 3.0
movie
★ 6.0