Melvyn Douglas

Acting · Born 1901-04-05 in Macon, Georgia, USA

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.

Filmography

• Ninotchka as Count Leon d'Algout
• Being There as Benjamin Rand
• The Tenant as Monsieur Zy
• Hud as Homer Bannon
• The Changeling as Senator Carmichael
• Billy Budd as The Dansker, Sailmaker
• The Candidate as John J. McKay
• The Old Dark House as Penderel
• Ghost Story as Dr. John Jaffrey
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Bill Cole

TV

• Studio One as Cyril Ritchard
• General Electric Theater as Professor Arthur Barris
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Henry Drummond
• Weekend Special as Grandpa Doc
• The Fugitive as Dr. Mark Ryder
• Lux Video Theatre as James Strickland
• Your Show of Shows as Self - Guest Host
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Pat Konke
• The Philco Television Playhouse as Richard Gordon
• Ben Casey as Burton Strang