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