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person_profile-Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas Died at age: 103

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kirk Douglas

Date of Birth:

Dec 09, 1916

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 05, 2020

Biography of

Kirk Douglas

    Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II.

    During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive acting style. He became an international star for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), a film for which he received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe nomination.

    In 1955, Douglas established Bryna Productions, which produced films as varied as Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). He took the lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write Spartacus with an official on-screen credit. In 1963 Douglas starred in the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film.

    As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he wrote ten novels and memoirs. He is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.

    Kirk Douglas died at age 103.

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Kirk Douglas

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Filmography of

Kirk Douglas

Found 118 Movies in total

From Roger Moore with Love

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

Lynch/Oz

Col. Dax (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2023

Kubrick by Kubrick

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

Vincent van Gogh (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Untameable Kirk Douglas

Self - Actor ( Actor )

... 2017

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self – Interviewee ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2009

Empire State Building Murders

Jim Kovalski ( Actor )

... 2008

Trumbo

Self / Interviewee ( Actor )

... 2007

Illusion

Donald Baines ( Actor )

... 2004

It Runs in the Family

Mitchell Gromberg ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2001

Diamonds

Harry Agensky ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1999

Completely Cuckoo

Himself ( Actor )

... 1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

The Universal Story

Himself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

The Lies Boys Tell

Ed Reese ( Actor )

... 1994

Greedy

Uncle Joe McTeague ( Actor )

... 1994

A Century of Cinema

Self ( Actor )

... 1994

The Secret

Grandpa Mike Dunmore ( Actor )

... 1992

Two-Fisted Tales

General Calthrop ( Actor )

... 1992

Welcome to Veraz

Quentin ( Actor )

... 1991

Oscar

Eduardo Provolone ( Actor )

... 1991

Movie Tough Guys

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

Inherit the Wind

Matthew Harrison Brady ( Actor )

... 1988

Tough Guys

Archie Long ( Actor )

... 1986

Amos

Amos Lasher ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1985

Draw!

Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1983

Eddie Macon's Run

Carl 'Buster' Marzack ( Actor )

... 1983

Remembrance Of Love

Joe Rabin ( Actor )

... 1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

The Man from Snowy River

Harrison / Spur ( Actor )

... 1982

Let Poland Be Poland

Self - Co-Host ( Actor )

... 1982

Home Movies

Dr. Tuttle ( Actor )

... 1980

Saturn 3

Major Adam ( Actor )

... 1980

The Final Countdown

Capt. Matthew Yelland ( Actor )

... 1980

The Villain

Cactus Jack ( Actor )

... 1979

The Fury

Peter Sandza ( Actor )

... 1978

Holocaust 2000

Robert Caine ( Actor )

... 1977

Victory at Entebbe

Herschel Vilnofsky ( Actor )

... 1976

Once Is Not Enough

Mike Wayne ( Actor )

... 1975

Posse

Howard Nightingale ( Actor )

Director

... 1975

Mousey

George Anderson ( Actor )

... 1974

Scalawag

Peg ( Actor )

Writer

... 1973

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde ( Actor )

... 1973

The Master Touch

Steve Wallace ( Actor )

... 1972

Kirk Douglas

Himself ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1972

Catch Me a Spy

Andrej ( Actor )

... 1971

A Gunfight

Will Tenneray ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1971

The Light at the Edge of the World

Will Denton ( Actor )

Producer

... 1971

There Was a Crooked Man...

Paris Pitman, Jr. ( Actor )

... 1970

The Arrangement

Eddie Anderson ( Actor )

... 1969

The Brotherhood

Frank Ginetta ( Actor )

Producer

... 1968

A Lovely Way to Die

Jameson Schuyler ( Actor )

... 1968

The War Wagon

Lomax ( Actor )

... 1967

The Way West

Sen. William J. Tadlock ( Actor )

... 1967

Is Paris Burning?

General Patton ( Actor )

... 1966

Cast a Giant Shadow

Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus ( Actor )

... 1966

The Heroes of Telemark

Dr. Rolf Pedersen ( Actor )

... 1965

In Harm's Way

Commander Paul Eddington, Jr. ( Actor )

... 1965

Seven Days in May

Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey ( Actor )

Co-executive Producer

... 1964

For Love or Money

Deke Gentry ( Actor )

... 1963

The List of Adrian Messenger

George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1963

The Hook

Sgt. P.J. Briscoe ( Actor )

... 1963

Two Weeks in Another Town

Jack Andrus ( Actor )

... 1962

Lonely are the Brave

John W. "Jack" Burns ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1962

Town Without Pity

Major Garrett ( Actor )

... 1961

The Last Sunset

Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1961

Spartacus

Spartacus ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1960

Strangers When We Meet

Larry Coe ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1960

The Devil's Disciple

Richard Dudgeon ( Actor )

... 1959

Last Train from Gun Hill

Marshal Matt Morgan ( Actor )

... 1959

The Vikings

Einar ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1958

Paths of Glory

Col. Dax ( Actor )

Producer

... 1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday ( Actor )

... 1957

Top Secret Affair

Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin ( Actor )

... 1957

Lust for Life

Vincent van Gogh ( Actor )

... 1956

The Indian Fighter

Johnny Hawks ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1955

Man Without a Star

Dempsey Rae ( Actor )

... 1955

The Racers

Gino Borgesa ( Actor )

... 1955

... 1954

Operation Undersea

Self ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

Ulysses

Ulysses ( Actor )

... 1954

Act of Love

Robert Teller ( Actor )

... 1953

The Juggler

Hans Muller ( Actor )

... 1953

The Story of Three Loves

Pierre Narval ( Actor )

... 1953

The Bad and the Beautiful

Jonathan Shields ( Actor )

... 1952

The Big Sky

Jim Deakins ( Actor )

... 1952

The Big Trees

Jim Fallon ( Actor )

... 1952

Detective Story

Det. James McLeod ( Actor )

... 1951

Ace in the Hole

Chuck Tatum ( Actor )

... 1951

Along the Great Divide

Marshal Len Merrick ( Actor )

... 1951

The Glass Menagerie

Jim O'Connor ( Actor )

... 1950

Young Man with a Horn

Rick Martin ( Actor )

... 1950

Champion

Midge Kelly ( Actor )

... 1949

A Letter to Three Wives

George Phipps ( Actor )

... 1949

The Walls of Jericho

Tucker Wedge ( Actor )

... 1948

My Dear Secretary

Owen Waterbury ( Actor )

... 1948

I Walk Alone

Noll "Dink" Turner ( Actor )

... 1947

Out of the Past

Whit Sterling ( Actor )

... 1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

Peter Niles ( Actor )

... 1947

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Walter O'Neil ( Actor )

... 1946