As Actor
The Americanization of Emily
1964
6.7
Melvyn Douglas
Acting
Born
April 5, 1901
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Deceased
August 4, 1981
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
Hud
1963
7.3
As Actor
Billy Budd
1962
7.4
As Actor
On the Loose
1951
6.0
As Actor
The Great Sinner
1949
6.6
As Actor
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
7.0
As Actor
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
5.7
As Actor
Two-Faced Woman
1941
6.4
As Actor
A Woman's Face
1941
6.8
As Actor
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
6.8
As Actor
Ninotchka
1939
7.5
As Actor
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
4.0
As Actor
That Certain Age
1938
5.1
As Actor
There's Always a Woman
1938
6.1
As Actor
Angel
1937
6.8
As Actor
Captains Courageous
1937
7.4
As Actor
Annie Oakley
1935
6.3
As Actor
Dangerous Corner
1934
5.7
As Actor
The Old Dark House
1932
6.7
As Actor
The Broken Wing
1932
5.0