Melvyn Douglas: movies and TV shows
Melvyn Douglas has 126 credits in the archive: 100 films and 26 TV series, from 1931 to 2014. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1931 – 2014 · busiest year: 1938 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo | Self (archive footage) | Film | 3.0 | 113 |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 89 |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 87 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | David | TV | 6.6 | 81 |
| 1982 | The Hot Touch | Max Reich | Film | 4.6 | 81 |
| 1981 | Ghost Story | Dr. John Jaffrey | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 1980 | The Changeling | Senator Carmichael | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 1980 | Tell Me a Riddle | David | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 1979 | Being There | Benjamin Rand | Film | 7.6 | 78 |
| 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Senator Birney | Film | 5.9 | 78 |
| 1978 | The Making of a President | Film | — | 77 | |
| 1977 | Weekend Special | Grandpa Doc | TV | 7.5 | 76 |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Zachariah Guthrie | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 1977 | Intimate Strangers | Donald's Father | Film | 5.0 | 76 |
| 1977 | Portrait of Grandpa Doc | Grandpa Doc | Film | 3.7 | 76 |
| 1976 | The Tenant | Monsieur Zy | Film | 7.6 | 75 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1976 | A Gift To Last | Old Clement Sturgess | Film | — | 75 |
| 1974 | The Lives of Benjamin Franklin | Stateman Benjamin Franklin | TV | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1974 | The Death Squad | Police Captain Earl Kreski | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 1974 | Murder or Mercy | Dr. Paul Harelson | Film | 10.0 | 73 |
| 1973 | The Going Up of David Lev | Grandfather | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Grandpa | TV | 7.4 | 71 |
| 1972 | The Candidate | John J. McKay | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1972 | One Is a Lonely Number | Joseph Provo | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 71 |
| 1971 | Death Takes a Holiday | Judge Earl Chapman | Film | 4.9 | 70 |
| 1970 | I Never Sang for My Father | Tom Garrison | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1970 | Hunters Are for Killing | Keller Floran | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1969 | Garbo, by Joan Crawford | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1968 | Companions in Nightmare | Dr. Lawrence Strelson | Film | 5.3 | 67 |
| 1967 | Hotel | Warren Trent | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1967 | The Crucible | Deputy Governor Danforth | Film | 4.5 | 66 |
| 1967 | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | Peter Schermann | Film | 10.0 | 66 |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Peter Schermann | TV | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1965 | Rapture | Frederick Larbaud | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1965 | Once Upon a Tractor | Martin | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1965 | Inherit the Wind | Henry Drummond | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1964 | The Americanization of Emily | Admiral William Jessup | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Col. Claude Brackenbury | Film | 5.2 | 63 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Leon (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Dr. Mark Ryder | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Pat Konke | TV | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1963 | Hud | Homer Bannon | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1962 | Billy Budd | The Dansker, Sailmaker | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Burton Strang | TV | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre | TV | 7.3 | 60 | |
| 1959 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Gen. Parker | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1958 | The Plot to Kill Stalin | Stalin | Film | — | 57 |
| 1958 | Old Man | Self - Host | Film | — | 57 |
| 1957 | The Greer Case | Howard Hoagland | Film | — | 56 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Gen. Parker | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | self | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Professor Arthur Barris | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1952 | Hollywood Off Beat | Steve Randall | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Henry Drummond | TV | 8.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Galileo Galilei | TV | 8.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past | Paul Beaurevel | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1951 | On the Loose | Frank Bradley | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Host | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Performer | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | James Strickland | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1949 | Lights Out | TV | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 1949 | The Great Sinner | Armand De Glasse | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret | Luke Jordan | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Cyril Ritchard | TV | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Richard Gordon | TV | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | The Stranger | TV | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1948 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Bill Cole | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1948 | My Own True Love | Clive Heath | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Brice Chamberlain | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames | Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia | Jeff Seabrook | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1942 | They All Kissed the Bride | Michael 'Mike' Holmes | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Nicholas Prax | Film | 4.3 | 41 |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face | Dr. Gustaf Segert | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1941 | Our Wife | Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling | Larry Baker | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1941 | Two-Faced Woman | Lawrence 'Larry' Blake | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1940 | This Thing Called Love | Tice Collins | Film | 8.4 | 39 |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Henry Lowndes | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast | Paul Boliet | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Jeff Thompson | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Count Leon d'Algout | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Kenny Williams | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Michael Cassidy | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1939 | Good Girls Go to Paris | Ronald Brooke | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Melvyn Douglas | Film | 4.0 | 38 |
| 1938 | The Toy Wife | George Sartoris | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1938 | That Certain Age | Vincent Bullitt | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour | Henry Linden | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns | Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1938 | Fast Company | Joel Sloane | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | William H. Reardon | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1938 | There's That Woman Again | William 'Bill' Reardon | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Frank Burton Cheyne | Film | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1937 | Angel | Anthony 'Tony' Halton | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1937 | I'll Take Romance | James Guthrie | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1937 | I Met Him in Paris | George Potter | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1937 | Women of Glamour | Richard Stark | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | John Randolph | Film | 5.5 | 35 |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Michael Grant | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1936 | And So They Were Married | Stephen Blake | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1935 | Annie Oakley | Jeff Hogarth | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1935 | She Married Her Boss | Richard Barclay | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Lone Wolf Returns | Michael Lanyard | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Barton Powell | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy | George R. 'Traps' Stuart | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1934 | Woman in the Dark | Tony Robson | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1934 | Dangerous Corner | Charles Stanton | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1933 | The Vampire Bat | Karl Brettschneider | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law | Roy Darwin | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1933 | Nagana | Dr. Walter Tradnor | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1932 | Prestige | Capt. Andre Verlaine | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1932 | The Old Dark House | Penderel | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1932 | The Wiser Sex | David Rolfe | Film | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1932 | The Broken Wing | Philip 'Phil' Marvin | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1932 | As You Desire Me | Count Bruno Varelli | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never | Jim Fletcher | Film | 6.2 | 30 |