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Melvyn Douglas

Born 1901-04-05

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.

Known for

Being There 1979 · 7.9 The Tenant 1976 · 7.5 The Changeling 1980 · 7.1 Hud 1963 · 7.8 Ninotchka 1939 · 7.8 The Old Dark House 1932 · 7.0 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948 · 7.2 The Candidate 1972 · 7.0 Captains Courageous 1937 · 7.9 Ghost Story 1981 · 6.3 The Americanization of Emily 1964 · 7.3 Billy Budd 1962 · 7.8 Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 · 6.7 The Vampire Bat 1933 · 5.7 That Uncertain Feeling 1941 · 6.6 I Never Sang for My Father 1970 · 7.4 A Woman's Secret 1949 · 6.0 Tonight or Never 1931 · 6.6 Counsellor at Law 1933 · 7.5 The Shining Hour 1938 · 6.4 The Hot Touch 1982 · 5.0