Acting
Melvyn Douglas
Also Known As: Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg
Birth Date
April 5, 1901
Death Date
August 4, 1981
(passed away at 80)
Place of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
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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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What's My Line?
Self
1950 • 2 episodes
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968 • 1 episode
The Fugitive
Dr. Mark Ryder
1963 • 1 episode
Studio One
Cyril Ritchard
1948 • 1 episode
American Playhouse
David
1982 • 1 episode
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Pat Konke
1963 • 1 episode
Ben Casey
Burton Strang
1961 • 1 episode
The Philco Television Playhouse
Richard Gordon
1948 • 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948 • 1 episode
Your Show of Shows
Self - Guest Host
1950 • 1 episode
Lights Out
1949 • 1 episode
Playhouse 90
Gen. Parker
1956 • 1 episode
Ghost Story
Grandpa
1972 • 1 episode
MGM Parade
Self
1955 • 1 episode
Lux Video Theatre
James Strickland
1950 • 1 episode
CBS Playhouse
Peter Schermann
1966 • 1 episode
The Changeling
Senator Carmichael
1980
Hud
Homer Bannon
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Henry Drummond
1951 • 1 episode
ABC Weekend Specials
Grandpa Doc
1977 • 1 episode