Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 5, 1901
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
- Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
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.
Known For - Movies
Hud
as Homer Bannon
The Tenant
as Monsieur Zy
Ghost Story
as Dr. John Jaffrey
Being There
as Benjamin Rand
The Americanization of Emily
as Admiral William Jessup
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
A Woman's Face
as Dr. Gustaf Segert
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Leon (archive footage)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Bill Cole
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Known For - TV Shows
The Fugitive
as Dr. Mark Ryder
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Richard Gordon
The Philco Television Playhouse
as The Stranger
Studio One
as Cyril Ritchard
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Pat Konke
Ben Casey
as Burton Strang
What's My Line?
as Self
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self