Melvyn Douglas
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
The Hot Touch
1982
Ghost Story
1981
Tell Me a Riddle
1980
The Changeling
1980
Being There
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
The Making of a President
1978
Intimate Strangers
1977
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977
Weekend Special
Weekend Special
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
A Gift To Last
A Gift To Last
1976
The Tenant
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
Murder or Mercy
1974
The Death Squad
1974
The Going Up of David Lev
The Going Up of David Lev
1973
Ghost Story
1972
The Candidate
1972
One Is a Lonely Number
1972
Death Takes a Holiday
1971
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
Hunters Are for Killing
1970
Companions in Nightmare
1968
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
The Crucible
1967
Hotel
1967
CBS Playhouse
CBS Playhouse
1966
Inherit the Wind
1965
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
Rapture
1965
The Americanization of Emily
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Advance to the Rear
1964
The Fugitive
1963
Hud
1963
Billy Budd
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958
The Greer Case
1957
Playhouse 90
1956
General Electric Theater
1953
Hollywood Off Beat
Hollywood Off Beat
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
On the Loose
1951
My Forbidden Past
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Great Sinner
1949
A Woman's Secret
1949
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
My Own True Love
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Sea of Grass
1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
We Were Dancing
1942
Two-Faced Woman
1941
Our Wife
1941
A Woman's Face
1941
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
This Thing Called Love
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
Too Many Husbands
1940
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Ninotchka
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
Tell No Tales
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
There's That Woman Again
1938
The Shining Hour
1938
That Certain Age
1938
Fast Company
1938
The Toy Wife
1938