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person_profile-Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Paul Douglas

Date of Birth:

Apr 11, 1907

Country of birth:

U.S.

Died:

Sep 11, 1959

Biography of

Paul Douglas

    Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor.

    Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1936 as the Radio Announcer in Doty Hobart and Tom McKnight's Double Dummy at the John Golden Theatre. In 1946 he won both a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Herry Brock in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday.

    Douglas began appearing in films in 1949. He may be best-remembered for two baseball comedy movies, Angels in the Outfield (1951) and It Happens Every Spring (1949). He also played Richard Widmark's police partner in the thriller Panic in the Streets, frustrated newlywed Porter Hollingsway in A Letter to Three Wives, Sgt. Kowalski in The Big Lift, businessman Josiah Walter Dudley in Executive Suite and a con man turned monk in When in Rome. In 1950, Douglas was host of the 22nd annual Academy Awards. Douglas also worked on radio as the announcer for The Ed Wynn Show and he was the first host of NBC Radio's "Horn & Hardart Children's Hour!". In April 1959 Douglas appeared as Lucy Ricardo's television morning show boss in the "Lucy Wants a Career" episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.

    Douglas was originally cast in the 1960 episode of The Twilight Zone called "The Mighty Casey", a role written for him by Rod Serling, based on his character in Angels in the Outfield, but Douglas died the same week after production of the episode had been completed. His role was taken over by Jack Warden, and most of the episode was refilmed several months later.

    He was married five times, last to actress Jan Sterling from 1950 until his death. They had a son, Adams Douglas (1955–2003).

    Paul Douglas died on September 11, 1959 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at the age of 52. Film director Billy Wilder and co-writer I.A.L. ('Izzy') Diamond had just offered him the role of Jeff Sheldrake in the movie The Apartment that went to Fred MacMurray instead. Wilder later said: "I saw him and his wife, Jan Sterling, at a restaurant, and I realized he was perfect, and I asked him right there in the parking lot. About two days before we were to start, he had a heart attack and died. Iz and I were shattered."

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Paul Douglas

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Filmography of

Paul Douglas

Found 27 Movies in total

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

The Mating Game

Pop Larkin ( Actor )

... 1959

Fortunella

Professore Golfiero Paganica ( Actor )

... 1958

Beau James

Chris Nolan ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1957

The Gamma People

Mike Wilson ( Actor )

... 1956

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Edward L. McKeever ( Actor )

... 1956

Joe Macbeth

Joe MacBeth ( Actor )

... 1955

Green Fire

Vic Leonard ( Actor )

... 1954

Executive Suite

Josiah Walter Dudley ( Actor )

... 1954

The 'Maggie'

Calvin B. Marshall, the American ( Actor )

... 1954

Forever Female

Harry Phillips ( Actor )

... 1953

Never Wave at a WAC

Andrew McBain ( Actor )

... 1953

We're Not Married!

Hector Woodruff ( Actor )

... 1952

Clash by Night

Jerry D'Amato ( Actor )

... 1952

When in Rome

Joe Brewster ( Actor )

... 1952

Angels in the Outfield

Guffy McGovern ( Actor )

... 1951

Rhubarb

Man on Park Bench (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

The Guy Who Came Back

Harry Joplin ( Actor )

... 1951

Fourteen Hours

Police Ofcr. Charlie Dunnigan ( Actor )

... 1951

Panic in the Streets

Capt. Tom Warren ( Actor )

... 1950

Love That Brute

E.L. 'Big Ed' Hanley ( Actor )

... 1950

The Big Lift

MSgt. Henry "Hank" Kowalski ( Actor )

... 1950

Everybody Does It

Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett ( Actor )

... 1949

It Happens Every Spring

Monk Lanigan ( Actor )

... 1949

A Letter to Three Wives

Porter Hollingsway ( Actor )

... 1949

Margin for Error

Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943