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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

1.5

Known For

The Tenant
The Tenant
1976 as Monsieur Zy
★ 7.6
The Changeling
The Changeling
1980 as Senator Carmichael
★ 7.0
Hud
Hud
1963 as Homer Bannon
★ 7.3
Being There
Being There
1979 as Benjamin Rand
★ 7.6
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
1981 as John Jaffrey
★ 6.0
Ninotchka
Ninotchka
1939 as Count Leon d'Algout
★ 7.5
The Candidate
The Candidate
1972 as John J. McKay
★ 6.5
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 as Zachariah Guthrie
★ 6.5
Billy Budd
Billy Budd
1962 as The Dansker, Sailmaker
★ 7.3
A Woman's Face
A Woman's Face
1941 as Dr. Gustaf Segert
★ 6.8
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
★ 7.0
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
1935 as Jeff Hogarth
★ 6.5
There's That Woman Again
There's That Woman Again
1938 as William 'Bill' Reardon
★ 6.2
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous
1937 as Frank Burton Cheyne
★ 7.4
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Our Wife
Our Wife
1941 as Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin
★ 6.8
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily
1964 as Admiral William Jessup
★ 6.7
Two-Faced Woman
Two-Faced Woman
1941 as Lawrence 'Larry' Blake
★ 6.4
Hotel
Hotel
1967 as Warren Trent
★ 6.0
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House
1932 as Penderel
★ 6.7
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
1964 as Col. Claude Brackenbury
★ 5.2
Angel
Angel
1937 as Anthony 'Tony' Halton
★ 6.7
A Woman's Secret
A Woman's Secret
1949 as Luke Jordan
★ 5.6
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass
1947 as Brice Chamberlain
★ 6.1
The Toy Wife
The Toy Wife
1938 as George Sartoris
★ 5.0
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 as Senator Birney
★ 5.9
The Great Sinner
The Great Sinner
1949 as Armand De Glasse
★ 6.8
She Married Her Boss
She Married Her Boss
1935 as Richard Barclay
★ 7.5
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
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
That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 as Larry Baker
★ 6.6
The Gorgeous Hussy
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 as John Randolph
★ 5.5
They All Kissed the Bride
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 as Michael 'Mike' Holmes
★ 5.9
Too Many Husbands
Too Many Husbands
1940 as Henry Lowndes
★ 6.5
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 as Leon (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
Fast Company
Fast Company
1938 as Joel Sloane
★ 5.4
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
★ 6.3
Prestige
Prestige
1932 as Capt. Andre Verlaine
★ 7.0
I Met Him in Paris
I Met Him in Paris
1937 as George Potter
★ 6.1
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
That Certain Age
That Certain Age
1938 as Vincent Bullitt
★ 5.5
The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 as Kenny Williams
★ 6.0
The Crucible
The Crucible
1967 as Deputy Governor Danforth
★ 4.5
The Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat
1933 as Karl Brettschneider
★ 5.5
Third Finger, Left Hand
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 as Jeff Thompson
★ 7.0
Good Girls Go to Paris
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939 as Ronald Brooke
★ 7.1
This Thing Called Love
This Thing Called Love
1940 as Tice Collins
★ 8.4
The Shining Hour
The Shining Hour
1938 as Henry Linden
★ 6.7
From the Ends of the Earth
★ 5.0
The Hot Touch
The Hot Touch
1982 as Max Reich
★ 4.6
The Death Squad
The Death Squad
1974 as Police Captain Earl Kreski
★ 6.9
I'll Take Romance
I'll Take Romance
1937 as James Guthrie
★ 6.3
Death Takes a Holiday
Death Takes a Holiday
1971 as Judge Earl Chapman
★ 4.9
As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me
1932 as Count Bruno Varelli
★ 6.4
I Never Sang for My Father
I Never Sang for My Father
1970 as Tom Garrison
★ 6.7
The Guilt of Janet Ames
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 as Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb
★ 5.8
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 as Barton Powell
★ 9.0
He Stayed for Breakfast
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 as Paul Boliet
★ 8.0
Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wild
1936 as Michael Grant
★ 6.6
The Wiser Sex
The Wiser Sex
1932 as David Rolfe
★ 7.5
Three Hearts for Julia
Three Hearts for Julia
1943 as Jeff Seabrook
★ 6.5
Intimate Strangers
Intimate Strangers
1977 as Donald's Father
★ 5.0
Tell No Tales
Tell No Tales
1939 as Michael Cassidy
★ 5.4
Women of Glamour
Women of Glamour
1937 as Richard Stark
★ 5.7
Counsellor at Law
Counsellor at Law
1933 as Roy Darwin
★ 6.5
Hunters Are for Killing
Hunters Are for Killing
1970 as Keller Floran
★ 6.0
Murder or Mercy
Murder or Mercy
1974 as Dr. Paul Harelson
★ 10.0
Rapture
Rapture
1965 as Frederick Larbaud
★ 7.1
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle
1980 as David
★ 6.8
Arsène Lupin Returns
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938 as Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin
★ 6.3
Woman in the Dark
Woman in the Dark
1934 as Tony Robson
★ 6.1
We Were Dancing
We Were Dancing
1942 as Nicholas Prax
★ 4.3
movie
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977 as Grandpa Doc
★ 3.7
Companions in Nightmare
Companions in Nightmare
1968 as Dr. Lawrence Strelson
★ 5.3
The Broken Wing
The Broken Wing
1932 as Philip 'Phil' Marvin
★ 6.0
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
1965 as Henry Drummond
★ 8.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 as Melvyn Douglas
★ 4.0
My Own True Love
My Own True Love
1948 as Clive Heath
★ 6.3
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014 as Self (archive footage)
★ 3.0
Old Man
Old Man
1958 as Self - Host
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 as Peter Schermann
★ 10.0
movie
A Gift To Last
1976 as Old Clement Sturgess
Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner
1934 as Charles Stanton
★ 6.8
And So They Were Married
And So They Were Married
1936 as Stephen Blake
★ 6.4
The People's Enemy
The People's Enemy
1935 as George R. 'Traps' Stuart
★ 7.0
Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959 as Gen. Parker
★ 6.0
Tonight or Never
Tonight or Never
1931 as Jim Fletcher
★ 6.2
The Lone Wolf Returns
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 as Michael Lanyard
★ 6.1
One Is a Lonely Number
One Is a Lonely Number
1972 as Joseph Provo
★ 5.1
Once Upon a Tractor
Once Upon a Tractor
1965 as Martin
★ 6.0
The Plot to Kill Stalin
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 as Stalin
movie
The Going Up of David Lev
1973 as Grandfather
★ 9.0
Nagana
Nagana
1933 as Dr. Walter Tradnor
★ 8.0
On the Loose
On the Loose
1951 as Frank Bradley
★ 6.6
movie
★ 6.0
The Greer Case
The Greer Case
1957 as Howard Hoagland