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Melvyn Douglas

Acting

Born April 5, 1901 · Macon, Georgia, USA

Died August 4, 1981

Also known as Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

Biography

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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Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1980
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1968
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1964
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1960
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1980 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1971 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1964 · nominated

Filmography39 titles

Being There

1979as Benjamin Rand

The Tenant

1976as Monsieur Zy

Ninotchka

1939as Count Leon d'Algout

The Fugitive

1963as Dr. Mark Ryder

Captains Courageous

1937as Frank Burton Cheyne

Hud

1963as Homer Bannon

Billy Budd

1962as The Dansker, Sailmaker

The Changeling

1980as Senator Carmichael

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948as Bill Cole

The People's Enemy

1935as George R. 'Traps' Stuart

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

A Woman's Face

1941as Dr. Gustaf Segert

I Never Sang for My Father

1970as Tom Garrison

The Americanization of Emily

1964as Admiral William Jessup

Lux Video Theatre

1950as James Strickland

Angel

1937as Anthony 'Tony' Halton

The Old Dark House

1932as Penderel

That Uncertain Feeling

1941as Larry Baker

Theodora Goes Wild

1936as Michael Grant

The Candidate

1972as John J. McKay

Annie Oakley

1935as Jeff Hogarth

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977as Zachariah Guthrie

Tonight or Never

1931as Jim Fletcher

The Sea of Grass

1947as Brice Chamberlain

Woman in the Dark

1934as Tony Robson

Ghost Story

1981as Dr. John Jaffrey

Lights Out

1949

There's Always a Woman

1938as William H. Reardon

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979as Senator Birney

My Forbidden Past

1951as Paul Beaurevel

The Vampire Bat

1933as Karl Brettschneider

Advance to the Rear

1964as Col. Claude Brackenbury

One Is a Lonely Number

1972as Joseph Provo

The Hot Touch

1982as Max Reich

The Crucible

1967as Deputy Governor Danforth

We Were Dancing

1942as Nicholas Prax