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.
Known for
The Simpsons
Chester J. Lampwick (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Touched by an Angel
Ross Berger
The Lucy Show
Kirk Douglas
Tales from the Crypt
Gen. Kalthrob
What's My Line?
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Ulysses (archive footage)
Spartacus
Spartacus
Scalawag
Peg
The Oscars
Self
The Villain
Cactus Jack
This Is Your Life
Self
The Story of Three Loves
Pierre Narval
The Racers
Gino Borgesa
Oscar
Eduardo Provolone
The Vikings
Einar
A Gunfight
Will Tenneray
The Big Sky
Jim Deakins
Holocaust 2000
Robert Caine
The Light at the Edge of the World
Will Denton
The Fury
Peter Sandza
The War Wagon
Lomax
Young Man with a Horn
Rick Martin
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
Detective Story
Det. James McLeod
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Two-Fisted Tales
General Calthrop
Paths of Glory
Col. Dax
A Lovely Way to Die
Jameson Schuyler
Saturn 3
Major Adam
Ace in the Hole
Charles Tatum
Lust for Life
Vincent van Gogh
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Ned Land
The Last Sunset
Brendan 'Bren' O'Malley
Last Train from Gun Hill
Marshal Matt Morgan
Strangers When We Meet
Larry Coe
Posse
Howard Nightingale
It Runs in the Family
Mitchell Gromberg
Out of the Past
Whit Sterling
The Way West
Sen. William J. Tadlock
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Walter O'Neil
Along the Great Divide
Marshal Len Merrick
Mousey
George Anderson
I Walk Alone
Noll "Dink" Turner
Operation Undersea
Self
The Juggler
Hans Muller
For Love or Money
Deke Gentry
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
The Heroes of Telemark
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Mourning Becomes Electra
Peter Niles
The Man from Snowy River
Harrison / Spur
Draw!
Harry H. Holland aka Handsome Harry Holland
The Arrangement
Eddie Anderson
Once Is Not Enough
Mike Wayne
Seven Days in May
Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey
Is Paris Burning?
General Patton
My Dear Secretary
Owen Waterbury
The George Gobel Show
Self
In Harm's Way
Commander Paul Eddington, Jr.
Eddie Macon's Run
Carl 'Buster' Marzack
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
The Secret
Grandpa Mike Dunmore
The Big Trees
Jim Fallon
Top Secret Affair
Maj. Gen. Melville A. Goodwin
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Self (archive footage)
Der große Preis
Self
The Indian Fighter
Johnny Hawks
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Ulysses
Ulysses
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Self
Tough Guys
Archie Long
Inherit the Wind
Matthew Harrison Brady
From Roger Moore with Love
Self (archive footage)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Jonathan Shields
Two Weeks in Another Town
Jack Andrus
Greedy
Uncle Joe
The Devil's Disciple
Richard Dudgeon
Catch Me a Spy
Andrej
Man Without a Star
Dempsey Rae
There Was a Crooked Man...
Paris Pitman, Jr.
Victory at Entebbe
Herschel Vilnofsky
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas
Self
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Self
Diamonds
Harry Agensky
The Final Countdown
Capt. Matthew Yelland
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Lonely are the Brave
John W. "Jack" Burns
The Brotherhood
Frank Ginetta
The Master Touch
Steve Wallace
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Self
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Self
Illusion
Donald Baines
Cast a Giant Shadow
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
Self
Home Movies
Dr. Tuttle
A Letter to Three Wives
George Phipps
Champion
Midge Kelly
Scene by Scene
Self
A Century of Cinema
Self
The Walls of Jericho
Tucker Wedge
The List of Adrian Messenger
George Brougham / Vicar Atlee / Mr. Pythian / Arthur Henderson
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Vincent van Gogh (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
Himself
Amos
Amos Lasher
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Self
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Alex Vandervoort
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Ned Land (archive footage)
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Self
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
General Kalthrob
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Self
Queenie
David Konig
The Disneyland Story
Welcome to Veraz
Quentin
J'ai tout donné
Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
The Glass Menagerie
Jim O'Connor
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Self
The Lies Boys Tell
Ed Reese
Let Poland Be Poland
Self
The Racing Experience
Self
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Self - Actor
The Hook
Sgt. P.J. Briscoe
Trumbo
Self - Interviewee
Act of Love
Robert Teller
Once Upon a Wheel
Town Without Pity
Major Garrett
Movie Tough Guys
Self (archive footage)
The Making of A Movie
Self
Completely Cuckoo
Self
The Special London Bridge Special
The Indian Fighter
Remembrance Of Love
Joe Rabin
FBI contre Hollywood
Self
Empire State Building Murders
Jim Kovalski
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Self - Interviewee
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Hollywood au pied du terril
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The View
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
Apostrophes
Self
Wogan
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
Goldene Kamera
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Parkinson
Self
Cinépanorama
Self
Brisant
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self