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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1980
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1968
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1964
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1960
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1971 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1964 · nominated
Filmography37 titles
Being There
The Tenant
Ninotchka
Captains Courageous
The Fugitive
Billy Budd
Hud
The Changeling
That's Entertainment, Part II
What's My Line?
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The People's Enemy
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
A Woman's Face
I Never Sang for My Father
The Americanization of Emily
Angel
The Old Dark House
Lux Video Theatre
That Uncertain Feeling
Theodora Goes Wild
The Candidate
Annie Oakley
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Tonight or Never
The Sea of Grass
Woman in the Dark
Ghost Story
Lights Out
My Forbidden Past
The Vampire Bat
Advance to the Rear
One Is a Lonely Number
The Hot Touch
The Crucible
We Were Dancing