Melvyn Douglas

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Melvyn Douglas 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.

Birth Name

Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg

Born

Friday, 05 April 1901

Died

Tuesday, 04 August 1981

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss	Roger Penderel	2010
Disco and Atomic War	Count Leon d'Algout (archive footage)	2009
How the West Was Lost	Homer Bannon	2008
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	Penderel	2007
Billy Wilder Speaks	Self	2006
Garbo	Leon	2005
The Naked Archaeologist	Brettschneider	2005
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream	Self	1998
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to	Self / (archive footage)	1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Self / (archive footage)	1988

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss	Roger Penderel	2010
Disco and Atomic War	Count Leon d'Algout (archive footage)	2009
How the West Was Lost	Homer Bannon	2008
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	Penderel	2007
Billy Wilder Speaks	Self	2006
Garbo	Leon	2005
The Naked Archaeologist	Brettschneider	2005
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream	Self	1998
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to	Self / (archive footage)	1990
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Self / (archive footage)	1988
Horrible Horror	Karl Brettschneider	1986
The Hot Touch	Max Reich	1982
Ghost Story	John Jaffrey / Dr. John Jaffrey	1981
Tell Me a Riddle	David	1980
The Changeling	Senator Carmichael	1980
Being There	Benjamin Rand	1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan	Senator Birney	1979
Intimate Strangers		1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming	Zachariah Guthrie	1977
ABC Weekend Specials	Grandpa Doc	1977
The Tenant	Monsieur Zy	1976
That's Entertainment, Part II	Leon / (archive footage)	1976
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin	Benjamin Franklin / Stateman Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Stateman Benjamin Franklin	1974
Murder or Mercy	Dr. Paul Harelson / Dr. Paul Harelson - accused of his terminally-ill wife mercy killing	1974
The Death Squad	Police Captain Earl Kreski	1974
The Candidate	John J. McKay	1972
One is a Lonely Number	Joseph Provo	1972
Circle of Fear	Grandpa	1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self - film clips	1972
Death Takes a Holiday	Judge Earl Chapman	1971
I Never Sang for My Father	Tom Garrison	1970
Hunters Are for Killing	Keller Floran	1970
The David Frost Show	Self - Guest	1969
Companions in Nightmare	Dr. Lawrence Strelson / Dr. Lawrence Strelson - a psychiatrist	1968
The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	1968
The Crucible	Governor Danforth / Deputy Governor Danforth	1967
CBS Playhouse	Peter Schermann	1967
Hotel	Warren Trent	1967
Inherit the Wind	Henry Drummond	1965
Once Upon a Tractor	Martin	1965
Rapture	Frederick Larbaud	1965
The Americanization of Emily	Admiral William Jessup / Adm. William Jessup	1964
The Big Parade of Comedy	Leon / (archive footage)	1964
Advance to the Rear	Col. Claude Brackenbury	1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Pat Konke	1963
The Fugitive	Dr. Mark Ryder	1963
Hud	Homer Bannon	1963
Billy Budd	The Dansker - Sailmaker / The Dansker, Sailmaker	1962
Ben Casey	Burton Strang	1961
Our American Heritage	Mark Twain	1959
Sunday Showcase	Mark Twain	1959
The Garry Moore Show	Self - Guest	1958
Frontier Justice	Host	1958
Playhouse 90	Ansel Gibbs, Gen. Parker, Howard Hoagland, Self - Host, Stalin	1956
The Alcoa Hour	Charles Turner, Jim Conway	1955
MGM Parade	Leon, Mr. Cheyne, (archive footage)	1955
The United States Steel Hour	Census Taker / Narrator, Dr. Victor Payson	1953
General Electric Theater	Professor Arthur Barris	1953
The Ford Television Theatre	George Manners	1952
I've Got a Secret	Self - Guest	1952
Steve Randall	Steve Randall	1952
The Name's the Same	Self - Contestant	1951
Goodyear Playhouse	Ira Sterling	1951
Celanese Theatre	Archduke Rudolph von Hapsburg	1951
On the Loose	Frank Bradley	1951
My Forbidden Past	Paul Beaurevel	1951
The Cinematographer	Self - film clip	1951
Showtime, U.S.A.	Self	1950
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse	Eugene Morgan, Martin Luther Cooper	1950
Lux Video Theatre	James Strickland	1950
The Arthur Murray Party	Self, Self - Actor	1950
Your Show of Shows	Self - Guest Host, Self - Guest Performer	1950
What's My Line?	Himself - Guest Panelist, Himself - Mystery Guest	1950
The Great Sinner	Armand de Glasse	1949
A Woman's Secret	Luke Jordan	1949
Studio One	Stefan Brand	1948
Repertory Theatre	Richard Gordon	1948
My Own True Love	Clive Heath	1948
The Ed Sullivan Show	Griffith P. Hastings, Self, Spofford	1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	Bill Cole	1948
The Guilt of Janet Ames	Smithfield 'Smitty' Cobb	1947
The Sea of Grass	Brice Chamberlain	1947
Three Hearts for Julia	Jeff Seabrook	1943
They All Kissed the Bride	Michael Holmes / Michael 'Mike' Holmes	1942
We Were Dancing	Nikki Prax / Nicholas Prax	1942
Two-Faced Woman	Larry Blake / Lawrence 'Larry' Blake	1941
Our Wife	Jerome 'Jerry' Marvin	1941
A Woman's Face	Dr. Gustaf Segert	1941
That Uncertain Feeling	Larry Baker	1941
This Thing Called Love	Tice Collins	1941
Third Finger, Left Hand	Jeff Thompson	1940
He Stayed for Breakfast	Paul Boliet	1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Himself / Self	1940
Too Many Husbands	Henry Lowndes	1940
The Amazing Mr. Williams	Police Lieutenant Kenny Williams / Kenny Williams	1939
Ninotchka	Count Leon d'Algout / Leon	1939
From the Ends of the Earth	Self	1939
Good Girls Go to Paris	Ronald Brooke	1939
Tell No Tales	Michael Cassidy	1939
There's That Woman Again	William 'Bill' Reardon	1938
The Shining Hour	Henry Linden	1938
That Certain Age	Vincent Bullitt	1938
Fast Company	Joel Sloane	1938
The Toy Wife	George Sartoris	1938
There's Always a Woman	William 'Bill' Reardon / William H. Reardon	1938
Arsène Lupin Returns	Rene Farrand / Rene Farrand aka Arsene Lupin	1938
I'll Take Romance	James Guthrie	1937
Angel	Anthony Halton / Anthony 'Tony' Halton	1937
I Met Him in Paris	George Potter	1937
Captains Courageous	Mr. Cheyne / Frank Burton Cheyne	1937
Women of Glamour	Richard 'Dick' Stark	1937
Theodora Goes Wild	Michael Grant	1936
The Gorgeous Hussy	John Randolph	1936
And So They Were Married	Stephen Blake	1936
The Lone Wolf Returns	Michael Lanyard	1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive	Barton Powell	1935
Annie Oakley	Jeff Hogarth	1935
She Married Her Boss	Richard Barclay	1935
People's Enemy	George R. 'Traps' Stuart	1935
Woman in the Dark	Tony Robson	1934
Dangerous Corner	Charles Stanton	1934
Counsellor at Law	Roy Darwin	1933
Nagana	Dr. Walter Tradnor	1933
The Vampire Bat	Karl Brettschneider	1933
The Old Dark House	Roger Penderel / Penderel	1932
As You Desire Me	Count Bruno Varelli	1932
The Broken Wing	Philip 'Phil' Marvin	1932
The Wiser Sex	David Rolfe	1932
Prestige	Capt. Andre Verlaine	1931
Tonight or Never	Jim Fletcher	1931

Year	Type	Category	Won

1980	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Won
1980	Golden Globe	Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture	Won
1971	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1971	Golden Globe	Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Nominated
1968	Emmy	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama	Won
1966	Emmy	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama	Nominated
1964	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Won
1964	Golden Globe	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

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