Melvyn Douglas
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.
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Full filmography
- The Fugitive (1963) as Dr. Mark Ryder
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Richard Gordon
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as The Stranger
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Pat Konke
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Ben Casey (1961) as Burton Strang
- Studio One (1948) as Cyril Ritchard
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Lights Out (1949)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- MGM Parade (1955) as self
- Playhouse 90 (1956) as Gen. Parker
- Ghost Story (1972) as Grandpa
- Your Show of Shows (1950) as Self - Guest Host
- Your Show of Shows (1950) as Self - Guest Performer
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as James Strickland
- CBS Playhouse (1966) as Peter Schermann
- Weekend Special (1977) as Grandpa Doc
- The Tenant (1976) as Monsieur Zy
- Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Henry Drummond
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Galileo Galilei
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Professor Arthur Barris